Rick Arevalo
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Nevada Public Radio
The Vegas-based poet on the power of poetry as communication
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Wyoming Public Media
Lawmakers are discussing the pilot program as western states remain at an impasse about the future of the Colorado River.
Yvette Fernandez
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MWNB
Mountain West News Bureau
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Pexels
Mountain West News Bureau
Rick Arevalo
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Nevada Public Radio
Poet and UNLV professor Claudia Keelan talks grief, life as a poet, and how being present can make all the difference in the creative process
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Ernest Hemmings
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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Sample the Nevada-centric food trend of Basque cuisine in these Las Vegas cheesecakes
Rossi Ralenkotter, 1977
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LVCVA
Rossi Ralenkotter spent 45 years at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, creating the studies that shaped tourism strategy and helping land the city's biggest events.
UNLV Special Collections
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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Reporters across the NPR Network are covering the impact of the storm and how officials are responding. We've also got tips for staying safe once bad weather hits. -
No more crying over bad haircuts. This illustrated guide has advice on how to find a great stylist and communicate what you want, even while you're sitting in the salon chair. -
An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue. -
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China. -
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
