Lake Mead became America's first national recreation area in 1964, drawing millions of visitors. However, Nevada had to wait until 1986 for its first national park—Great Basin National Park—after decades of battles with ranchers and mining interests who didn't want to give up the land.

In 2025, Rancho High School celebrates. But is it celebrating its seventieth birthday, or its seventy-first?

Liberace was called Mr. Showmanship. He may have invented the term … or maybe the term was invented for him.

June 21, 2025 marked a significant anniversary. On that day in 1950, Hank Greenspun took over a newspaper that became the Las Vegas Sun. Greenspun and the Sun have played a significant role in shaping our past and present.