Those who know UNLV’s new acting president say she’s a “healer” — an accomplished educational leader who can build relationships and bridge silos in good times and bad.

Nevada's Board of Regents voted Monday in favor of making the dean of UNLV's Honors College the acting university president.

The dean of UNLV’s Honors College could soon become the acting president of the university.

It all started with a conversation between siblings 10 years apart.

Let's go on a vacation. Or a business trip.

In February, Portland International Airport will unveil the latest additions to its lineup of Portlandian drinking and dining.

Alyssa Ruffa was halfway through college when she realized she'd need money. Her parents were no longer able to contribute as much, and she wanted to continue on to vet school.

Navigating through airports can already be a lengthy process, but there's one code you'll want to keep an eye out for. If you see the letters SSSS printed on your boarding pass, getting through the airport could become a much lengthier process.

Talk has come up again in recent weeks of possibly renaming the airport we know as McCarran. Pat McCarran, the Nevada senator who passed away in 1954, definitely played a role in aviation here. McCarran’s contributions as well as those of many other Southern Nevada aviation pioneers are gathered in the book "Landing in Las Vegas."

Most U.S. libraries are sure to have countless books on locomotives, automobiles, airplanes and especially military aircraft. But there’s not nearly as much on airports.

The Las Vegas “Old Timers” Media Group, featuring many current and former print, radio and TV journalists, has shut down after 18 years. Toward the end, the club had an email list of nearly 200 locals, some of whom met monthly to discuss Las Vegas history and swap stories. The club, co-founded in 1999 by former Las Vegas Review-Journal photographer Frank Mitrani and former Las Vegas Sun photographer Ken Jones, began meeting out of Jones’ house after the friends met at another friend’s funeral.

Visitor traffic to McCarran International Airport keeps climbing.

Traffic for the month of July was up more than 2.5 percent as compared to the year before.