"When you exit the Valley of Fire, you can keep going; you can go to Lake Mead,” Desiree Reed-Francois says. “So we did that, and then we ended up looking at Sam Boyd Stadium. It was a perfect Sunday.”

The Silver State is becoming an oasis for progressives and immigrants while it maintains an independent streak prized by conservatives.

Lunch - a favorite subject for school kids and often a pleasant where-should-we-go dilemma for adults.

Danny Tarkanian is no stranger to Nevada politics, but elective office is a stranger to him. Yet the repeat candidate who has yet to notch a general election victory in the state is running again, this time hoping to unseat one of the most vulnerable Republican senators in next year's party primary, Dean Heller.

One of the driving forces of southern Nevada’s economic rebound in recent years has been the record-setting pace of Las Vegas visitation, which last year peaked at 42.9 million. While the majority of visitors come to Las Vegas to enjoy eating, shopping, dancing, gambling and partaking in the wide array of amenities the destination offers, for millions of people the primary reason for visiting Las Vegas is to do business.

Since 2015, UNLV has been working to upgrade the campus' emergency phone systems. So far, ten emergency phone systems have been installed on the campus, and campus police say they plan to install eight more.

As thousands of UNLV students head back to class Monday, they are meeting brand new security features on campus aimed at keeping them safe. Roughly $250,000 was invested to install 18 new high-tech emergency phones across the UNLV campus in high traffic areas.

Students in UNLV’s accounting program have big shoes to fill in the new school year after five graduates took home the grand prize in a national competition.

UNLV School of Medicine welcomed its first class of medical students today. Around 60 students received their white coats as they begin their medical school careers. The first class will graduate in 2021.