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The trip was the ultimate test of their bromance, and they passed. But it had a deeper message.

It has been months since Alex Harper, 37, and Austin Williams, 35, began a 112-mile journey from the Spring Mountains to Lake Mead that most rational people might shudder at. Over seven days, they summited Griffith Peak, walked the Las Vegas Strip and made it all the way to the reservoir that makes urban life possible in the Southwest.

Harper and Williams are the stars and the crew behind a self-produced, short documentary titled “The Great Depletion” that tracks their hike and documents how climate change is contributing to extreme drought and species decline in Southern Nevada. 

Rather than leasing land from Boulder City, the Houston-based developer will instead build the data center on federal land.

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Clark County’s 45,000-square-foot shelter, slated to open in 2028, is planned on about 26 acres near Tropicana Avenue and the 215 Beltway. It would have room for up to 650 animals.
 
Registration for the World Series of Poker Main Event closed with 9,208 entrants, down from last year’s total but still the fourth-largest ever.
 
The former Poker Palace in North Las Vegas in on the cusp of reopening as Club Fortune North.
Plus, Caesars Entertainment will release quarterly financials later this month but will forego an accompanying earnings call as the gaming giant prepares to go private.
 
Vena Vitals, a medical device startup that has a lab at Roseman Bioventures, has developed a previously elusive method of blood pressure monitoring.
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