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Union leaders for federal employees said they're glad the shutdown is over, but morale remains low.
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Daily Rundown
- Young rodeo athletes are the next generation of Navajo cowboys
- Nevada senators vote to end shutdown, Animal Foundation pop-up, and new LVMPD substation underway
- Power bills may soon look different as NV Energy pursues rate change
- Raiders fire special teams coordinator Tom McMahon after another costly loss
- Las Vegas pet shop bans, NV Energy investigation, and a downtown cocktail renaissance
- Las Vegas artist Brett Bolton makes music to see
- Harry Reid delays amid ATC safety concerns, Raiders safety returns, and stores aid holiday SNAP gaps
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Mountain West News Bureau
A new national survey by the Urban Indian Health Institute is working to reveal how widespread traumatic brain injuries are among Indigenous survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
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Mountain West News Bureau
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Associated Press
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There’s no shortage of cool things to do at any time in Nevada.
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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
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Scott Suchman
New Caribbean steakhouse Maroon will offer an important history lesson, a cultural experience, and food by an award-winning chef
UNLV Special Collections
The story of Nevada's Virginia and Truckee Railroad, built in 1869 to transport Comstock silver. Learn how financier William Sharon bluffed counties into funding "the crookedest railroad in the world," featuring 17 circles down the mountain.
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Nevada Public Radio
Why doesn’t Las Vegas have more Basque dining options?
Sink your teeth into our annual collection of dining — and drinking — stories, including a tally of Sin City's Tiki bars, why good bread is having a moment, and how one award-winning chef is serving up Caribbean history lessons through steak. Plus, discover how Las Vegas is a sports town, in more ways than one. Bon appétit!
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Building a social media brand has helped enrich players. But constant harassment — fueled in part by sports gambling — has come to outweigh potential income. Now, staying "regular" is the goal. -
Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market. -
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks George Dunlap, a commissioner on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, about the upcoming arrival of Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Cyndi Kirkhart and Scott Thompson of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, talk about how they met and the rewards of feeding the hungry.
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At least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the overnight attack, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
