Las Vegas eases non-essential restrictions on businesses [Video]

Residents in Las Vegas are still dealing with limited water after a recent flooding. With the limited water, the city had the restaurants and fast-food places closed to limit water usage. This all happened after the burn scars from the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon fire caused flooding. “When the monsoon rain came through, that just pulled more debris and more ash from that burn scar into the water supply and obviously caused reflooding into the town,” Lt. Col. Megan Napier. The county, city and the National Guard have been working together, handing out water and sandbags at Robertson High School. Although within the past few days, they ran out of sandbags, they will have them back again on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. until they run out again. “We were getting sandbags from Santa Fe, but we had to share those resources with Ruidoso. The county government here has been …