City and county officials from Southern and Northern Nevada acknowledged more work needs to be done to expand access to public drinking water and offer cooling centers beyond normal business hours.
Reno and Las Vegas are the two fastest warming cities in the nation according to Climate Central, a nonprofit that analyzes climate science and has studied temperatures of cities across the country over the past 50 years. Heat-related deaths have spiked in both Northern and Southern Nevada in recent years.
In response, state lawmakers during the 2025 Legislative Session mandated the two most populous counties adopt heat mitigation strategies…