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Lake Mead water level stalls as Lake Powell continues strong rise

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - As we head into June and the daylight lasts longer, Lake Mead's water level has shown an incredible rebound, rising almost 10 feet this year. While that's great news for the nation's largest reservoir that has seen historic water level drops, it's only a quarter of the rise at Lake Powell.This year's water level rises can be primarily credited to the massive snowpack that's melting off the Colorado Rockies this spring. Lake Powell's water level has now risen more than 41 feet since the beginning of 2023. Lake Mead discovery surfaces half-century-old investigation Lake Mead has also benefited from the decision by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to release more water through the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell, located upriver 360 miles. The initial release took place in May and since then, Reclamation has continued to release more water daily than the average amount most years.Lake Powell water level as of Sunday, June 4 was 3,565.81 feet above sea level. (Image: L...

Isolated showers and thunderstorms continue overnight into Tuesday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Showers and thunderstorms affected many areas Monday afternoon and evening, dropping up to 4.76" of rain in Fayette County south of Round Top. Rain mainly dissipates overnight, but additional isolated showers and thunderstorms cannot be ruled out.LIVE RADARUPDATED RAIN TOTALSScattered rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast again Tuesday afternoon and evening, but rain chances drop thereafter. Only an isolated storm is in the forecast late-week through the coming weekend as heat and humidity become the main story. A ridge of high pressure will lead to the hottest temperatures of the year so far this weekend, and may send temperatures soaring to 100 degrees next week.Austin forecast high temperatures next 7 days INVESTIGATION: LCRA didn't plan for climate change until KXAN investigation Hotter than normal weather may mean 100-degree temperatures next weekFIRST WARNING WEATHER: Stay up to date with your Central Texas forecast, sign up for our weather newsletter a...

Wisconsin man killed by law enforcement was Minnesota corrections officer, authorities say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

A man who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers Saturday night in Western Wisconsin has been identified as a corrections officer who worked in the Stillwater prison.Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell identified the man in a press release Monday.“I’d like to extend my deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the family of Corrections Officer Tyler Abel, whose death this weekend is both tragic and troubling.”The 42-year-old was shot and killed outside his home after a woman called 911 shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday to report her husband was “out of control” and “threatening to bring his AR out,” apparently referring to an assault rifle.Officers from the New Richmond Police Department and St. Croix County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home in the 1900 block of County Trunk Highway CC in Star Prairie Township, according to a news release Sunday.When they arrived, the woman was outside but two juvenile...

Ross Douthat: Kevin McCarthy has a rare quality for a Republican House Speaker

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

Among the various reassessments of Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after his successful debt-ceiling negotiations, the one with the widest implications belongs to Matthew Continetti, who writes in The Washington Free Beacon that “McCarthy’s superpower is his desire to be speaker. He likes and wants his job.”If you hadn’t followed American politics across the past few decades, this would seem like a peculiar statement: What kind of House speaker wouldn’t want the job?But part of what has gone wrong with American institutions lately is the failure of important figures to regard their positions as ends unto themselves. Congress, especially, has been overtaken by what Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute describes as a “platform” mentality, where ambitious House members and senators treat their offices as places to stand and be seen — as talking heads, movement leaders, future presidents — rather than as roles to inhabit and opportunities to serve.On the Republican side, this tend...

Stephen L. Carter: The Supreme Court’s confusing water ruling, explained

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

The Supreme Court’s recent decision on the limits of federal authority under the Clean Water Act has been celebrated or condemned, depending on the ideological predilections of the observer. Everyone agrees, however, that the opinions themselves make for rather rough reading.They boil down to a squabble over the words “adjacent” and “adjoining.”The dispute involves Michael and Chantell Sackett, who were trying to build a house on land they’d purchased in Idaho. They trucked in dirt and rocks, only to be warned by the Environmental Protection Agency that because their lot included wetlands, they were violating the Clean Water Act. Unless they restored the area, they faced fines of $40,000 a day.The Sacketts sued. The case has been up and down the appellate ladder several times. Last month, after nearly two decades of litigation, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled in their favor.But on what ground exactly?That’s where the words get tricky.Althoug...

3M granted 3-week delay in PFAS trial amid settlement talks

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

The judge overseeing 4,000 municipal and state lawsuits involving 3M Co. “forever chemicals” agreed to delay the first trial for three weeks so the company can work out a settlement over pollution claims by water providers.U.S. District Judge Mark Gergel said Maplewood-based 3M and the lawyers it suing over the chemicals were in “serious settlement discussions to reach a global resolution” of claims and believe “a final binding agreement is achievable in the near future.” Their time is better spent finalizing that accord and obtaining approvals for it than going to trial in federal court in Charleston, S.C., where jury selection was set to begin Monday, Gergel wrote in an order.Bloomberg News reported on Friday that 3M had struck a tentative settlement of at least $10 billion to cover claims related to municipal providers of drinking water to consumers, according to people familiar with the matter. The accord, which requires approval by 3M’s board, wouldn’t cover an array of other c...

Vulnerable adult missing out of Troy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Troy police are searching for a missing vulnerable adult. Aladdin Vazquez has dementia and may be in need of medical attention. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Vazquez was last seen around 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 4 leaving Samaritan Hospital on Burdett Avenue in Troy. He was wearing a black coat, blue hospital scrub pants, and dark shoes.Vazquez is 66 years old, 6' tall, 180 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call either Troy police at (518) 270-4421 or 911.

Video: Explosion of gunfire in Spanish Lake; 9-year-old critically injured

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

SPANISH LAKE, Mo. - A hail of gunfire was caught on camera in a quiet north St. Louis County neighborhood right before a 9-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded.The victim's neighbors had to scramble for cover during this frightful ordeal. Police are still searching for the gunman.Daryl Marsaw said he is still in shock after he pulled into his driveway Saturday afternoon in the 1300 block of Aspen Woods Drive, located in Spanish Lake. Person dragged onto front lawn, killed during home invasion on Sunday morning “As I was pulling into my driveway, I made a right turn, and unfortunately, there was gunfire," he said. "It came from a few houses down. The bullets were flying. It was a scary event.”Bullets shattered the windows of his two cars.St. Louis County police officers from the North County Precinct responded to the call of shots fired. Residents said they want the violence to end."I thought it was a firecracker, but then realized they had been shooting," said Benard Hegwo...

Charges filed in St. Charles County road rage shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - An O'Fallon, Missouri, man has been charged with a road rage shooting that happened 10 days ago on Missouri 364 in St. Charles County.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the shooting occurred just before 6 p.m. on May 26, in the westbound lanes of the highway.Investigators said the victim was merging onto Missouri 364 when a driver in a dark-colored car would not allow the victim to get on the highway.The driver of that car allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at least two shots at the driver's side of the victim's car. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW The victim was struck in the hand, but the injury was not life-threatening. The suspect vehicle sped away.State troopers eventually identified the sho...

Belleville fountain shutting off for water main installation

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:59:42 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – The popular Veterans Memorial Fountain in Belleville Public Square will be turned off on Tuesday as Illinois American Water begins work to install a new water main."It will start Tuesday, June 6, and we are going to be replacing about 1,200 feet of aging waterline," said Terry Mickin, Illinois American Water. "…The project starts tomorrow and, hopefully, it will be done by September."Illinois Route 159, from Washington Street to A Street, will be closed as the new water main is installed under the public square."It’s time to get it started. We worked closely with the city; with the chamber (of commerce)," Micklin said. “This is the pocket of time to do it. It won’t interfere with any festivals, city events. We realize it is a temporary inconvenience, but very, very important that we get it done." Person dragged onto front lawn, killed during home invasion on Sunday morning The water lines under the fountain are 75 years old and in need of replacement. A mar...