In previous parts of this series, we looked at the primary criticisms of higher education hospitality programs and the socioeconomic theories that attempt to define the value of those programs, to career success in general and to hospitality industry applications specifically.

It’s been a doozy of a year for us all, and that’s especially true for the local arts community, which faced the outright cancellation of live entertainment in 2020. But the arts are all about resilience, finding hope and weaving gold from the most plague-infested straw. So we asked notables from Las Vegas’ creative community to share their thoughts and New Year’s Resolutions for 2021. Here’s to better times!

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Arizona reached 520,207 on Thursday, Dec. 31, an increase of 7,718 from the previous day, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. There were 188,265 new COVID-19 cases in Arizona in December, which means 36 percent of the state’s total number of cases since the start of the pandemic came in December alone.

Justin Powers had a banner year selling Christmas trees, but he always reminds people about how to properly dispose of them after the holidays.

The dog racing "mecca" of Florida ran its final greyhound contests Thursday night as the gambling mainstay strides closer to its potential demise across America.

The numbers can be numbing. And that’s exactly what health officials fear.

This month, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a Department of Justice division that oversees immigration courts and judges, issued its latest update to its previous report, “Myths vs Facts About Immigration Proceedings.” The 10-page document attempts to debunk what they describe as 29 myths about asylum claims, legal representation, video hearings, and the performance and decisions by immigration judges. What it appears to have accomplished instead, according to immigration lawyers and advocates, is to further underscore the reality of how politicized and flawed the immigration system is—and has been throughout the Trump administration.

Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in partnership with the All of Us Research Program, which collects and studies health data to help scientists identify health trends. More than 80% of participants are from groups that have been historically underrepresented in research.

Nevada lost about 70 COVID-19 contact tracers this week, adding to the burden of local health authorities to alert people likely exposed to the novel coronavirus.