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N.P.R.

The long lines of early voters outside Cardenas market became a lasting image of the 2016 presidential vote in Nevada. Latinos turned out in force at the Latin American grocery store in Las Vegas, helping deliver the state to Hillary Clinton.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Talk has come up again in recent weeks of possibly renaming the airport we know as McCarran. Pat McCarran, the Nevada senator who passed away in 1954, definitely played a role in aviation here. McCarran’s contributions as well as those of many other Southern Nevada aviation pioneers are gathered in the book "Landing in Las Vegas."

Las Vegas Review Journal

For 14 years, Claytee D. White has been recording the histories of longtime Southern Nevadans as director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries.

Las Vegas Sun

Amber Turner tried to balance working and going to school full time, but when she passed out in her economics class from exhaustion, she knew it wasn’t possible. “I realized I was lost when I was working at McDonald’s trying to pay my tuition,” Turner said. “I thought: I don’t like what I’m studying enough to be this exhausted. If I’m going to work that much, I want to love what I’m doing.”

Las Vegas Sun

Building a house with no prior experience is tough enough, but imagine constructing one knowing that you would soon have to split it into multiple parts and transport it out of state. That is just part of the challenge that 30 UNLV students face as they prepare for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2017 competition next month. The winning school takes home $300,000.

K.N.P.R. News

It’s back to school time, including for those interested in serving on boards of education. A new class designed to boost the skills of those interested in serving on school boards is being launched by the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Leadership Foundation of Greater Las Vegas, the philanthropic arm of the Metro Chamber.

Las Vegas Sun

Attorney Michael Kagan joins community organizations, activists and representatives at the East Las Vegas Community Center to discuss what President Donald Trump’s DACA decision means for the 13,000 Nevada DACA recipients on Tuesday,

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

It's an emotional day for thousands of DREAMers living, working, and going to school here in Nevada -- all of them now living with uncertain futures.

The Oregonian

Sergio Martinez returned to Portland after nearly a decade's absence. But he'd been busy in the meantime: Deported 12 times. Convicted three times for illegal re-entry. A rap sheet of crimes from burglary to theft in three states.

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