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Predatory lending effort ends, North Dakota State joins Mountain West, Illenium launches Sphere residency, Sammy Davis Jr. revisited, and Nevada gardeners get an early start.
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- Mine lawsuit, overdose care expansion and utility bill relief in Nevada
- A Public Fit meets the moment again with 'Eurydice,' a play about grief and memory
- New addiction recovery hospital opens in Las Vegas
- Immigration enforcement criticism, animal shelter plans and Raiders draft contention
- In a Hard Place
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Every state in the country has this kind of investment fund, except Wyoming and Mississippi. It could still be a long shot to pass.
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The adaptation of the 2003 Sarah Ruhl play is one of the bigger productions for the Vegas stage company's current season.
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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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Governor Joe Lombardo makes a little headway, despite a Democratic Legislature
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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NPR's Rachel Treisman took a pause from watching figure skaters break records to see speed skaters break records. Plus, the surreal experience of watching backflip artist Ilia Malinin. -
The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the feline population has grown dramatically. -
Ben Ogden of Vermont skied powerfully, finishing just behind Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway. It was the first Olympic medal for a U.S. men's cross-country skier since 1976.
