All eyes are on the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas — but sometimes it seems for the strangest things.

All eyes are on the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas — but sometimes it seems for the strangest things.

The number of Las Vegas Valley pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in January jumped 80 percent over January 2023 levels, according to an analysis of traffic fatalities reported by Southern Nevada law enforcement.

The goal of getting students out into natural Nevada is to show them that there are viable careers protecting the environment. Representatives from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno took the chance to connect with the students about upcoming deadlines.

Public attention to politics is a common good.

The UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality has been the foundation for many casino executives in Nevada and around the world. When Stowe Shoemaker became dean of the college its reputation had slid a bit and Shoemaker wanted to turn it around. A graduate of the hospitality college at Cornell University, another one of the top schools in the country for that discipline, Shoemaker knew what worked and what didn’t. He charted a course for the UNLV college that was different and unique. That included a new building that would reflect the excellent education that UNLV offers its gaming and hospitality students. Now an executive with the UNLV Foundation, Shoemaker met with GGB Publisher Roger Gros at his offices in Las Vegas in January.

Parrots don’t just hang out for fun. To move along narrow branches, a parrot can hang from a branch with its beak, swing its body sideways and grab hold farther along with its feet. The newly described gait, dubbed beakiation, expands the birds’ locomotive repertoire and underscores how versatile their beaks are, researchers report January 31 in Royal Society Open Science.

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk’s push to reincorporate the electric-vehicle maker in Texas after a legal defeat in Delaware may have broader implications for the company.

Businesses’ voluntary climate plans can do a little. Combined with state and local government policies, they can do a lot.