Kaleb Roedel
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Mountain West News Bureau
Mountain West News Bureau
The U.S. already has about 3,000 data centers — and that number is expected to grow quickly in the coming years. A new report finds much of that growth is shifting away from cities and into rural areas, including in the Mountain West.
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April 30, 2026
At Nevada State Museum, LV
April 30, 2026
At Nevada State Museum, LV
- Remembering Marydean Martin: Librarian and Community Builder
- Spring hiking is for everyone
- Infant vaccination push, Clark County air quality and Shelley Berkley address
- Raiders pin their hopes on Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft
- Lake Powell water crisis, SNAP work requirements and Washoe Tribe land purchase
- Trump takes a victory lap in Las Vegas
- Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere
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Hanna Merzbach
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Wyoming Public Radio
Mountain West News Bureau
In some parts of the Mountain West, residents are reviving these gathering places, which have long been a staple for westerners living in isolated places.
Maria Lin Kim
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Unsplash
Mountain West News Bureau
Courtesy of Utah Fire Info
Mountain West News Bureau
Phelan M. Ebenhack
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AP
The dominant concert promoter in Las Vegas may be forced to cede its market share to competitors, pay damages, and/or divest Ticketmaster.
Chris Pizzello
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Invision (AP)
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 Lien
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Nevada Public Radio
In August 1964, The Beatles played Las Vegas's Convention Center after Stan Irwin of the Sahara Hotel took a chance on the Fab Four. Up to 16,000 fans attended, launching the era of arena entertainment in Las Vegas.
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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The Arab oil producer has long expressed frustration with the quotas it has to follow as part of OPEC, the cartel of major state-owned oil producers. -
Cole Allen, the man who tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, is being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. And, King Charles III is set to address Congress today. -
Two months after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran started the war, peace talks are on hold, with control of the Strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran's nuclear program as the two main points of contention.
