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“If you win coach of the year, that’s fantastic, but I can’t do this by myself. Football is a major team game, and this goes to UNLV and the whole city of Las Vegas.”
Dan Mullen’s 10-win season in his UNLV coaching debut is still being celebrated. On Monday, Mullen was presented the Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach Award during a reception at Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille in Gainsville, Fla.
Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.
An assistant professor from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, whose work focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been named the first recipient of the MDA Research Momentum Award, a new honor from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for early-career scientists.
The City of Las Vegas plans on using advanced signal technology to transform 16 intersections in and around Fremont Street, including at Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street, to potentially eliminate the traditional pedestrian push button. The city was granted $1.4 million from the Federal Highway Administration to implement the AI pedestrian safety technology later this year.
The earliest settlers and their direct descendants became notable leaders throughout Las Vegas in the 20th century, helped build up the Historic Westside, and now make up the African American community across the Las Vegas Valley.
If you've ever wanted to make a suggestion for a new law, now just might be your chance. The Southern Nevada Forum held its initial meeting on Monday, with the goal of coming up with a dozen new ideas to fix problems faced by residents of the Las Vegas Valley. The 13-year-old organization — created by the Vegas Chamber, the City of Las Vegas, Brookings Mountain West and former Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick in 2013 — brings together lawmakers and community leaders to brainstorm ideas.
How to describe Sammy Davis, Jr., in just a few words? Maybe the best way came from the mother of the historian who writes this program. His parents got married in Las Vegas in 1964. They stayed at the Sahara, where Tony Bennett was in the showroom, but they went down the street to see Sammy at the Sands. He asked his mother if they saw another show. She replied, “Once you’ve seen Sammy Davis, Jr., you don’t need to see another show.”
Tax returns filed in 2026 will be the first with President Donald Trump’s “No Tax on Tips” policy in effect — and it may be confusing for some filers because not all tipped occupations qualify and neither do all tips.
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