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Los Angeles Times

Southern Californians traveling the arid stretches of the I-15 would see Primm pop up. As he drove to Sin City for bowling tournaments, Honell would stop and "drop a few coins" into the slot machines. It was a gambling oasis — a little less flashy and a little more affordable than Vegas and 45 minutes closer.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

Senior UNLV staff said they are encouraging faculty to provide flexibility for students who had assignments or exams due between Thursday and Sunday in an effort to provide relief to those impacted by the outage. UNLV recommends that students and staff download any essential course materials they may need for the rest of the semester.

K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5

UNLV has confirmed Friday morning that Canvas services are back online after a global cybersecurity incident impacted its students and staff, CCSD and school systems across the state. In a statement, UNLV administrators said that users should now have access to course materials, assignment grading tools and communication features. Teachers are also urged to give students flexibility on any assignments or exams due between Thursday and Sunday.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Canvas's outage on Thursday affected educational institutions across the U.S., including at UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno.UNLV shared Friday that normal system operations have resumed and access to WebCampus was restored.The university urged students to download any essential course material as a precaution.

SiGMA

Nevada’s rigid legal separation between the cannabis and gaming sectors is acting as a massive weight on the state’s economy, according to a recent report from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Cannabis Policy Institute.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

The shuttering of Primm follows years of sluggish business in the area, which was, at one time, a remote Nevada boomtown, according to UNLV history professor Dr. Michael Green.

K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5

According to a notice signed by Spirit Airlines’ vice president of human resources, the sudden shutdown impacted nearly 1,000 workers at Harry Reid International Airport, including about 60 captains, 90 first officers, and more than 700 flight attendants.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Schools across Southern Nevada reported they were affected by a nationwide cybersecurity incident involving the learning management system Canvas on Thursday.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford has filed a lawsuit against online social messaging platform Discord, marking his latest legal action aimed at protecting Nevada children from what he describes as failures by online tech companies. The lawsuit seeks to hold Discord accountable for designing its platform in a way that places young users in “grave danger,” and for failing to adequately explain those dangers to Nevada parents.

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