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C.B.S. News

The Mirage is about to vanish from the Las Vegas Strip. Gambling ends and the doors close Wednesday at the iconic tropical island-themed hotel-casino that opened in 1989 with a fire-spewing volcano outside and Siegfried & Roy's lions and dolphins inside.

Majorca Daily Bulletin

A leading tourism professor at a U.S. university says that the anti-tourism protests in Mallorca and across Spain could have a lasting impact on the industry. Her warning came as Mallorca prepared for another protest which is due to take place in Palma on Sunday.

CDC Gaming Reports

The Mirage volcano spewed lava and steam one last time Wednesday morning to mark a celebratory yet bittersweet end of an era on the Las Vegas Strip that phased in nearly 35 years ago.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

For nearly 20 minutes nearly 20 gym members failed to intervene during a woman’s drowning, but a Las Vegas psychology expert has a few possible answers as to what was unique about this case.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Executives of The Mirage came full circle with the property Wednesday morning, applauding the work of 3,000 employees, including 137 of them that had been employed there since the first day it opened, and hinting about what lies ahead as it transitions to Hard Rock Las Vegas.

K.N.P.R. News

Summer is for book lovers. And this has been a momentous summer for readers in Las Vegas. Besides all the summer programs happening at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and the numerous book clubs happening across the valley, two notable local authors released books: author and UNLV professor Wendy Chen's Their Divine Fires and poet and UNLV emeritus professor Donald Revell's Canandaigua.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada is one of seven states detecting “very high” levels of COVID in its wastewater, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data released Thursday from the CDC showed California, Oregon, Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Maryland were also detecting “very high” levels of COVID in its wastewater.

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

As President Joe Biden abruptly ends his visit in Las Vegas after contracting COVID-19, News 3 asked local health experts about the concerns surrounding the ever-changing strains.

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

As The Mirage closes its doors Wednesday to make way for the renovation and construction of the Hard Rock Las Vegas property, UNLV professor and gaming historian Dr. David Schwartz joined ARC Las Vegas to share his perspective on the changing skyline of the Las Vegas Strip.

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