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Carson City’s Catmandu’s Cat of the Week: Pippa
Carson Now - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
Are you looking for a feline friend and companion to talk to and snuggle with as Autumn approaches? Meet Pippa, our Cat of the Week! This gorgeous, medium-haired silver cat is 2 ½ years-old with a personality as beautiful as her coat. She’s a big...
Over 100 Piles of Cremated Human Remains Found Near Las Vegas
Gambling News - New York
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August 29, 2025
More than 100 piles of cremated human remains have been discovered in a mass gravesite near Searchlight, Nevada, approximately 50 miles south of Las Vegas, prompting police and authorities to launch an investigation. Piles of Cremated Remains...
Nevada DMV outage affecting Real ID applications during Labor Day travel weekend
KTNV - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada's ongoing cyber attack has disrupted DMV operations this week, forcing the suspension of Real ID applications just as Labor Day weekend approaches — one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The cyber outage has...
Nevada Football Honors Legend Marion Motley with Tribute in 2025
BVM Sports
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August 29, 2025
Nevada Football is set to honor the legacy of Marion Motley, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and Wolf Pack legend, starting in 2025. The program will have one player wear Motley's retired No. 41 each game this season, beginning with wide receiver...
Good Morning, Las Vegas: How Nevada's network outage can affect Labor Day travel
KTNV - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
KTNV — We are entering day five of the statewide network outage, and we are working to answer your questions, including how the inability to get a Real ID right now could affect your holiday weekend travel plans. Plus, the weekend is heating up...
Canada's U.S. Travel Boycott Is Forcing Las Vegas To Acknowledge The Consequences
The Travel
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August 29, 2025
The World Travel & Tourism Council's 2024 Economic Impact Trends Report revealed the United States was the world’s most powerful travel and tourism market in 2024, contributing a record-breaking $2.36 trillion to its economy in 2023 alone....
Hope Means Nevada Announces Janna Velasco as Executive Director
Nevada Business Magazine
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August 29, 2025
LAS VEGAS (August 2025) – Hope Means Nevada (HMN), the community-based non-profit focused on eliminating youth suicide in the state and inspiring a culture of empathy and advocacy around mental health, announces Janna Velasco as its new executive...
What could be the political fallout from Lombardo's press conference absence?
My News 3 - Nevada
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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo did not attend the first press conference held Wednesday to discuss a ransomware attack that crippled state government operations this week. Lombardo held a second briefing on Thursday and defended his...
1-on-1 with College of Southern Nevada's new president Dr. Stacy Klippenstein
KTNV - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The College of Southern Nevada has a new president for the new school year. Dr. Stacy Klippenstein most recently joined CSN from Mohave College in Arizona and he sat down with me one-on-one to talk about what he envisions for...
Could Legalized Gambling Allow Georgia to Eliminate State Income Tax?
The Georgia Sun
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August 29, 2025
For more than a decade, supporters of legalizing gambling in Georgia have pitched casinos, pari-mutuel betting on horse racing, and – more recently – sports betting to the General Assembly but come up snake eyes. But gaming industry lobbyists and...
Lawsuit alleges Nevada Veterans nursing home endangered patients, retaliated against staff
Associated Press
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August 29, 2025
A group of former employees is suing the Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS), alleging that the agency and multiple officials engaged in retaliatory behavior and endangered the safety of residents at a state-run veterans nursing home in...
Las Vegas entrepreneur claims ex-husband offered her $339,000 to stay married for his US citizenship
Hindustan Times
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August 28, 2025
A Las Vegas entrepreneur shared a video on Instagram alleging that her ex-husband once offered her a huge amount of money to stay married so that he could easily secure American citizenship. In the post, the woman claimed that since her refusal,...
Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul sues to stop federal government from sharing Wisconsin Medicaid data
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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August 29, 2025
MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that Wisconsin has joined a multistate lawsuit to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using or sharing personally...
Video: Las Vegas police seize chickens, ducks from home over alleged zoning violation
Fox 5 Las Vegas - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Cell phone video shows at least eight officers outside a Las Vegas Valley home to seize ducks and chickens amid allegations of zoning violations. Earlier this week, video shows officers with Clark County Code Enforcement, Animal...
All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are unionized, defying national trend
Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia
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When Susana Pacheco accepted a housekeeping job 16 years ago at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip, she believed it was a step toward stability for her and her 2-year-old daughter. But the single mom found herself exhausted, falling behind on bills...
Las Vegas to inaugurate its first Filipino Town
Inquirer
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August 29, 2025
Filipino Community members wave Philippine and US flags during the approval and reading of the resolution designating Filipino Town in Las Vegas. CONTRIBUTED LAS VEGAS — What began as a prayer in the mind of longtime Filipino American leader...
Why Las Vegas tourism seeing major declines in air travel and hotel bookings
Hindustan Times
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August 29, 2025
Las Vegas is facing another big hit to its tourism industry as new airport data shows a sharp drop in travelers coming to the city. Rising costs have been blamed for keeping tourists away. In recent months, Las Vegas has been criticized for its...
The Sierra Stargazer: Daily Nevada Horoscope for Friday, August 29, 2025
Carson Now - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
Handle the important items before evening. The Moon is productive in Scorpio, then goes off-line; keep the night simple. Moon: In Scorpio until it goes void at 5:47 p.m., then stays void until it enters Sagittarius Saturday at 7:04 a.m.Prioritize...
Ex-workers sue Nevada veterans agency, allege retaliatory, dangerous behaviors
The Nevada Independent
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August 29, 2025
A group of former employees is suing the Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS), alleging that the agency and multiple officials engaged in retaliatory behavior and endangered the safety of residents at a state-run veterans nursing home in...
Nevada warns of tough choices as Colorado River deadline approaches
Vegas INC - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 | 2 a.m. There’s around a year left for the seven states utilizing Colorado River water to finalize new rules on how to manage it, but the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Colby Pellegrino said Thursday morning that...