Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864, but Clark County wasn't part of it for another three years. Do some people in the north still regret that inclusion?

The Plaza plans to open a special gallery next week filled with various sports-related items that previously decorated the shuttered Las Vegas Club.

Within the sprawling contemporary Las Vegas landscape linger millions of personal stories that are lost to history or buried in the larger picture. Delving into the files (digital and physical) at UNLV’s Special Collections reveals the layers, the minutiae behind the names and places that weave together a larger narrative.

It probably never seemed possible that bustling and historic 19th-century Paris would collide with a small gambling city in the American Southwest. But in 1959, nine decades after the still-running Folies-Bergère opened in France’s capital, Les Folies Bergere opened at Las Vegas’ Tropicana, following the arrival of Lido de Paris a year earlier at the Stardust, further cementing the French-inspired showgirl into a Vegas icon.

Study hard. Plan your time. Meet people.

All are nuggets of advice incoming college freshmen often hear. And while they're great as far as they go, they may not cover the breadth of the college experience for new students.

Nevada poker revenues were down about 8 percent year over year in February, continuing a trend of diminishing take from poker tables in Las Vegas and throughout the state.

It's been a tough few years for casino operators in Las Vegas. However, Caesars Entertainment CEO Gary Loveman believes the industry is on the mend.

Though Las Vegas isn’t particularly known for keeping history alive, aspects of the African-American community have been preserved throughout the city.

Sitting in a beauty shop in West Las Vegas, Claytee White was on a mission to find stories from the African-American community.

1. Deep, wide-ranging resources: “The heart of the Architecture Studies Library is the collection,” says Operations Supervisor Steve Baskin. Books covering every aspect of architecture, design, landscaping and related subjects — plus rare volumes, videos, documentaries and more.

In 1995 when the movie "Casino" hit theaters, keeping gamblers playing was the cardinal rule in Las Vegas, but that's no longer the case.