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A Las Vegas specialty court for minor Strip and tourism-area crimes, disbanded in 2024, may return as the resort industry pushes for it in Thursday’s special legislative session.
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Daily Rundown
- 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
- Nevada ransomware attack started months before it was discovered, per report
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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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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:
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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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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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Because of a Halloween boost, "Thriller" helps Jackson hit some major chart milestones. -
President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here. -
November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness. -
Details on the newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein. And, the government shutdown has ended, but health insurance subsidies remain in limbo, with a vote on the matter expected next month. -
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
