Stephanie Pierotti arrived in Vegas just in time to see the economy tank and watch the finger-pointing begin: Who’s to blame? Who’s gonna fix this? A teacher at The Art Institute of Las Vegas, Pierotti believes we’re all responsible. “If we can support each other by shopping local and keep that money in the local economy, we’re taking onus upon ourselves to actually make things better,” she says.

Doctors who rely on Medicaid patients will have to make some tough decisions if the state budget — and our attitude toward health care — don’t improve By almost all measures, the Medicaid and Medicare situation in Nevada looks grim for doctors and hospitals. Ballooning numbers of unemployed, uninsured and elderly residents mean higher numbers of people who need public health care coverage.

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Public health is about more than eating right and exercising. We must fix Southern Nevada’s social infrastructure for a healthier community A couple years ago, two forces were whipping me around as if in a storm of anxiety.

153 of Southern Nevada's topDentists, as chosen by their peers Smile, Las Vegas. It just got a whole lot easier to choose a good dentist.

LeRoy Neiman was an Olympic painter — in more ways than one. Sure, he was known for his bold, rapid-fire brushwork that captured the brawn and verve of our most celebrated athlete-gods on the world sports stage.

The Browser A hat for every occasion, style and head There are hats, and then there are Louisa Voisine’s hats. Hats? They might be better called crowns or headpieces, so detailed and ornate is their styling.

When Devin O’Day was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor in December 2005, she felt alone. Her condition, hypothalamic hamartoma, is rare.

Alvin Matthews Director of educational Services for the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation On the table are plenty of iPads stocked with cutting-edge learning apps, but Alonso Fragoso, 12, has his nose buried in a kids’ detective novel. He’s indulging in a bit of guilty-pleasure summer reading before diving into a math tutoring session.

The birth of a child is supposed to spark smiles and laughter, but Anna Wroble often sees different expressions in her line of work: teary eyes and worried brows. She’s a neonatal intensive care nurse at St.