Barbara Tabach believes “Memories are as intrinsically valuable as any material wealth.” As project manager of the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, her work is infused with that mantra.

With summer temperatures in Las Vegas averaging over 100 degrees, swimming pools are integral to the history of the city as much as neon lights and showgirls.

The flamboyant guests in Grant Philipo’s living room are dressed in scanty yet elegant costumes dripping with crystals, feathers and glitz. They are six mannequins, carefully arranged in a tableau, standing with hands raised or hanging by their sides. Together, their elaborate headdresses and finely crafted body pieces form a cornucopia of retro glamour.

Dennis McBride was just a teenager in Boulder City when he started collecting. And he never stopped.

It would have been difficult to imagine back in 1942 that a small boarding house on F Street and Adams Avenue—on the black side of a deeply segregated small town—would still be standing more than 70 years later, let alone part of a longstanding community conversation, even when it had been deemed condemnable so many years later.

In the 1950’s and 60s, an African-American woman from Texas named Genevieve Harrison ran a little guest house on the Westside of Las Vegas.

One by one, the three 2015 miss debutantes twirled past the tables filled with wide-eyed junior high school girls. The debs, in their ruffled ball gowns with lace bodices and sateen-finished full skirts, full-length gloves and tiaras, imparted a regal grace to the humble Westside church banquet hall.

Every February, public schools turn their focus to the story of African Americans, under the banner of Black History Month. Mostly focusing on slavery and civil rights, students learn of the struggles and triumphs that shape the black experience. But as the tradition has carried on, it has also picked up detractors, who view it as outdated, even condescending.

Bucket lists. Thanks to a 2007 film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, it's become our go-to term in describing our own lists of things that we want to do or experience while we still can.

The National Archives has issued a $129,600 grant from its National Historical Publications and Records Commission to UNLV's University Libraries Special Collections.

The end of an entertainment era is drawing near. The longest running show on The Las Vegas Strip is set to go dark for good in February.

It’s that time of year again. It’s the time when students are feeling the stress ahead of holiday break. It’s time for finals at UNLV.