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For decades, Nevadans have turned to John Ralston, CEO of the Nevada Independent, for political analysis. His new book, The Game Changer, explores the life and career of the late Sen. Harry Reid.
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.
- Nevada voter push, Lombardo fundraising and prison staffing updates
- 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
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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
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.
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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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Jodie Foster has spoken French since she was a child. But it's only now that she's taken on a lead role scripted almost entirely in the language of Molière, for A Private Life. -
NPR's A Martinez talks to Eduardo Gamarra, a politics and international relations professor at Florida International University, about María Corina Machado's meeting with President Trump.
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A woman who was married to a man twice her age remembers their relationship, and the important question she asked him when they spoke to StoryCorps 20 years ago.
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A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison, the first verdict in eight criminal trials for allegations that include his 2024 martial law decree. -
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the U.S. ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.
