The University of Las Vegas Nevada announced Friday a $9 million gift from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians that will position the university as the nation's leading source for education and innovation related to tribal gaming operations and law.

A longtime chief executive in both the governmental and private sectors was named the new executive director of the UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation (ICGR).

The increasing number of cases of coronavirus being diagnosed around the world has prompted fears that the outbreak will become a “pandemic”.

According to an NPR PBS NewsHour Marist poll, 66-percent of Americans believe the coronavirus is a real threat. But according to some local health officials, you should be more concerned about catching the flu. Every day health officials are teaming up with businesses and government agencies to prepare for the risk or spread of disease. We'll discuss how prepared the valley is for an outbreak.

A stone's throw from the Las Vegas Strip, Nellie Rodriguez waits patiently for her to vote in front of the Culinary Union's 226 union. Like thousands of others before her, all are participating in record numbers in the first primaries of the Democrats in the western United States.

The presidential campaign of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Saturday it had doubled its fundraising goal going into today's caucuses, boosting the campaign's resources ahead of the South Carolina primary and the flurry of contests on Super Tuesday.

Las Vegas has become a graveyard for poker rooms, with Clark County casinos shuttering more than 30 rooms over the last decade.

Now that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have cast their ballots, it's Nevada's turn to weigh in on the 2020 presidential race.