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This Is Reno

Preserve Nevada this week released its 2025 list of the state鈥檚 most endangered sites, again listing Reno鈥檚 Lear Theater among the threatened entities. This year鈥檚 list increased to 12, up from 11 in past years, and it includes locations and concepts across Nevada preservation experts say should be protected.

City Cast Las Vegas

黑料网 and Preserve Nevada updated their ongoing list of the state鈥檚 most endangered historic places. New additions include La Concha, a vintage motel that鈥檚 now the lobby of the Neon Museum, but may not survive a location change, the Commercial Hotel in Elko, and Florence Mine in Goldfield. The work and employment of historians are also at risk, due to funding cuts at national parks and monuments.

Eater - Las Vegas

The poker game was fixed 鈥 that鈥檚 the story anyway. An out-of-work miner got 鈥渃aught gambling crooked,鈥 so the dealer pulled a pistol and emptied six bullets into the man, so says the 1915 coroner鈥檚 report. Three of those bullets shot clear through the Pioneer Saloon鈥檚 prefabricated walls, marring the pressed tin near the front door. The lore and mythos of the 112-year-old Pioneer Saloon is as alive today as it was the day those bullets penetrated its walls. Steeped in American nostalgia, Nevada saloons are crucial artifacts of early Nevada history 鈥 as raucous as the men and women who packed them, as rich in community as their towns鈥 earth was in silver, and as roughshod and brutal as the boom-and-bust mining camps where they were built.

Reader's Digest

Those orders from flight attendants to open the window shades aren't about getting the mood lighting just right鈥攖hey actually serve an important purpose.

The National News Desk

The Trump administration unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul the country鈥檚 outdated air traffic control system through huge investments in technology upgrades and technology after a series of issues that have stirred safety fears and stalled flights.

AARP

Storing more than a century of American IDs, the program鈥檚 database is a go-to resource for cultural historians 鈥 and a source of inspiration for parents-to-be.

Newsweek

A video showing an airport worker appearing to pull a plane "on a leash" across a tarmac has gone viral on TikTok, sparking hilarious debate over the strange protocol.

The Peninsula

The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) recently led a delegation to Las Vegas, Nevada, to gain a firsthand look at the city鈥檚 role within the U.S.-South Korea relationship and its influential network of Korean American community and business leaders. Across a range of sectors, from advanced manufacturing and clean technologies to creative industries and entertainment, the city of Las Vegas and southern Nevada more broadly offer great business incentives for Korean companies looking to expand in the United States.

Reader's Digest

The longest place name in the world is a mouthful鈥攁nd we dare you to try to pronounce it.

Casino.org

Everyone鈥檚 heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that three-sided zone of terror where planes and ships go missing for no known reason in the Atlantic Ocean. Nevada has its own equally mythical place.

Travel + Leisure

Flying has become somewhat routine for many travelers鈥攖he Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization provides service for around 2.9 million passengers every day. Flights have become more accessible than ever before, but there is still a lot of mystery around how flying really works.

Reader's Digest

Pilots' mealtime options at cruising altitude aren't just a matter of taste鈥攖hey follow airline protocols you might not expect.