Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge — a natural area in the Mojave Desert approximately 90 miles outside Las Vegas — is the home of several dozen species that are not present anywhere else on earth.
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Tapas & Beyond: Las Vegas suddenly has a splashy Spanish food scene
Small plates are calling at EDO, Valencian Gold, Jamón Jamón and elsewhere.
The Southern Nevada Officials Association needs help with high school events—regardless of experience
One person reached out on a Monday night seeking to get started with the association and was working as a varsity football line judge a few days later.
Ellis Island GM Christina Ellis on the challenges and joys of growing up in a restaurant family
Plus, plans for rebuilding the Lodge at Mt. Charleson and the backstory behind that famous eggnog.
Legacy on the line: What will Deontay Wilder do with his third chance against Tyson Fury?
Deontay Wilder took a seat in front of the media, placed headphones over his ears and zoned out. At the lone pre-fight-week news conference to announce his upcoming WBC heavyweight championship trilogy bout against Tyson Fury on October 9 at T-Mobile …
Indigenous filmmaker’s ‘every breath’ a fight for his people
Myron Dewey, a filmmaker and journalist who helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Native Americans fighting an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, has died.
Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage
Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to fall before autumn even arrives. Extreme weather events like hurricanes that strip trees of their leaves altogether.
Congress moves to avert partial government shutdown
Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another with the Senate poised to approve legislation that would fund the federal government into early December.
Agonizing choices as Dems debate shrinking health care pie
Democrats are debating how to divide up what could be a smaller serving of health care spending in President Joe Biden’s domestic policy bill, pitting the needs of older adults who can’t afford their dentures against the plight of uninsured low-income…
Democrats divided: Progressives, centrists say trust is gone
In their fight over trillions of dollars, their paramount policy goals and perhaps their political fate, this isn’t helping: Democratic progressives and centrists say they don’t trust each other.