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✍️ Desert Companion magazine
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🧵: An Executive Order from the White House directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR, PBS, and other public media services.
May 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
🧵: An Executive Order from the White House directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR, PBS, and other public media services.
In case you missed it, check out the winning photos from our 2025 Focus on Nevada Photo Contest, and see more from the event below! knpr.org/fon2025
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In case you missed it, check out the winning photos from our 2025 Focus on Nevada Photo Contest, and see more from the event below! knpr.org/fon2025
Public media thrives because of amazing individuals like YOU! Your generosity fuels a huge source of funding, and your engagement drives our impact. YOU are the reason we keep going. Join us for #PMGD2025 and contribute today to make a lasting difference in public media: tinyurl.com/4dnxt8yt ❤️
May 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Public media thrives because of amazing individuals like YOU! Your generosity fuels a huge source of funding, and your engagement drives our impact. YOU are the reason we keep going. Join us for #PMGD2025 and contribute today to make a lasting difference in public media: tinyurl.com/4dnxt8yt ❤️
It's finally here: Our photo issue! Check out all the winners of our 2025 Focus on Nevada Photo Contest.
Read the May issue now at desertcompanion.com, or find a newsstand to pick up a copy, this time with four cover designs!
📷 John Gilday, Jose Devalos, Sydney Carnevale, Ron Rierson
Read the May issue now at desertcompanion.com, or find a newsstand to pick up a copy, this time with four cover designs!
📷 John Gilday, Jose Devalos, Sydney Carnevale, Ron Rierson
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's finally here: Our photo issue! Check out all the winners of our 2025 Focus on Nevada Photo Contest.
Read the May issue now at desertcompanion.com, or find a newsstand to pick up a copy, this time with four cover designs!
📷 John Gilday, Jose Devalos, Sydney Carnevale, Ron Rierson
Read the May issue now at desertcompanion.com, or find a newsstand to pick up a copy, this time with four cover designs!
📷 John Gilday, Jose Devalos, Sydney Carnevale, Ron Rierson
Some of the country’s most beloved national parks – including many across the West – could see substantial jumps in the number of extremely hot days in the coming decades, according to a new report.
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/cxm8ryw4
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/cxm8ryw4
April 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Some of the country’s most beloved national parks – including many across the West – could see substantial jumps in the number of extremely hot days in the coming decades, according to a new report.
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/cxm8ryw4
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/cxm8ryw4
Homelessness is growing throughout Nevada, but especially in Clark County. Now, plans are being made for a 20-acre site on Charleston and Jones boulevards to create the project, called Campus for Hope.
➡️ Hear more: tinyurl.com/yurrfyyx
➡️ Hear more: tinyurl.com/yurrfyyx
April 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Homelessness is growing throughout Nevada, but especially in Clark County. Now, plans are being made for a 20-acre site on Charleston and Jones boulevards to create the project, called Campus for Hope.
➡️ Hear more: tinyurl.com/yurrfyyx
➡️ Hear more: tinyurl.com/yurrfyyx
The Trump administration is opening up almost 113 million acres of land to logging. That’s nearly 60% of our nation’s forests, and they’re mostly in our region.
➡️ See, read and hear more: tinyurl.com/3nzbuyzf
➡️ See, read and hear more: tinyurl.com/3nzbuyzf
April 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Trump administration is opening up almost 113 million acres of land to logging. That’s nearly 60% of our nation’s forests, and they’re mostly in our region.
➡️ See, read and hear more: tinyurl.com/3nzbuyzf
➡️ See, read and hear more: tinyurl.com/3nzbuyzf
Do you have tickets to Mondays Dark yet? Our event is less than two weeks away at The Space, and we cannot wait to see what incredible talent they have in store! Let's raise #10kIn90Minutes for Nevada Public Radio, celebrating Cinco de Mayo!
➡️ Get your tickets now at thespaceLV.com.
➡️ Get your tickets now at thespaceLV.com.
April 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Do you have tickets to Mondays Dark yet? Our event is less than two weeks away at The Space, and we cannot wait to see what incredible talent they have in store! Let's raise #10kIn90Minutes for Nevada Public Radio, celebrating Cinco de Mayo!
➡️ Get your tickets now at thespaceLV.com.
➡️ Get your tickets now at thespaceLV.com.
We know President Donald Trump’s tariffs are here, so what might it look like later this year? Can we even begin to predict what will happen?
It’s maybe the biggest question on everyone’s mind, but especially two economists we spoke with; hear the full interview: tinyurl.com/2c48hz6c
It’s maybe the biggest question on everyone’s mind, but especially two economists we spoke with; hear the full interview: tinyurl.com/2c48hz6c
April 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We know President Donald Trump’s tariffs are here, so what might it look like later this year? Can we even begin to predict what will happen?
It’s maybe the biggest question on everyone’s mind, but especially two economists we spoke with; hear the full interview: tinyurl.com/2c48hz6c
It’s maybe the biggest question on everyone’s mind, but especially two economists we spoke with; hear the full interview: tinyurl.com/2c48hz6c
President Trump says his administration is actively exploring a proposal to detain U.S. citizens and send them to prisons in El Salvador.
📰 Read the latest: tinyurl.com/2ewfypuz
📰 Read the latest: tinyurl.com/2ewfypuz
April 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
President Trump says his administration is actively exploring a proposal to detain U.S. citizens and send them to prisons in El Salvador.
📰 Read the latest: tinyurl.com/2ewfypuz
📰 Read the latest: tinyurl.com/2ewfypuz
Introduced as Senate Bill 457, the Lombardo Administration’s 84-page Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act looks to increase penalties on repeat offenders, driving under the influence, and domestic violence.
MORE: tinyurl.com/evff3bmc
MORE: tinyurl.com/evff3bmc
April 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Introduced as Senate Bill 457, the Lombardo Administration’s 84-page Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act looks to increase penalties on repeat offenders, driving under the influence, and domestic violence.
MORE: tinyurl.com/evff3bmc
MORE: tinyurl.com/evff3bmc
We can't wait to meet you! Find all the details and apply for these three internships at knpr.org/apply.
April 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We can't wait to meet you! Find all the details and apply for these three internships at knpr.org/apply.
Americans around the country are turning out in the thousands to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Crowds are marching and gathering on the Las Vegas Strip and downtown Las Vegas right now. More details from NPR on knpr.org.
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#dtlv #lasvegas #nevada #handsoff
📷 Courtesy video
#dtlv #lasvegas #nevada #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
President Trump declined to explicitly say he won't stay in office past Jan. 20, 2029, telling reporters: "We have a long way to go before we can even think about that."
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March 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
President Trump declined to explicitly say he won't stay in office past Jan. 20, 2029, telling reporters: "We have a long way to go before we can even think about that."
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In Carson City, Nev., home health care workers will be at the statehouse on Tuesday, asking lawmakers for a big raise, citing growing demand as the state's population rapidly ages.
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/eshxh3pp
📷️ Photos by Krystal Ramírez for NPR.
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/eshxh3pp
📷️ Photos by Krystal Ramírez for NPR.
March 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In Carson City, Nev., home health care workers will be at the statehouse on Tuesday, asking lawmakers for a big raise, citing growing demand as the state's population rapidly ages.
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/eshxh3pp
📷️ Photos by Krystal Ramírez for NPR.
➡️ Hear or read more: tinyurl.com/eshxh3pp
📷️ Photos by Krystal Ramírez for NPR.
Forty-five years ago, KNPR signed on for the first time from a parking lot at Sam's Town, bringing news, classical, and jazz to Las Vegas. After all these years, our mission remains the same: to serve you, the public.
❤️ Celebrate 45 years with us by donating today at knpr.org.
❤️ Celebrate 45 years with us by donating today at knpr.org.
March 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Forty-five years ago, KNPR signed on for the first time from a parking lot at Sam's Town, bringing news, classical, and jazz to Las Vegas. After all these years, our mission remains the same: to serve you, the public.
❤️ Celebrate 45 years with us by donating today at knpr.org.
❤️ Celebrate 45 years with us by donating today at knpr.org.
#DTLV's Arts District is booming with bars and restaurants. Two apartment complexes are being built in the middle of it. By the estimates of some business owners, maybe seven out of every 10 customers are tourists.
Change happens. But is it still a place for locals? tinyurl.com/56mn5z2v
Change happens. But is it still a place for locals? tinyurl.com/56mn5z2v
March 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#DTLV's Arts District is booming with bars and restaurants. Two apartment complexes are being built in the middle of it. By the estimates of some business owners, maybe seven out of every 10 customers are tourists.
Change happens. But is it still a place for locals? tinyurl.com/56mn5z2v
Change happens. But is it still a place for locals? tinyurl.com/56mn5z2v
At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report.
In the Mojave, habitat loss due to drought, wildfires and invasive plants have meant that aridland birds have declined 41% since 1970.
📰: tinyurl.com/2b63y58e
In the Mojave, habitat loss due to drought, wildfires and invasive plants have meant that aridland birds have declined 41% since 1970.
📰: tinyurl.com/2b63y58e
March 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report.
In the Mojave, habitat loss due to drought, wildfires and invasive plants have meant that aridland birds have declined 41% since 1970.
📰: tinyurl.com/2b63y58e
In the Mojave, habitat loss due to drought, wildfires and invasive plants have meant that aridland birds have declined 41% since 1970.
📰: tinyurl.com/2b63y58e
We have one week until our spring pledge drive, but you can make a difference today. For every $10,000 raised before March 23, we're shaving a day from our on-air fundraising. That means fewer interruptions during the programs you rely on.
➡️ Donate or become a member: knpr.org.
➡️ Donate or become a member: knpr.org.
March 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
We have one week until our spring pledge drive, but you can make a difference today. For every $10,000 raised before March 23, we're shaving a day from our on-air fundraising. That means fewer interruptions during the programs you rely on.
➡️ Donate or become a member: knpr.org.
➡️ Donate or become a member: knpr.org.
The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into 52 universities in 41 states, including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, accusing the schools of using "racial preferences and stereotypes in education programs and activities."
➡️ Read more: tinyurl.com/2s3sw8rd
➡️ Read more: tinyurl.com/2s3sw8rd
March 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into 52 universities in 41 states, including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, accusing the schools of using "racial preferences and stereotypes in education programs and activities."
➡️ Read more: tinyurl.com/2s3sw8rd
➡️ Read more: tinyurl.com/2s3sw8rd
A recent audit found that while providing services and equipment to other states to fight fires in recent years, Nevada’s Division of Forestry didn’t get paid an estimated $32 million, the value for those services.
➡️ Hear the full conversation: tinyurl.com/78shud23
➡️ Hear the full conversation: tinyurl.com/78shud23
March 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A recent audit found that while providing services and equipment to other states to fight fires in recent years, Nevada’s Division of Forestry didn’t get paid an estimated $32 million, the value for those services.
➡️ Hear the full conversation: tinyurl.com/78shud23
➡️ Hear the full conversation: tinyurl.com/78shud23
You're invited! Join us at Nevada State Museum next month as we celebrate our Focus on Nevada photo contest and announce the 2025 finalists and winners. Space is limited. Members and subscribers can RSVP here: tinyurl.com/5dkzmd53
March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You're invited! Join us at Nevada State Museum next month as we celebrate our Focus on Nevada photo contest and announce the 2025 finalists and winners. Space is limited. Members and subscribers can RSVP here: tinyurl.com/5dkzmd53
Las Vegas resident Alex Honnold is perhaps the most famous rock climber in the world.
Lesser known — but in some ways equally remarkable — are the feats of Honnold’s mother, Dierdre Wolownick: tinyurl.com/5dyz2r5u
Lesser known — but in some ways equally remarkable — are the feats of Honnold’s mother, Dierdre Wolownick: tinyurl.com/5dyz2r5u
March 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Las Vegas resident Alex Honnold is perhaps the most famous rock climber in the world.
Lesser known — but in some ways equally remarkable — are the feats of Honnold’s mother, Dierdre Wolownick: tinyurl.com/5dyz2r5u
Lesser known — but in some ways equally remarkable — are the feats of Honnold’s mother, Dierdre Wolownick: tinyurl.com/5dyz2r5u
It's been just about five years since our world shut down. COVID-19 killed thousands in Nevada, and millions globally. The virus still lingers. What are your thoughts on the pandemic now?
Listen on 88.9FM or knpr.org, or watch live on our site or vegaspbs.org.
Listen on 88.9FM or knpr.org, or watch live on our site or vegaspbs.org.
March 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's been just about five years since our world shut down. COVID-19 killed thousands in Nevada, and millions globally. The virus still lingers. What are your thoughts on the pandemic now?
Listen on 88.9FM or knpr.org, or watch live on our site or vegaspbs.org.
Listen on 88.9FM or knpr.org, or watch live on our site or vegaspbs.org.
The latest on mining near Ash Meadows. 👇
February 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The latest on mining near Ash Meadows. 👇