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The newsy jokester opines on Vegas drivers, the press, and finding the funny in troubled times.
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- Nevada Legislature special session begins, Colorado River deadline missed, and prediction markets blocked
- See Hear Do: November 12-18
- Nov. 12: Groundwater conservation, elder suicide rates and a favorite NPR personality
- Can a Nevada water rights buy-back program keep its groundwater from drying up?
- The Latin Grammys return to Las Vegas: What to know for the 2025 show
- Las Vegas Airport delays continue, Treasure Island show rumors debunked, and Giving Machines return
- Young rodeo athletes are the next generation of Navajo cowboys
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Union leaders for federal employees said they're glad the shutdown is over, but morale remains low.
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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:
Nevada Public Radio Original Podcasts
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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
UNLV Special Collections
The story of Nevada's Virginia and Truckee Railroad, built in 1869 to transport Comstock silver. Learn how financier William Sharon bluffed counties into funding "the crookedest railroad in the world," featuring 17 circles down the mountain.
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Why doesn’t Las Vegas have more Basque dining options?
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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Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming. -
More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher. -
Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women. -
Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward. -
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
