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Las Vegas approves first Vegas Loop station, FDA recalls ByHeart formula, Lombardo urges restraint in Minnesota shootings, DRI wins AI education grant, and Scotty’s Castle reopens.
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- Jan. 28: Tuition hikes, real estate realities, and outside-the-box opera
- Windsor Park delays, Colorado River inflows, and education changes across Nevada
- Nevada jobs struggle, housing expands, and ICE detention care claims
- The international airport in Las Vegas is considered an “Innovation Hub”
- Measles surge, ethics complaint, and Metro sued over protest tactics
- 'The Guardian' to be the Vegas swan song of local director/writer Ernest Hemmings
- As measles outbreaks ramp up in surrounding states, can Nevada maintain its low case counts?
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Nevada voters will weigh in on reproductive rights. So might Wyoming and Idaho residents.
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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 January 28.
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:
- Murals and Thomas Erak & The Ouroboros
- In Pour Taste
- Planet Desert Rock Weekend
- BMI Live: The Art of Retelling the Truth featuring Melissa Febos, Jamie Hood, and Isle McElroy
- Kendra Erika – Licensed to Thrill: The James Bond Songbook Album Release Showcase
- Marriage human trafficking forum for wedding industry
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Sample the Nevada-centric food trend of Basque cuisine in these Las Vegas cheesecakes
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Pat McCarran was Nevada's first native-born U.S. Senator and its most powerful 20th-century politician. Learn how he rose from underdog to Nevada Senator.
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Native Bound Unbound
Excavating the truth of Indigenous slavery in the Western Hemisphere
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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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It was a three-way, down-to-the-wire race between A$AP Rocky, ENHYPEN and Bad Bunny to be No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200 albums chart. -
Senators blocked a package of six spending bills that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security as Democrats continue to push for reforms to immigration enforcement. -
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With a song from 1759 as a mile marker, pianist Lara Downes and historian Jill Lepore examine what this land was like just before it became the United States. -
Women in India were told they couldn't be paid for their eggs. The result: a black market for eggs from women in need of money to survive.
