Is walking backwards, also known as retro walking, a fitness trend you should be trying — assuming you’re willing to get a few quizzical looks from friends and neighbors?

If you’ve been feeling poorly this month, you’re not alone. New numbers from the Southern Nevada Health District show Influenza A and RSV rising across the Valley.

In 2022, UNLV partnered with the Desert Research Institute, Southern Nevada Water Authority and the health district to create a local wastewater surveillance system called “NV Enabling the Management of Public Health Outcomes Through Wastewater Resources,” or NV EMPOWER.

The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) or China CDC has recently been reporting a steep increase in viral infections of the respiratory tract. This is coupled with viral videos on social media about hospitals full of sick people with masks and exhibiting respiratory illness symptoms.

Amid the inferno sweeping through Los Angeles, the amphibious CL-415 "Super Scooper" has proven essential in fighting California's wildfires. The aircraft, capable of skimming 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and dropping it over fires, has become a critical resource in combating the flames.

As the battle against several Southern California wildfires continues to rage on, one expert told me the impact could be seen far outside the fire path, and even here in our valley.

The Los Angeles wildfires will most likely put pressure on the Las Vegas Valley’s already tight housing market, an expert says.

As visitors repeatedly come to Las Vegas, locals who work at the resorts get to know them better and better. But why shouldn’t that same experience extend to someone’s first time in town?

Thousands of people have been displaced by Los Angeles area fires and UNLV economist Nicholas Irwin said it’s likely for people to seek refuge here in the Las Vegas valley.