Las Vegans used to be able to brag about being a mosquito-free city — but not so much anymore. So we're bringing back a conversation with Dayvid Figler and UNLV professor Dr. Louisa Messenger about why Las Vegas is seeing a mosquito population boom and what we can do about it. Plus, host Sonja Cho Swanson kicks off the conversation with a fresh update on Dr. Messenger's latest skeeter survey results, and her 2026 mosquito forecast.

The white-coat ceremony, held at the Artemus Ham Concert Hall on the university’s main campus, signifies the shift from student to student-physician, as participants will begin working alongside doctors in caring for patients during the final two years of medical school.

UNLV's Alumni Association is holding its annual Scholarship Golf Tournament to help current students stay in school. The funds raised through the tournament support the Fred C. Albrecht Alumni Scholarship, which assists deserving UNLV students with the cost of their education.

The Southern Nevada Health District has started its mosquito surveillance activity a month early due to warmer-than-normal temperatures. Many experts around the valley have already seen an uptick in mosquito sightings.

The Diocese has gotten better on abuse since 1950, but it still has a long way to go.

The real thing—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—arrived at McCarran airport on August 20, 1964, at about 1 a.m. A car took them to the Sahara, where they stayed in a suite—literally. About two thousand fans had come to greet them. Local officials didn’t want them going to casinos because they feared that their underage fans would follow them and get into trouble. The only outsiders to get in were a reporter and photographer from the Las Vegas Sun. One of them showed Ringo how to make the television set work.

We are warming up again this week, with a chance to hit 90 by the weekend. While some might be happy for the chance to shake off the winter blues, the warmer weather is also set to bring out mosquitoes.

Few structures shaped the modern American West like Hoover Dam. Rising from Black Canyon in the 1930s, the massive concrete arch structure, finished in the Art Deco style of the era, tamed the Colorado River, created Lake Mead and helped power a growing Southwest. But at the time, its importance to Southern Nevada was less about water and more about survival.

The hunger for uranium won’t abate anytime soon as the heavy metal’s spot price hovers near two-year-highs, but some geologists warn easy-to-mine reserves are shrinking. Enter what may sound unusual: mining uranium from ocean water.