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B-6 Twta Prihf Idaho IdahoWest Vegas sizzles as the heat Spring chinook count runs high weeks early improvement can be traced to better ocean conditions and an improved food supply, plus habitat restoration, Improved hatchery conditions and improvements in hydropower projects on the Columbia and Snake rivers. average from 1990-1999 is 62339. The 10-year average for jack salmon is 2,737 but this year's jack count reached 18,788 on May 21, nearly seven times the 10-year average. Corps biologist Gary Johnson said the jack count is an important forecast for the next adult runs. "Normally, if jack counts are up one year, adult runs are up the next two years.

The trend proves out most of the time," he said. "This year's jack count is more than double last year's. Now I won't predict the next adult run will be double this year's, but I'm confident it will be even larger than we're seeing now." The Corps said part of the PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -Spring adult and jack salmon returning through Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River are at their highest numbers since biologists began keeping count in 1938, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported.

The high number of jack, or immature male salmon, heralds continued high returns for at least the next couple of years, the Corps said. When returning adults and jack salmon are combined, this year's return is the highest on record, 189,600 fish. The previous high was 186,140 recorded in 1972. On May 21, 10 days before the official end of this year's spring chinook migration, adult counts hit nearly 171,000. The 10-year northern edge of Las Vegas, temperatures hit 108.

On Monday, temperatures in Las Vegas reached a record 108 degrees, officially marking the first triple digit heat of the year in Las Vegas. "It's pretty toasty," Puis said. "I've lived here for over nine years. You don't really ever get used to it, you just deal with it." Fuis said the early heat was attributed to a ridge of high pressure over the Western states, which also experienced record-breaking highs. Temperatures are expected to remain in the 100-degree range through the end of the week.

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"Damn hot," he said, summarizing how most Las Vegans felt Tuesday after temperatures hit the triple-digit mark for a second day. The high Tuesday was expected to reach 106 in Las Vegas, but quickly soared to record-breaking 107 by early afternoon. The previous record for May 23 was set back in 1984, when highs reached 106, said Brian Puis, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. In North Las Vegas and at Nellis Air Force Base, on the Grand Opening May 24th 17773 Showing in few Orders Pizza To Go! mm RESTAURANT TO CLOSING Sun Closed Monday (208) 837-6475 FBI ft 6PM LNOW INTERSTATE AMUSEMENT PLAYING TWIN CINEMA 12 734-2400 1 CHECK DIHCCTOWV OB CAU. THEATRE FOW 8H0WTME8.

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