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Nevada Public Radio
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle take issue with the culture associated with immigration officers
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- A warm, dry winter drags on as water managers negotiate the future of Colorado River
- High interest rates, lack of inventory continue to dictate prices for Vegas homes
- Why are higher education costs in Nevada rising?
- FBI bio lab probe, CCSD priorities, and the Sundance Film Festival finds a new home
- Gone are the days of the $1 buffet in Las Vegas as $175 buffets offer luxury dining
- Eviction aid expands, Las Vegas tourism drops and park signage dispute grows in Death Valley
- Vegas City Opera puts a different spin on 'Romeo & Juliet'
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Vitor Munhoz
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 February 4.
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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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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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Ryan Vellinga
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Nevada Public Radio
Thirty years ago, a bulldozer stunt put the rural Nevada county at the center of a national movement — one that still reverberates
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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U.S. border czar Tom Homan says 700 federal agents will be leaving Minnesota. And, the New START Treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired today. -
Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events. -
U.S. Olympic athletes are arriving and settling into their digs for the next couple of weeks in Italy. Curlers are amazed by the mountain scenery in Cortina; figure skaters are plant fostering in Milan; and the big air slopestyle women are "smashing pizzas" in Livigno.
