The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is now part of an ongoing debate on the constitutionality of warrants seeking individuals who used certain Google search keywords.
That's according to The Nevada Independent.
The warrant in this case is related to the July homicide of a homeless woman.
Google argues the warrant Metro served amounts to an "illegal general warrant" and has filed a challenge in the 8th Judicial District Court.
Specifics of the case are sealed, so it's unknown which search terms police were asking about.
The first hearing on the issue is scheduled for late October. LVMPD has yet to respond to the filing.
New federal rules for the Colorado River officially went into effect Thursday, but they won't change the amount of water flowing to states. As Alex Hager reports for our Mountain West News Bureau, one key state is still working on an agreement to spread out the pain of cutbacks.
Arizona is slated to take the biggest cuts under the new rules, but it's close to a deal with California and Nevada to soften the blow. State officials say it's hung up while they figure out which specific cities and farms will use less water. John Berggren studies water policy at the nonprofit Western Resource Advocates. He says that's what they're hoping to find agreement on: not only how much each state is going to take, but who within each state is actually going to take the shortages.
Arizona's top water official says Nevada's decision to sue the federal government over its new river rules also extended negotiations between the states, but he's "very optimistic" about the deal, which must be signed before Jan. 1.
A tour company in the Grand Canyon is bringing forward a new lawsuit challenging higher entrance fees for international visitors at 11 national parks, including Rocky Mountain, Bryce Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Zion.
Across Arizona Tours says it has lost out on potential clients because of the $100-per-person fees for international visitors.
The conservative public-interest firm Pacific Legal Foundation is representing the company in the case. Luke Wake is one of the attorneys. He argues Congress gave the National Park Service the power to charge entrance fees, but did not authorize it to charge different groups of people different kinds of fees, or to charge nonresidents higher fees than residents.
The Trump administration says the higher prices for international travelers help maintain the parks and improve visitor experiences.
Nevada's largest utility company has released two educational videos intended to help customers understand its upcoming change to daily demand pricing.
The videos from NV Energy show step-by-step guidance on how to navigate web tools meant to help customers understand their future bills.
The company says customers can access the web tool by logging into their online account and selecting Energy Insights.
NV Energy reiterates that the daily demand charge is not a rate increase, and most customers will see little to no change in their monthly bill.
The company will begin using daily demand pricing Jan. 1.
The Las Vegas Valley's monsoon season is over, but it seems one thing was missing: rain. Between June 15 and Sept. 30, the valley saw an official rain total of half an inch, KLAS-TV reports.
But this year's El Niño will likely be the strongest on record.
And the National Weather Service predicts Southern Nevada will see more moisture than average, with a 90% increased risk of wet extremes from December through May.
Marc Gatcomb scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, and the Vegas Golden Knights downed the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Vancouver Sunday night.
Mitch Marner scored his first goal of the season, and Victor Olofsson added a power-play score for the Golden Knights. Adin Hill stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced, including a key save midway through the third when he slid well out of his crease to deny Liam Ohgren on a shorthanded breakaway.
Canucks winger Paul Cotter opened the scoring with a power-play goal late in the first period, extending his season-opening point streak to four games with four goals and two assists across that stretch.
Jonathan Lekkerimaki also scored for Vancouver, while Kevin Lankinen made 25 saves in a bounceback performance from Thursday night, when he gave up eight goals on 20 shots in the Canucks' 9-7 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
After putting up 17 goals over their first three games of the season, Vancouver struggled to generate offense against Vegas, with just 19 shots in the game.
The Golden Knights had ample scoring opportunities with five power plays and found success with the extra man with a five-forward unit.
The Golden Knights took a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at the 14:30 mark of the second after Lankinen stopped a shot from Jack Eichel. The rebound popped out to Mark Stone at the goal line, and he sent a pass to Olofsson, who fired a shot into the top of the net to make it 2-1 for Vegas.
Vegas has now won eight straight games against Vancouver dating to Dec. 19, 2024.
PWHL Las Vegas, the city's new Professional Women's Hockey League team, has finalized its schedule for the upcoming 2026-27 season.
The regular season begins Dec. 6, with 12 home games at T-Mobile Arena and one game at Lee's Family Forum.
PWHL Las Vegas will take on the league's other new expansion team, based in Detroit, in its first-ever home opener.
Twelve teams will make up this year's league, and for the first time, PWHL teams will be divided into two conferences — the Eastern and Western conferences — each with six teams.
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