On May 28, hours after Nevada’s workplace safety agency served notice of more than $400,000 in fines to Elon Musk’s $5.6 billion tunneling startup the Boring Company, the phone rang at Nevada governor Joe Lombardo’s office.

As we find ourselves back into the holiday season just thinking about managing the interactions ahead — with family, friends, and even our own thoughts — it can be a lot. It’s also easy to become overwhelmed with finances, complicated family relationships, or the current political climate and if you’re feeling weight on your shoulders, you’re certainly not alone.

Only one job sector’s real wage in Clark County has kept up with the rate of inflation since the end of the pandemic, leading to the region’s growing affordability gap, according to a UNLV economist. And it’s not the hospitality sector, which drives the region’s economy.

Las Vegas is experiencing increasing turbulence, not on the casino floors, but in the skies above. Harry Reid International Airport faced delays or cancellations on more than a quarter of all scheduled flights on Monday, leaving thousands of travelers stranded and tourism-dependent local businesses bracing for an economic hit.

Six Las Vegas Valley pedestrians have been struck and killed since Nov. 1, and safety advocates warn about the dangers on our roads with shrinking daylight hours. The warning comes after the latest crash involving a child: on Monday at 4:38 p.m. police said an 11-year-old girl was badly hurt crossing Lake Mead Blvd. by Pecos Road. Police said the girl was outside a marked crosswalk.

An analysis of video taken from inside a Las Vegas school bus that struck and killed a 12-year-old girl shows the crash was preventable and several things could’ve been done leading up to the deadly crash, including enforcing the law of not allowing vehicles to park in bike lanes.

Across the United States, research shows that longer work hours and increasingly busy lifestyles are leaving people more socially isolated than ever. While workaholics may appear to be high achievers, their relentless drive often comes at a cost to their health and relationships.

The global beverage alcohol industry is currently undergoing a significant transformation, driven by an expanding consumer demand for alternatives to traditional alcohol. At the forefront of this shift is the explosive rise of cannabis beverages.

This year, the immigrant community in Las Vegas has been rocked by the intensification of ICE detentions (just look at the abrupt closure of Broadacres this summer, for example). But Professor Michael Kagan, who runs the UNLV Immigration Clinic, explains to co-host Dayvid Figler why things are likely to get much, much worse next year — and what we can do in the face of it all.