Nevada’s 2014 primary election could be historic – for all the wrong reasons. Secretary of State Ross Miller estimates voter turnout could hit an all-time low, matching the record low of 18 percent set in the 2008 primary.

Already in the past century, Clark County has gone from a desert train stop with a population of 3,000 to a global entertainment hub and bustling urban expanse of 2 million people. Change came rapidly to Southern Nevada, and the region continues to evolve quickly.

Once, the United States was an undeniably underserved casino gambling market. Back in the Jurassic era of gaming—the early 1970s—Nevada was the only place Americans could legally bet on casino games.

During the 2013 legislative session, the Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill 391 establishing the “Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning Community Colleges” to examine “the governance structure and funding methods for community colleges.”

During the 2013 legislative session, the Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill 391 establishing the “Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning Community Colleges” to examine “the governance structure and funding methods for community colleges.”

This summer, climate deniers will gather for their annual meeting of the twisted minds, the International Conference on Climate Change, organized by the Heartland Institute and underwritten by the good people who brought you climate change in the first place. Their choice for a venue? The beautiful Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

After a wide backlash, Metro Police is now saying the “Choose Purity” event it co-sponsored last weekend in North Las Vegas linking premarital sex with death wasn’t about mortality, or even just sex, for that matter.

Growing up in this starchy historic city in the 1990s, Jessica Duggan remembers field trips with her mother to the historic Battery neighborhood, watching tourists "doing the horse thing and the market thing." She dreamed of staying here as an adult, but had to admit: Her hometown was hopelessly uncool.