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Mountain West News Bureau
President Trump’s nominee, Steve Pearce, is a former New Mexico congressman and Vietnam War pilot. The opposition feels he could sell off public land.
A woman holds a miniature goat dressed in a white onesie with hearts on it.
Hanna Merzbach
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Wyoming Public Media
Mountain West News Bureau
Render of the THIRD Street nonprofits new building in downtown Las Vegas.
Courtesy THIRD Street
Third Street will serve as a performing space, a creative incubator, and an education facility to help bolster the local arts industry.
A large crowd gathers outside the Desert Breeze Community Center on a sunny day to watch a traditional Chinese lion dance performance. Vibrant yellow and red lion dance costumes dominate the foreground, with performers in red traditional attire guiding the lions. Hundreds of spectators of all ages line both sides of the outdoor performance area, with children sitting cross-legged in front for a closer view. Palm trees, a "Desert Breeze Pool" sign, and event tents are visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
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Cole Weber
What's Happening in Las Vegas?

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Sammy Davis Jr. singing onstage at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, most likely in the 1960s.
UNLV Special Collections
Sammy Davis Jr. headlined the Las Vegas Strip but faced segregation, mob threats, and violence offstage. Part 1 of his Las Vegas story.
A woman and a phone sit down for a date in front of the Bellagio fountains.
Kaitlin Brito
Tired of incessant self-curation, pointless matches, and wasted time, many Zillennials are done with online dating
Sydney Reyes shows his memorial tattoo for his wife Wanda Colson.
Curtis Joe Walker
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Curtis Joe Walker Photography
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.