Nevada launched the second round of funding for a loan forgiveness program this week designed to bring more healthcare professionals to underserved areas across the state.

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus already spreading rapidly through U.S. hospitals is becoming even more threatening worldwide and a UNLV professor is making sense of the risk.

Social media platforms were used to help students plan anti-ICE protests at schools across the country this week, including right here in our valley.

The Sphere — that luminous, ginormous orb of entertainment ostensibly suited only for Las Vegas — might soon send a smaller sibling rolling into Maryland.

The true scope of problem gambling, however, is frustratingly difficult to quantify, largely because there is little funding for its treatment, research, and awareness efforts. The federal government dedicates virtually no resources to such work. Instead, responsibility falls to individual states, and what has emerged is a shoddy patchwork, one that is particularly stark in the state with the longest history of gambling: Nevada.

The CDC is tracking a dangerous, deadly fungus labeled as a “super bug.” Data from a recent state report reveals infections have grown by 33% in Nevada.

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto touted bipartisanship Tuesday as she highlighted provisions in the recent defense spending bill that increased pay for military service members and earmarked millions of federal dollars for Nevada facilities. President Donald Trump signed the $900 billion bill in December, which included 3.8 percent pay bumps and military housing improvements.

The majority of the jurists are re-elected after opposition doesn’t materialize. Eight seats – seven in Clark County – will have new judges after retirements.