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Mountain West News Bureau
The power grid across Western states is under growing strain. Now, a new report argues the region’s governments and utilities need to work together to keep the lights on and costs down.
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- Feb. 11: Boring Company scrutiny, health insurance costs, and the local who won librarian of the year
- Student loan defaults climb, Nevada Right-to-Try measure advances and voter registration surges
- Lending initiative dropped, Mountain West Conference expands and Illenium heads to Sphere
- DMV public record scrutiny, Medicaid funding boost and a bright future for the Raiders
- An early spring means its time to start prepping the yard for summer
- Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak confirms he will be Raiders head coach after Super Bowl win
- Mine lawsuit, overdose care expansion and utility bill relief in Nevada
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Alex Hager
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KUNC
Mountain West News Bureau
Less snowfall means less water in rivers and reservoirs. The economies in many of these communities rely in part on water activities.
David Dudley
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Wyoming Public Media
Mountain West News Bureau
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Cole Weber
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 February 11.
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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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.
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AP
An already vulnerable Nevada will be uniquely hurt by President Trump’s federal land protection rollbacks
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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Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill. -
Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Obama, says she will resign from Goldman Sachs after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship between the pair. -
Those pardoned include ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.
