Nevada & the Southwest

November is National Adoption Month. In Nevada, there are several advocates who want to remind people there are children in need of adoptive and foster…

You can’t stop aging. But everyone is trying to do that, at least on the exterior — the plastic surgery business in the U.S. will earn nearly $27 billion…

In a few days, many of us will enjoy the biggest feast of the year. During Thanksgiving, Americans will eat 40 million turkeys, according to The…

She’s known as the Wonder Woman of Cheese in Las Vegas.Diana Brier is an artisan cheese maker, affineur (one who ages cheese) and a cheese monger, so that…

When the long-running Wynn production show Le Reve closed during the pandemic in 2020, many wondered what might replace it. And along came Awakening. But…

It used to be that if you had a casino, you owned the land beneath it. It doesn’t always work that way these days. Huge financial companies, real estate…

Nevadans live in a state that, if you didn’t know better, you’d sometimes think was built yesterday. It’s not always easy to find homes that are older…

The upcoming holidays mean people spend —on food, on gifts, clothes and so much more. With inflation higher than it’s been in 40 years, people are still…

NOTE: This article originally appeared in Desert Companion's Fifth Street.IS IT A DONUT? Is it a croissant? It’s a hybrid pastry called the Cronut that…

November is National Adoption Month. In Nevada, there are several advocates who want to remind people there are children in need of adoptive and foster…