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Spirit Airlines has secured court approval to begin dismantling the once-busy budget carrier and sell its parts to pay creditors. The liquidation a bankruptcy court judge authorized on Teusday marks a dramatic turn for Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2025 hoping to escape financial ruin.
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Southern Nevada hosts first Heat Summit with collaboration from Phoenix leaders
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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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From UNLV's first library in 1957 to co-founding Joyce and Martin Advertising, Marydean Martin shaped southern Nevada for decades. Remembering a librarian, philanthropist, and community builder.
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In her first year, CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert says, community needs, data, and a changing world drive her decisions
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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Atlantic writer George Packer discusses how tech venture capitalists, who are heavily invested in AI and cryptocurrency, aligned with Trump and influenced policies related to their own investments.
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Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.
