Lack of snow and economic uncertainty foretell a grim outlook for winter resorts
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Associated Press
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Sierra Club
Steve Vigil
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The Nature Conservancy
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Nevada Public Radio
- Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement
- Car theft settlements, Greenlink North gets stalled, and a new North Las Vegas civic building
- See Hear Do: December 17-23
- Dec. 17: Metro collaborates with ICE, local editors look back, and an Indigenous-made shopping spree
- Washoe nonprofit hopes to regain land in Tahoe Basin to build cultural and spiritual center
- Voter data battle, transit changes, nursing growth, and NBA expansion
- Las Vegas and Seattle slated as front-runners if NBA expansion to 32 teams happens
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Wyoming Public Media
Environmentalists point to policies ensuring developers take part in a statewide review process, pay for burdening power grids and limit emissions.
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AP
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There’s no shortage of what to see, hear, and do at any time in Nevada. Here are some highlighted cultural events for the week starting December 17.
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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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Enjoy tasty bites from the past to the present
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Frank Sinatra's relationship with Las Vegas spanned decades—from his 1951 Desert Inn debut during career lows to leading the Rat Pack's legendary Summit at the Sands. His story intertwines with the city's own rise.
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Nevada Public Radio
Author KB Brookins believes in the power of the written, and spoken, word to change lives. Their story, chronicled in Pretty: A Memoir, is living proof
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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The attack at Australia's Bondi Beach earlier this week on people who were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah was horrific. Stories have emerged about those who died trying to stop the gunmen. -
The Trump administration launched military strikes in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters in retaliation for an attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpreter a week ago. -
Fourteen companies in total have now reached what the administration calls most-favored-nation pricing deals. -
Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens. -
Washington, D.C.'s performing arts center was named for President Kennedy after his assassination. But his vision for the arts as a cornerstone of democracy was shared by Eisenhower and Johnson.
