This isn’t the first time members of the tech elite have appeared at the Met Gala—Bezos himself attended in 2012, 2019 and 2024. But the prominence of his involvement this year has sparked a wave of criticism, shining a light on Silicon Valley’s increasingly influential role in fashion’s biggest night.

A building bears her name—the library at Nevada State University. That’s appropriate. She helped get the school started, but that’s not all. 

‘Divorce,’ lawsuits and Supreme Court decisions: Why consolidating Northern Nevada firefighting services could be an uphill battle.

The great room at Walking Box Ranch has been restored to its 1930s heyday, when Hollywood stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow lived there. Just in time for the third anniversary of Avi Kwa Ame’s national monument designation, UNLV’s Public Lands Institute returned the original furnishings — including the couple’s dining table, still marked by hardened gum Bow once tucked beneath her seat.

Fast fashion may be keeping closets full, but it comes with a hidden cost. From water pollution to mountains of waste, globally fast fashion generates roughly 92 million tons of textile waste annually, according to the UN Environmental Program. Experts warn that the way people shop is taking a serious toll on the planet. In the valley, vintage shopping is emerging as a sustainable alternative.

Today, popcorn and the movies are so inextricably linked that it’s hard to imagine a time when the buttery, salty snack wasn’t served at a concession stand in the lobby. But that was actually the case for the first few decades of the movie theater business.

Reports of their relegation to the fashion trash heap have been greatly exaggerated. The rules of wearing them have simply changed.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is no longer printing the Las Vegas Sun in its pages — at least for now. The longtime rival newspapers published competing op-eds to mark the change, which came after continued legal battles. But why was the Review-Journal printing the Sun in the first place, and should it continue doing so? Host Sonja Cho Swanson is getting the scoop on this modern newspaper war from UNLV history professor Michael Green, and longtime media observer and lawyer Dayvid Figler.

With the United States' ceasefire in Iran lasting less than 24 hours, some anti-war activists in southern Nevada say they are not surprised to hear of the latest developments between the U.S. and Iran. Wednesday afternoon, an anti-war rally gathered just outside of the Nellis Air Force Base consisting of around 20 demonstrators calling for the United States to follow its word on ceasefire negotiations as promised.

A Clark County commissioner announced he will begin the process of removing Cesar Chavez’s name from a park in his district following sexual abuse and rape allegations against the late civil rights leader. Commissioner Tick Segerblom said the East Valley park, named after the labor leader in 2002, should be changed following what he called “horrific revelations.”

It was down to the wire, having left just two hours before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Tuesday afternoon, the two countries agreed to a two-week ceasefire. However, UNLV history professor Dr. Michael Green says the deal could go either way.

UNLV historian Michael Green likes to refer to Nevada’s prominence in national politics in baseball terms. “If you consider politics a spectator sport, this is the seat right behind home plate — or even in the dugout,” he said. Green has quipped that so many presidential hopefuls make their rounds here that his familiarity with them makes him feel as if they’ve slept on his couch. He doesn’t expect that to change in the run-up to the 2028 election.