Lack of snow and economic uncertainty foretell a grim outlook for winter resorts
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Sierra Club
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Nevada Public Radio
- Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement
- Car theft settlements, Greenlink North gets stalled, and a new North Las Vegas civic building
- See Hear Do: December 17-23
- Dec. 17: Metro collaborates with ICE, local editors look back, and an Indigenous-made shopping spree
- Washoe nonprofit hopes to regain land in Tahoe Basin to build cultural and spiritual center
- Voter data battle, transit changes, nursing growth, and NBA expansion
- Las Vegas and Seattle slated as front-runners if NBA expansion to 32 teams happens
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Wyoming Public Media
Environmentalists point to policies ensuring developers take part in a statewide review process, pay for burdening power grids and limit emissions.
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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 December 17.
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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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Frank Sinatra's relationship with Las Vegas spanned decades—from his 1951 Desert Inn debut during career lows to leading the Rat Pack's legendary Summit at the Sands. His story intertwines with the city's own rise.
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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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Kendal Wright, editor in chief of the University of Alabama's Nineteen Fifty-Six magazine, reacts to the suspension of two student publications amid a federal crackdown on campus DEI policies.
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The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure. -
Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world's cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal the unofficial start of his pontificate. -
The comedian is scheduled to co-host his final show on Saturday with Wicked star Ariana Grande. -
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
