In The News: Department of History

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

The shuttered Hawaiian Marketplace shopping complex has been razed to make way for a new 300,000-square-foot shopping center on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard, just south of Harmon Avenue.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Las Vegas residents are one step closer to not having to drive to Primm to play the lottery.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The shuttered retail complex Hawaiian Marketplace has been demolished to make way for a new 300,000-square-foot retail center on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard, just south of Harmon Avenue.

LVSportsBiz.com

In a market relying so heavily on the growth of sports, this initiative envisions itself as the center of sports sciences, business and innovation in Las Vegas. The UNLV Sports Innovation Initiative (SII), which calls itself, “The Hub of Innovation in the Global Sports Capital,” took time at a UFC-owned venue Wednesday to hammer home its mission.

Christian Science Monitor

Mark Bauerlein has become disillusioned with the political and academic ideal sometimes called “the free marketplace of ideas,” especially in America’s institutions of higher education.

Las Vegas Sun

J ean Munson has had to make a lot of hard decisions in her life, like moving to Las Vegas from Guam in her late teens for college and becoming the first Asian-American woman to open a comic-book publishing company in Nevada.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Prosecutors are asking for the death penalty for a man accused of stabbing and killing another on an RTC bus in February.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries joined us to talk about two important women in particular - Hattie Canty and Ruby Duncan, and the contributions they've made to U.S. history.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

The Runnin' Rebels were the best in the west in the late 1980s, but after their historic championship win in 1990, the tables were turned.

New York Times

Las Vegas will host a men’s basketball regional this week, the men’s Final Four in 2028 and numerous other college championships — all prompted by changes in how the N.C.A.A. has viewed the city.

Blogilates

If the thought of bell bottom jeans and ballet flats making a fashion return stresses you out, chances are you’re a millennial.

City Cast Las Vegas

70 years ago, iconic Black musicians like Sammy Davis Jr. and Harry Belafonte might have graced the stage at Vegas casinos — but wouldn’t be allowed to stay on-site, or walk through the front door (though many pushed back).