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June-July 2022

It's our 10th annual Focus on Nevada photo issue! PLUS: My Dry Lakebed Race | The Spicy Chicken Sandwich 'Splosion | Five Years of Legal Weed | Zen and the Art of Birdwatching

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Stories from the June-July 2022 Issue

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10th Annual Focus on Nevada Photo Contest

Jun 01, 2022

Congratulations to 2022's winners and honorable mentions — and thanks as always for inspiring us to look at Nevada with a truly fresh perspective.

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All Things
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Shooting Stars: Where are these Focus winners now?

May 27, 2022

They came, they snapped, they won. Let’s catch up with some past Focus on Nevada Photo Contest winners

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The Night Fowl at Blue Hen Chicken Co. by Sabin Orr
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Hot Damn!

May 27, 2022

If you’ve got a burning desire to taste the rage for spicy chicken sandwiches, these spots are fire

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Tradition in Sight

May 31, 2022

My usual response to the word “tradition” is a whiplashy gag of nausea and dread at its connotations of unthinking obedience and ritualized conformity but, no lie, I actually love the way it sounds when applied to our Focus on Nevada photo contest.

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The Latest Scoop

May 27, 2022

We scoured the valley to find our new favorite spots for cold, creamy goodness

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Outdoors
The Manta TwinJammer fleet lines up for a start at the 2022 America’s Landsailing Cup at Ivanpah Dry Lake. Photo by Michael Hanson
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Nomads With Wings

May 27, 2022

With its strong winds and endless plains, the Ivanpah Dry Lake is perfect for the desert adventurer’s extreme sport: landsailing

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Wing Stop

May 27, 2022

Zen and the art of birdwatching — a pastime, passion, and, for many, a lifelong obsession

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Writer in Residence
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Dance Floor for One

May 27, 2022

Reflecting on my young life as a regular at Koi, lonesome ultra lounge for the have-nots

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Joint Ventures

May 27, 2022

Five years later, Nevada's cannabis industry shifts from its initial growth boom to its next phase: growing up

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Dining
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'Psst! Have you tried ...?'

May 27, 2022

The Neon Feast food app puts food critics' whisper network in the palm of your hand

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Want Not

May 27, 2022

Food waste hurts everyone. These Las Vegans are doing their part to lessen the damage

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The Story of Us

May 27, 2022

With a gritty, grassroots ethos, these filmmakers are exploring Vegas' recent history

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Unreel

May 27, 2022

Movies and TV shows regularly get Vegas completely wrong. That's a good thing

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Made Us Look: Funny Focus Photos

Jun 01, 2022

Here are a few of this year’s Focus on Nevada entries that made us smile — in the best possible way — at a time when smiles were hard to come by

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