By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL The story has everything, from the lights of Las Vegas to the end of the world. No wonder it's drawing so much attention from media worldwide.

By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL A big water week for Las Vegas just got a whole lot bigger, thanks to a new deal with the federal government that will almost double how much water the community could get from a proposed pipeline to Eastern Nevada. The U.S.

By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne will be in Las Vegas next week to sign a sweeping, interstate agreement that could blunt the impact of drought on the Colorado River and secure more water for Southern Nevada.

In June, the U.S. Geological Survey released a three-year study of groundwater resources in central and eastern Nevada.

By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL In what could be the first salvo in an all-out water war, Southern Nevada Water Authority chief Pat Mulroy is blasting a push by Utah lawmakers who want a federal study of her agency's plans to tap groundwater across eastern Nevada.