In The News: Department of History
15-year-old Jack Rico will graduate next week with his fifth degree. He enrolled at UNLV when he was just 13 years old.
For the second year in a row, Reno’s historic — but deteriorating — Lear Theater tops a list of the state’s “11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”
Preserve Nevada has come out with its annual list of the 11 most endangered places in the state.
A virtual forum presented by the Orange County Department of Education will celebrate the deep histories, dynamic cultures and enduring contributions of Native Americans and explore how educational systems can more purposely meet the needs of Indigenous students.
Even during a pandemic, the house never loses, as the return of tourism helped US casinos win nearly $14 billion in the third quarter of this year, marking the industry’s best quarter ever and pushing revenue past what it was for all of 2020.
The Walt Disney Co. is taking a gamble on sports betting.
The city of Las Vegas started its life in 1905, and since then, it has soared to become one of the top travel destinations. But what does the city’s unique history teach us about its present and future as it makes its way out of the economic downturn caused by the pandemic?
Las Vegas may be all too eager to get rid of its oldest institutions, but the El Cortez is going nowhere.
Our automatic assumptions are laden with gender bias.
Now that major leagues are getting on board with gambling, the family-friendly Hollywood giant is eyeing that revenue and may start with a splashy ESPN licensing deal.
Nevada’s Indigenous languages are endangered, but there are efforts underway to preserve them.