Civic Life

When UNLV researchers want to predict the path of the pandemic they pop open a manhole.Edwin Oh, an associate professor at the UNLV Kerkorian School of…

Think sports and Reno and what comes to mind? Skiing and snowboarding at Lake Tahoe? The National Bowling Stadium? What about pole vaulting?More than…

Avi Kwa’ Ame — otherwise known as Spirit Mountain — lies just 80 miles south of Las Vegas, just northwest of Laughlin and east of U.S. Highway 95.The area…

Forecasters gave a mostly upbeat assessment of Southern Nevada’s economy during the Vegas Chamber’s annual Preview conference on Tuesday.“Conventions are…

Commentator John L. Smith says a federal appeals court “opened the door” for a whistleblower’s closely watched lawsuit to proceed against Nevada’s…

Every year, the federal government allocates billions of funds for everything from hospitals and schools to emergency services and roads.For minorities,…

Clark County School District officials hope it’s the “pause” that refreshes.The district ordered a halt in classes from today through Tuesday to deal with…

In little more than a decade, the Nevada economy has endured a Great Recession, a pandemic shutdown, and now, inflation.Even as prices rise nationally at…

While schools can close campuses because of the omicron spike, hospitals have no such luxury.With staffs already stretched thin after nearly two years of…

Nevada faces the highest volume of community spread of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with more than 30,000 cases reported in the last week.The…