The UNLV School of Nursing kicked off its 6th annual Nurse Camp, welcoming 90 high school students from across Nevada who are exploring a future career in nursing.

Delta Airlines reports second quarter results on Thursday. One thing investors will be scrutinizing is a relatively new service from the carrier: parcel delivery. The offering, spun up last year, could help Delta cash in on the growth of e-commerce. But it comes with some risks.

On Monday, June 23, a crowd of about 2,000 people surrounded the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet had come for a meeting of the Western Governors’ Association. “Not for sale!” the crowd boomed. “Not one acre!” There were ranchers and writers in attendance, as well as employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory, all of whom use public land to hike, hunt and fish. Inside the hotel ballroom where the governors had gathered, Michelle Lujan Grisham, the New Mexico governor, apologized for the noise but not the message. “New Mexicans are really loud,” she said.

"...Reading obscure stories by long-ago authors is my best advice for helping writers stand out in a crowd. Sci-fi writers should read W.E.B. DuBois’ “The Comet” (1920). Horror scribes should check out Charles W. Chestnutt’s The Conjure Woman (1899). Fantasists should study Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman (1951). There’s energy to be mined there. That way you can blend inspiration from the past and the present to generate something new and enthralling...."

With a 5.5 percent unemployment rate, Nevada still trails every other U.S. state. In Clark County, the rate is lower, at 4.9 percent, according to 2023 Census estimates. For ages 20 to 24 in Las Vegas, the unemployment rate is 8.2 percent. For ages 25-29, it’s 6.6 percent. Meanwhile, Nevada’s unemployment rate for educated residents has steadily declined in recent years, and the state’s hiring rate, 3.9 percent, beats most other states, suggesting a strong labor market.

In the latest Weed Wonks episode, Jordan Wellington hosts Mary Jane Oatman, founder of the Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association, and Riana Durrett, vice chair of the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, for a conversation about tribal cannabis businesses. They discuss the cannabis-related policies and politics of tribal communities, what it takes to make tribal cannabis businesses successful, and what these companies and the cannabis hospitality industry can learn from one another.

Survey invitations for the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation land in attorneys’ inboxes and mailboxes starting Tuesday. UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment is conducting the poll, and surveyors will not be able to identify attorneys who respond.

Telling teens not to text and drive might be outdated soon. It turns out, young drivers aren’t using their phones to send messages behind the wheel — they’re using it to for entertainment purposes while driving.

UNLV added a new major called Insurance and Risk Management.