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Weddings on unusual dates, such as ones with patterns — think 12/31/23, which is 1, 2, 3 repeated, or 07/07/07 — are popular. In April, there are several palindromic dates, or dates that are the same backwards and forwards, such as 4/22/24. There's also 4/20/24, which falls on a Saturday and might be a chance to have a cannabis-related wedding. It could be even bigger business for chapels in Las Vegas.
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More than 100 years ago, a professor in the Mountain West invented a tool and technique to measure the amount of water in a snowpack — a discovery that still lives on to this day.
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A routine item before the Reno City Council ignited sudden controversy last week when it pitted a wealthy developer against a cultural landmark.
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During his campaign for Nevada governor, then-sheriff Joe Lombardo downplayed the number of ghost guns recovered by police. Now, Democrats are planning a third attempt to ban the untraceable weapons.
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A new ordinance aims to keep people from loitering on pedestrian bridges, but enforcement is unclearIn January, a new law went into effect to keep pedestrian traffic flowing on bridges crossing the Las Vegas Strip. While officials say the aim isn't to stop people from taking photographs or to hinder street performers, there are people who still aren't aware of the ordinance.
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There are still 16 Las Vegas properties that have not signed new contracts with the culinary union.
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At an annual meeting in Las Vegas, Colorado River policymakers said new rules may be a "messy compromise."
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Phasing out fossil fuels requires a lot of clean energy infrastructure like solar farms. And one sun-soaked part of the Mountain West is grabbing a share of that green gold rush by retraining workers to handle the growth.
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After a Colorado River conservation agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada, states and tribes are turning their attention to a new round of pre-2026 negotiations.
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Five years ago, sports betting was limited mainly to Nevada. Now, you can bet in more than half of the country, including several other states in the Mountain West, and business is booming.