It is no accident that the backdrop Wednesday will be Las Vegas’ $2 billion Allegiant Stadium instead of the chambers of the State Assembly in Carson City.

A week after Gov. Steve Sisolak ended Nevada’s mask mandate as the Omicron surge declined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reevaluating its public health guidelines for prevention strategies, including recommendations for when people should don face coverings.

After more than six months, Governor Steve Sisolak announced an end to Nevada’s mask mandate. In January, the Omicron variant spurred a surge in coronavirus cases but since a peak in mid-January cases have steadily been declining. 

Thousands of dollars are up for grabs as the deadline for a scholarship aimed at helping undocumented students and temporary protected status students nears.

Claytee D. White is the inaugural director of the Oral History Research Center for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries.

UNLV and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health have received an $11.3 million federal grant to continue their joint research into brain diseases.

The standoff between Ukraine and Russia is thousands of miles away, but Nellis Air Force Base is an important reason U.S. airpower will be ready if called upon. That’s because Nellis provides state-of-the-art, realistic training for American aircrews from all over the U.S., as well as those from allied nations around the world.

The pandemic has had undeniable effects on the college experience, particularly on the ways students are socializing. Digital alternatives like social media and video games have become central in keeping young people connected. Experts talk about how college social life has changed and the ways technology is affecting relationship building.

In honor of Black History Month and, as chair of the Boulder City Democratic Club, I was afforded the opportunity to invite Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at the UNLV libraries, to participate in our monthly Zoom meeting.