Historians say the contributions of Black women during that era helped shape the city’s cultural and economic identity.

The new report, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, involved medical experts and researchers in dementia from the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C.

The UNLV School of Medicine, which opened in 2017, is a foundational partner in the Las Vegas Medical District. Dean Allison Netski said a centralized medical hub is key to retaining graduates in the state.

After months of controversy surrounding the company for unsafe working conditions, regents unanimously OK plans for a tunnel underneath the university.

Neighbors and a local traffic safety leader are calling for change in an East Las Vegas neighborhood after a 10-year-old boy is the latest child killed while crossing road.

The deadly crash is renewing concerns among people who live and work in the area. Erin Breen, the director of PedSafe Vegas, said the death is part of a troubling trend.

Results showed orthopedic surgery made up 25% of suicides in the National Violent Death Reporting System database.

Last year, personal-finance site Bankrate found that most homes on the market in Las Vegas were out of reach to the typical buyer, and UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate reported that Las Vegas’ housing market was “largely unaffordable for much of the local population.”

One of this work’s main contributions is the analysis of the relationship between a difficult past and a tourism-oriented future, heard in the voices of those who are often ignored but directly affected by planning strategies and policies.