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The Las Vegas Raiders are searching for a new head coach for the third year in a row. This time, it's crucial to find the right fit.
Submissions for the 2026 Focus on Nevada Photo Contest are open! Submit your photos today for a chance to win prizes from B&C Camera and get published in Desert Companion magazine.
- Vaccine rules stay, speeding crackdown, and mail ballot postmark changes
- Washoe safe parking, Hoover Dam maintenance, and the Allegiant-Sun Country merger
- SNAP changes, Las Vegas Metro expands drone network, and a national park pass controversy
- How researchers are using high-altitude trees to understand a changing climate
- 'The Long Walk,' 'F1' highlighted Las Vegas and its filmmakers onscreen in 2025. What lies ahead in 2026?
- Avelo deportation flights end, corruption claims, and pickleball's Vegas expansion
- GOP, Dems may face challenges in appealing to growing number of nonpartisans
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High number of cases in county along 3 state lines
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Ring in 2026 with a cultural cascade of music, lit, art, and history
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
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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.
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More holiday-themed arts and culture to spark your celebration spirit
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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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Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years. -
For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled. -
Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today she leads a campaign to lower prices for pads in Pakistan. -
The FBI searches the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of a leak investigation. And, the Trump administration restores $2B for mental health and addiction programs. -
It's not quite clear what the latest Trek series wants to be: a rollicking adventure, a college coming-of-age story, or a bizarre blend of both?
