Hit-and-run crashes hit record highs, NV Energy warns data centers may derail renewable targets, and Clark County appeals an $8 million Badlands tax ruling. Plus sports and Vegas Loop updates.
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April 30, 2026
At Nevada State Museum, LV
April 30, 2026
At Nevada State Museum, LV
- Clash of the Titans
- The Weight of Our Choices
- Once a beacon of cheap homes, Nevada has become a symbol of America's struggle with high costs
- Nevada biolab probe, detention center lawsuit and Reno police leave
- Wildflowers are blooming in the driest place in North America — but not for long
- Forever One memorial, Nevada candidate filings and drought crop research
- Researchers look to this cactus as a future food, fuel source in face of climate change
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The Desert Research Institute and NASA to learn more about harmful effects to help communities stay healthy as wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe
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Idaho Falls District BLM
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The Forest Service wants more roads to fight fires, but research shows that roads lead to more fires
Courtesy Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
There’s no shortage of what to see, hear, and do at any time in Nevada. Here are some highlighted cultural events for the week starting March 11.
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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:
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Sammy Davis Jr. headlined the Las Vegas Strip but faced segregation, mob threats, and violence offstage. Part 2 of his Las Vegas story.
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Krista Diamond climbed Griffith Peak weeks after the Route 91 shooting — and found a version of the city that only exists from far above
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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The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena. -
A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active. -
Trump, who promised to lower gas prices, is tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as war drives prices up. And, the U.S. investigates the strike on an Iranian school that killed at least 165 people.
