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- Threat of equine virus looms over nation's largest rodeo event in Las Vegas
- Sunrise Children's Hospital welcomes Nevada's only pediatric ENT
- Contemporary art finds a home at Couper Russ
- Essential workers get homebuying help, leash law crackdown, school funds
- Fort Mojave Indian Tribe breaks ground on new casino
- Union members picket Valley Hospital as healthcare coverage negotiations continue
- A'ja Wilson named TIME's 2025 Athlete of the Year, new library opens, and wildlife conservation updates
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Nevada wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, marking the first detection in the state — and making Nevada the final western state where the pathogen has now been found.
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The suburban art space is currently featuring an ambitious nod to a pioneering abstract movement, by the gallery's co-owner and local painter Matthew Couper
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