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Nevada Public Radio
The 36th Special Session of the Nevada Legislature is over, and by all accounts, this special session was special indeed.
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- A former editor’s farewell, not so feel-good food, and a frenetic F1 weekend
- Max Verstappen has 5th F1 title in reach after Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri disqualified in Las Vegas
- Former Desert Companion editor talks zines, AI, and Vegas as he leaves town
- Art & authoritarianism, F1 weekend, and a warning whistle in the Biggest Little City
- See Hear Do: November 19-25
- Film tax credit dies, NV Energy demand charge lives, and Vegas’ breadaissance rises
- Lando Norris will tie McLaren record with 150th start at Las Vegas Grand Prix
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Senators characterized the agency’s decision-making process as “rigid” and “slow,” and said they want states to have a bigger role.
Yvette Fernandez
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Yvette Fernandez
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Nevada Public Radio
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Regardless of how you celebrate, learn the history behind the foods you put on the table, say an Indigenous culture specialist, a Mexican chef, and a Portuguese-Filipina writer
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Nevada Public Radio
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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Enjoy tasty bites from the past to the present
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UNLV
Selma Bartlett made her mark on southern Nevada. When she died recently just before her 98th birthday, she was remembered for doing a lot to build Henderson and Nevada State University.
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Ryan Vellinga
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Nevada Public Radio
Author KB Brookins believes in the power of the written, and spoken, word to change lives. Their story, chronicled in Pretty: A Memoir, is living proof
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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Chef Rick Martinez, a James Beard award winner, helped an NPR host recreate a beloved Ecuadorian dish his family ate during Thanksgiving. Here's the recipe. -
One journalist gifted Pope Leo XIV a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie as he began his first foreign tour to Turkey and Lebanon, accompanied by the world's press. -
A massive fire tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Authorities say at least 55 people have died in the fire and 279 people are still missing.
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The first episodes of the show's fifth and final season are out on Wednesday night. Critic Eric Deggans says the Duffer Brothers keep the plot moving along — even though, so far, many of the storylines feel familiar. -
A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine
