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Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California.
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- The first higher health insurance premium bills of the year are coming due. Their Impact is still unclear
- Vegas Loop scrutiny, transgender sports lawsuit and sex worker union initiative
- Las Vegas library head Kelvin Watson garners Librarian of the Year award
- 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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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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A widower finds solace in memorial tattoos, using a very special kind of ink
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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Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand today in a trial over whether social media companies are fueling the teen mental health crisis. And, Tricia McLaughlin is leaving the Department of Homeland Security. -
U.S. cross-country skiers Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher power to a silver medal in the men's team sprint. U.S. women led by Jessie Diggins finish off the podium. -
A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next 20 years.
