The state engineer makes critical decisions about when and how much water can be pumped.

Francisco Aguilar, Nevada secretary of state, was charged with violating the Civil Rights Act after he responded on Aug. 21 to a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

From the birth of the agency that took on Southern Nevada’s water crisis to the installation of a third straw at Lake Mead , a small but mighty woman has been there through it all: Pat Mulroy.

The officer is accused of kidnapping, pointing a gun at and strangling his wife, who also works for the police department.

Southern Nevada has moved beyond “unreasonable warmth” and into record-breaking territory, after Las Vegas officially broke the daily record Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.