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According to a recently released CDC report, our state had the second-biggest rate increase in the number of deaths due to drug overdose from June 2023 to June 2024, compared with the previous year.
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Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, the EPA estimates that waste in the U.S. increases by more than 25%, or by about 1 million tons. That’s 2 billion pounds of garbage.
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For longer than Las Vegas has been a city, people have fanned out across this country every winter to do one thing: count birds.
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As you know, this radio station is pretty much all-talk, all hours of the day. But some of you may remember that in the 1980s and 1990s, KNPR was renowned for producing a Monday night jazz program.
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Thursday is Thanksgiving. And while the history of the holiday is fraught with misgivings, it’s a time to celebrate with friends, family, even strangers.
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Thacker Pass, near the Nevada-Oregon border, is an area rich with lithium ore. However, environmentalists and tribes have fought the effort for years now.
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About 150,000 graduate assistants in this country are part of a union. That’s about 38% of all grad students, and Nevada is about to join them.
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President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations on the first day of his administration. What can state lawmakers do to protect immigrants living in Nevada? The state’s attorney general and the incoming head of the Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus have weighed in.
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Plans are in place for the Las Vegas Valley’s first freestanding children’s hospital.