Alex Hager
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KUNC
Mountain West News Bureau
The National Park Service recorded 323 million visits in 2025 at parks, historic sites, monuments and recreation areas, about a 3% decline from 2024’s all-time high.
RSVP for an exhilarating night of artful inspiration where we will recognize our contest winners and local photographers with food, drinks, and celebration.
April 30, 2026
At Nevada State Museum, LV
April 30, 2026
At Nevada State Museum, LV
- Nevada Shakespeare Festival: Not your grandfather's Bard
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- See Hear Do: March 11-17
- March 11: War in Iran, e-transport crackdown, and the Nevada Shakespeare Festival
- FDA recalls seafood, Boulder City Hospital layoffs, Nevada heat records
- Deep Roots in the Desert
- Clash of the Titans
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Rachel Cohen
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KUNC
Mountain West News Bureau
The city used to auction off surplus animals to ranchers. But six years ago, it started donating them to tribes instead. More than 170 animals have been gifted so far.
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Mountain West News Bureau
Images: Nevada Shakespeare Festival
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Illustration: Nevada Public Radio
In its sixth season, the performance company continues its tradition of modernizing the playwright's works and staging them in parks all over Clark County.
Courtesy Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
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What's Happening in Las Vegas?
The Guide is a community-submitted cultural calendar which lists events of interest to the local Southern Nevada community. Here's the latest:
The Guide is a community-submitted cultural calendar which lists events of interest to the local Southern Nevada community. Here's the latest:
Nevada Public Radio Original Podcasts
Dive deep into Silver State history and folklore with Nevada Yesterdays, grow your perfect desert garden with expert advice on Desert Bloom, and explore Southern Nevada's vibrant arts, culture, and community stories through Desert Air—where thoughtful storytelling connects you to the heart of your home.
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Scott Lien
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Nevada Public Radio
In August 1964, The Beatles played Las Vegas's Convention Center after Stan Irwin of the Sahara Hotel took a chance on the Fab Four. Up to 16,000 fans attended, launching the era of arena entertainment in Las Vegas.
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A meditation on the ruining of Blue Diamond Hill
Blaze new and old trails alike with Desert Companion's outdoor and recreation issue! Tag alongside five writers as they wax poetic about their favorite nature walks, meet the man better known as Cactus Joe, and catch up with Nevada politico Jon Ralston ahead of the release of his biography on the late Sen. Harry Reid. Plus, discover how one year of Trump has already changed Nevada.
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World Cup tickets are expensive, and buying them has been frustrating and confusing. But this is what economics is for: figuring out the best ways to allocate scarce resources. FIFA, steal these ideas. -
If you get a high reading at the doctor's office, it may not be definitive. Here's what to know about your risk — and testing your blood pressure at home. -
Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at protecting marine wildlife too.
