Ryan Vellinga
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Nevada Public Radio
Nearly a week in to the special session, the Legislature's biggest bills are still on uncertain ground.
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Preston Keres
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mountain West News Bureau
- 'Wait Wait' star and comedian Alonzo Bodden finds a peaceful existence in Las Vegas
- A Yerington Paiute Tribe member honors his great-grandfather with a remembrance run
- Study: Nevada has second-highest rate for death by suicide with a firearm
- Film tax credit clears early hurdle in special session, Clark County kicks off toy drive, and Pulp!
- Nevada Supreme Court sends 'fake electors' case back to Clark County
- Nevada lawmakers consider reviving court that barred offenders from the Las Vegas Strip
- Nevada Legislature special session begins, Colorado River deadline missed, and prediction markets blocked
Rachel Cohen
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KUNC
Mountain West News Bureau
During the lapse in federal funding, Utah and Colorado, along with several nonprofit partner organizations, stepped in to keep key visitor services running.
Steve Vigil
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The Nature Conservancy
Mountain West News Bureau
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Mountain West News Bureau
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The newsy jokester opines on Vegas drivers, the press, and finding the funny in troubled times.
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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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Scott Suchman
New Caribbean steakhouse Maroon will offer an important history lesson, a cultural experience, and food by an award-winning chef
Josh Hawkins
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UNLV
Selma Bartlett made her mark on southern Nevada. When she died recently just before her 98th birthday, she was remembered for doing a lot to build Henderson and Nevada State University.
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Harvey Georges
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AP
Rick Sealock
When the going gets tough, the tough find respite in the familiar (but still write to their senators!)
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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NPR's A Martinez talks with The Tennessean's country music reporter Audrey Gibbs about the highlights from Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards.
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Author Rabih Alameddine won for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother). Other winners include a book for young people about orphans on the run in Iran during World War II. -
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign. -
President Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, there's a 30-day countdown for the DOJ to produce those records. -
The Interior Department proposed reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations first made during the Republican's first term. Those changes were reversed under former President Biden.
