The iconic Mariachi Extravaganza, a celebrated music festival based in San Antonio, has expanded its reach to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the first time. The inaugural Mariachi Extravaganza Las Vegas – West Coast Region featured the nation's top school-based mariachi groups and vocalists competing for the title of reigning champions. The event is a collaborative effort between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Music and MPR, the producers of the Mariachi Extravaganza.

The new federal administration has moved quickly and recklessly to fire large numbers of recently hired government employees and prevent congressionally appropriated funds from being spent. These actions have been felt especially acutely by scientists and health care workers across the nation and in other countries as well, because the administration has fired large numbers of employees who work for agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Keith Whitfield’s sudden departure from a 4½-year term as president of UNLV was nothing new for the university. The last time UNLV had a president serve longer than five years was when Carol Harter was president from 1995 to 2006. Between her departure and Whitfield assuming the role in August 2020, there were five people who served as president or acting president. Each one held the role for just a few years.

Educating students on the fundamentals of investing is an ongoing effort for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It is an institution for learning, after all. After opening its Institute of Financial Literacy & Wellness to provide classes and credentials in financial wellness during the fall 2023 semester, the university is encouraging students to advance their knowledge by participating in its inaugural President’s Investment Challenge.

Happening Saturday, March 8th at Artemus W. Ham concert hall at UNLV.

A line of people wound toward the doors of UNLV’s Greenspun Hall on Wednesday night, clutching in their hands copies of “Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” the thick novel of award-winning journalist Yardena Schwartz.

President Trump's mass deportation agenda is stirring protests and concerns nationwide, with significant implications for Southern Nevada's economy.

The explosion of SpaceX's rocket Thursday night has sparked fears that NASA's stranded astronauts could be stuck in space for even longer, or worse. SpaceX has been tasked with finally bringing Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore home from the International Space Station (ISS) later this month.

Trump administration efforts to use the IRS in its crackdown on undocumented immigrants are giving rise to worry that the government could improperly use tax data to help with deportations.