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A rise in traffic fatalities is raising concerns among the community as Las Vegas Metropolitan Police report 111 deaths so far in 2024. That number is getting closer to the nearly 160 people reported dying in collisions in 2023.
The Democrats' not-so-secret weapon in Nevada is an army of service workers from the Culinary Workers Union who have been helping deliver the party victories for several elections.
According to researchers at UNLV, atmospheric water harvesting may pose a solution to our valley’s water woes, and a new startup called WAVR aims to push the technology into the real word.
A 16-year-old is accused of driving without a license while also carrying an 11-year-old passenger when the car hit another vehicle, killing two men according to Las Vegas Police. “Any time you have a situation where you have speed on one vehicle and low speed on the other vehicle, we see the people in the low-speed vehicle being the ones who lose their lives,” Erin Breen, the director of the Road Equity Alliance Project at UNLV said.
A brand-new clinic in northwest Las Vegas is dedicated to the speed of care. For one local man who faced down a serious health scare, the quick answers and treatment he received renewed his faith in the art of medicine in the valley.
Half of the Las Vegas Valley has been priced out of the real estate market, as the region has a serious shortage of affordable housing, according to a top Clark County housing official.
Dreamsickle Kids Nevada is set to host its 7th Annual Las Vegas Sickle Cell Walk on Saturday, aiming to raise both money and awareness for sickle cell disorder. The event will also highlight the contributions of volunteers and interns from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), who play a vital role in supporting the foundation's initiatives.
When you check into a hotel, you usually get a feeling of comfort. The beds are made, there are fresh towels in the bathroom and little gifts to welcome you. The long-awaited vacation is finally beginning. But a hotel stay can also turn out differently. According to experts, many viruses and bacteria lurk in hotel rooms. In this context, epidemiologist Brian Labus points to a very specific object: the ice bucket. What's behind it and how you can protect yourself.
Kim Ngan Bui, a pharmacy student at Roseman University of Health Sciences in Las Vegas, needed a way to make money once she realized an internship with limited hours wouldn’t suffice, and a remote, full-time job would take too much time away from her busy graduate school schedule. That’s when she turned to DoorDash.