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Northern Nevada braces for heavy snow, DHS shutdown impacts travel, Raiders fill coordinator roles, Eastside Cannery set for implosion, and a named-for-NBA-stars Olympian.
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- Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first-ever unionization
- Nevada lawmakers are questioning the Boring Co's safety, environmental record
- SAVE Act passes House, CCSD cuts and Red Rock sunflower at risk
- Gen Z and Millennials are done with online dating
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As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members.
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Accessibility and innovation — and opening the expansive new West Las Vegas Library — highlight the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District executive director's success.
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:
- Nevada Conservatory Theatre - Shorts: The Worker
- New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players: The Mikado
- UNLV Chamber Music Society: Telegraph Quartet
- Native American Heritage Day at Lost City Museum
- An American Soundscape: 20th-Century Strings
- Healing the Heart Through Listening: An Anishinaabe Reflection on Reciprocity
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UNLV Special Collections
Sammy Davis Jr. headlined the Las Vegas Strip but faced segregation, mob threats, and violence offstage. Part 1 of his Las Vegas story.
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An already vulnerable Nevada will be uniquely hurt by President Trump’s federal land protection rollbacks
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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Dorris Wright played a role in desegregating the Greenville, S.C., public library in 1960 with fellow activist Rev. Jesse Jackson. -
Loubna Mrie grew up in Syria, where her father was allegedly an assassin for the regime. She joined the Syrian revolution first as a protester and then as a photojournalist. Her memoir is Defiance.
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India's government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, Indian residents wonder what's taking so long.
