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A new study finds "brain-eating" amoebas in Lake Mead, NDOT readies for 500,000 EDC visitors, Allegiant Air completes its Sun Country acquisition, and more.
- USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail
- Caesars fountain jump, Las Vegas Philharmonic’s new director, and Colorado River cuts
- Introducing the Las Vegas Philharmonic's new music director, Rei Hotoda
- Nevada, California and Arizona announce temporary plan to save water from the Colorado River
- Summer fireworks for America250, Medicaid fraud crackdown and Aces WNBA season opener
- See Hear Do: May 6-12
- The Short List
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Utilities across the West are launching a new regional energy market designed to help them buy and share power a full day before it’s needed — an effort supporters say could lower costs, improve reliability and make it easier to move renewable energy across state lines.
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Plus: What to see, hear, and do in Las Vegas this week.
Ellie Koleen
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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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From his partnership with Jerry Lewis to the Rat Pack, the Sands, and the MGM Grand, Dean Martin was a Las Vegas fixture for decades. Host Michael Green traces the career of the laid-back crooner.
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Photo courtesy of the Clark County School District
In her first year, CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert says, community needs, data, and a changing world drive her decisions
The winners of Desert Companion's 2026 Focus on Nevada photo contest are here! From a bull ride at Helldorado Days in Las Vegas, to kids playing in a light installation at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, winning photos capture the Silver State's many ways of expressing itself. And what goes better with picture-taking than travel? Our summer road-trip feature looks at five destinations that history buffs will love. Lastly, just in time for the big heat, we've got a guide to summer that offers tales and tips for opting in (or out).
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A federal jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Stumo, a young woman who was killed in the second of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within months of each other in 2018 and 2019. -
Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump's sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods sparked a clash in which China prevailed. We look at the current state of U.S.-China relations.
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For the first time ever, the final match will feature a halftime performance of three acts capturing this year's global spotlight.
