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Five people stand in front of a plastic bear charging them. Some have misted the bear, and others are fumbling with their canisters. There’s a man in a red polo shirt in the foreground and a crowd of people in the background.
Hanna Merzbach
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Wyoming Public Media
The remote-control bruin lets people practice their bear spray skills. Conflict prevention is a key part of state wildlife management.
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FILE - New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at Arcosa Wind Towers, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M. New Mexico is expanding the reach of a program that includes providing support for housing, health care and transportation to youths raised in foster care as they turn 18 and age out of the child welfare system, under an executive order signed Thursday, March 14, 2024, by Lujan Grisham. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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New Mexico takes a big step toward universal childcare
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TJ Fechser and his son Brooks were part of the Summerlin South Little League team that went on to win the U.S. Championship in the Little League World Series over the summer. TJ was the manager, and Brooks played center field.
Jimmy Romo, KNPR
The Summerlin South Little League team made history in August by becoming the first team from Nevada to win the U.S. Championship. Since then, it’s been a whirlwind few weeks for the team.
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Elegant tea service set up on a round marble coffee table with a view of the Las Vegas Strip.
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It may not be your grandmother’s teatime, but it still offers chances for fun socializing and warm connections
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisc.), cross examines Army Secretary Robert Stevens, April 26, 1954, during the Senate Investigations subcommittee hearing on the senator's row with the Army. (AP Photo/William J. Smith)
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Recently, an anniversary passed unnoticed: when Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin became part of the national consciousness with his anti-communist crusade. Nevada was part of its beginning, seventy-five years ago.
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Nature therapies can reconnect you to what’s essential — if you’re ready
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