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In the wake of the raging California wildfires, environmental groups are shifting the climate conversation away from mitigation, toward adaptation and resilience.
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President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on launching the largest deportation in American history, but the details of how he could get it done once he takes office remain fuzzy — and would likely require the help of state and local officials who are either wavering or uncommitted.
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Jeremy Aguero started his yearly economic report at Preview Las Vegas on Thursday morning reiterating the valley’s “remarkable” development over the past few decades.
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After approval from both voters and state lawmakers, sales of recreational marijuana products in Nevada have reached more than $5 billion. Sales peaked during the pandemic in 2021 at more than a $1 billion. They’ve fallen since then but remained around $800 million in 2024.
New research suggests the zero alcohol products (ZAP) trend has reached teens. But whether these beverages drive healthier behaviors, act as a gateway to alcohol use, or both, is unknown.
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New research suggests the zero alcohol products (ZAP) trend has reached teens. But whether these beverages drive healthier behaviors, act as a gateway to alcohol use, or both, is unknown.
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Nevada ranks first for new homes built in natural landscapes prone to wildfires according to the Lied Center for Real Estate at UNLV. A map of the United States shows the growth percentage in residential housing units located in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) between 1990 and 2020. Nevada is marked in red and shows a growth rate of 208 percent.
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People are increasingly moving into the wildland-urban interface areas, where human development meets wild vegetation, like forests, according to a University of Nevada-Las Vegas expert. Such landscapes are also notorious for wildfires.