May 8, 2023, 1:53pm Latest News
Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a hole taller than the Washington Monument at the bottom of one of Greenland’s major glaciers in the last couple years, accelerating the retreat of a crucial part of the glacier, a new study found. Read story
May 8, 2023, 11:55am Nation & World
The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official. Read story
May 7, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News
After looking at all the forecast charts and maps Saturday afternoon, I sat back in my chair, looked out the window with rays of sunshine coming through and chuckled to myself. Well, maybe it was audible, as my little Yorkshire terrier raised her head from her nap and stared at… Read story
May 4, 2023, 10:50am Clark County News
That was loud awakening. And, no, the jolt didn’t originate from a garbage bin tumbling outside or from a plane flying overhead. Rather, the booms originated from thunderstorms that the National Weather Service reported around 5:45 a.m. Read story
May 4, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News
The first day of May got off to a lackluster start with the clouds hanging in and our high temperature not even reaching 60 degrees. The next day was better with afternoon temperatures in the upper 60s and finally, Wednesday we passed with honors with temperatures in the mid-70s. Did… Read story
May 2, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News
Oh, that pesky low spinning off our coast. Surges of clouds and moisture are streaming northward over the entire states of Oregon and Washington with scattered thunderstorms possible over the Cascades the next few days. With a southerly flow I would expect our afternoon highs today and Wednesday will be… Read story
May 1, 2023, 12:49pm Nation & World
Officials in Virginia, Maine, and Florida are assessing damage Monday from major storms over the weekend, including some that caused power outages and wrecked homes. Read story
May 1, 2023, 10:38am Nation & World
The rising Mississippi River tested flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it neared forecast crests in the area Monday, driven by a spring surge of water from melting snow. Read story
April 30, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News
Well, what can I say? Earlier, we were struggling to make it in the 50s. Then we speculated about getting up to normal in the mid-60s. Then we wondered if we could manage a 70-degree high temperature. And now we are in the 80s. Reminds me of being in the… Read story
April 30, 2023, 6:02am Nation & World
A huge amount of the water that flows down from Colorado’s snowy mountains into the West’s depleted Lake Powell reservoir is rocketing out of pipes this week to power a massive, simulated flood through the Grand Canyon — the first one in five years to try to revitalize canyon ecosystems… Read story