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NewsAggregateHome AggregateGolden Gate at 120 carries story of Las Vegas from past to present
Downtown Las Vegas, in a city famous for demolitions, feels like a time capsule. Probably no other property captures that quite like the Golden Gate ...
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AggregateHome AggregateLas Vegas HistoryThree Las Vegas landmarks make Nevada’s most endangered historic places list
La Concha Motel, Huntridge Theater and Mormon Fort are among three Southern Nevada locations that Preserve Nevada has designated as the state’s “most endangered ...
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PoliticsNewsAllNevada political giant, former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid dies at 82
Harry Reid never felt the need to be loud or brash. The former U.S. Senate majority leader who died Tuesday at age 82 instead often ...
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NewsAllAggregateNeon still stokes nostalgia in Las Vegas and beyond despite a dimming future
When Eric Elizondo repairs the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the Strip, he doesn’t just keep the city’s most beloved icon standing.
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NewsAllAggregateThis Las Vegan’s job is to keep an eye on the future by preserving the past
Kelli Luchs, who came to Las Vegas from Michigan about 15 years ago to attend graduate school at UNLV, is charged with caring for the ...
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NewsAllAggregateWhy this dinosaur species, unearthed at Valley of Fire, was publicized 13 years later
Tens of millions of years ago, dinosaurs, including a small, zippy plant-eater that resembled a massive scaly green chicken, roamed the area that is now ...
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NewsAllAggregate'Truly iconic': New street signs celebrate history of Paradise Palms neighborhood
New street signs in Paradise Palms neighborhood of Las Vegas show hyperlocal pride and a commitment to history that its residents know can be hit ...
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AggregateAllNewsIconic Blue Angel statue, gracing a new Vegas perch, awaits a proper tribute
While Robert Stoldal was a senior at Las Vegas High School in 1959, he recalls the trips he and his friends endeavored up and down ...
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NewsAllAggregateClark County exhibit explores obsolete technology — past, present and future
The horn of a 1906 Edison standard phonograph is pointed toward the glass of a display case in a side gallery of the Clark County ...
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PoliticsNewsAllNevada Day bill begs the question: When, exactly, should we observe the holiday?
The question of when Nevada entered the Union isn’t up for debate: Oct. 31, 1864. The question of when to celebrate the entrance isn’t so ...
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NewsAllAggregateVenerable former Sun reporter Cy Ryan, who covered Nevada government for decades, dies
When former Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons called a 2008 news conference to try to explain why he had made hundreds of texts, many late at ...
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NewsAllAggregatePhyllis McGuire, of popular 1950s trio McGuire Sisters, dies at Las Vegas estate
Phyllis McGuire of the famed McGuire Sisters loved her life in “the Beverly Hills of Las Vegas,” a term she coined for her 26,000-square-foot mansion ...
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NewsAllAggregateLoyal customers relish last visit to storied Las Vegas diner Vickie's
A retired Clark County School District grounds worker, Michael Turner has fond memories of eating lunch at Vickie’s Diner when he was in the neighborhood. ...
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Las Vegas StripLas Vegas HistoryClark County governmentThink you know Vegas? Let’s find out
Take this general history quiz to find out how much of an expert you are.
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NewsAllAggregateLive the myth: Tony Spilotro’s home is for sale
The house sits on a 13,068-square-foot lot and has what the client brochure describes as “one of the largest pools in the neighborhood.” The mid-century ...
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Las Vegas HistoryLas VegasLas Vegas WeeklyCharting the Vegas Valley's evolution during Las Vegas Weekly’s 21 years
From Siegfried & Roy to Lady Gaga, and Star Trek: The Experience to the High Roller
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A&EFive historic spots to visit in Las Vegas
The Little Church of the West, the Old Mormon Fort and more.
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IntersectionDennis McBride talks about his new book on Nevada’s LGBT history
The local historian discusses his exhaustively researched account of the queer experience in Las Vegas and elsewhere in the state.
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NewsAllAggregateE. Parry Thomas, business icon who helped shape Las Vegas, dies at 95
By financing casinos at a time when other banks refused to consider making loans to them, visionary banker E. Parry Thomas helped build the foundation ...
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Breaking NewsLas Vegas archbishop defends Pope Leo against Trump's social media attacks
Archbishop George Leo Thomas of Las Vegas is defending Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump criticized the first American-born leader of the Catholic Church ...
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AggregateAllNewsFrom front lines to ballot box: How retired Marine helps overseas Nevadans vote
Mark Wlaschin left for work early on this morning, well before sunrise, making the familiar commute through the dark Carson City streets to the Nevada ...
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NewsAggregateAllAir France lands in Las Vegas: Nonstop service from Paris takes flight
Some had come for business, others for pleasure, but all shared the distinction of being the very first passengers to fly Air France’s new nonstop ...
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AggregateAllNewsLas Vegas’ tourism slump shadows Trump’s return to Nevada
As President Donald Trump seeks to promote his No Tax on Tips policy during a roundtable discussion downtown, small businesses worry fewer people even have ...
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Player of the monthNewsAggregateA's Player of the Month: Sierra Vista's Amaya Wusstig
The middle school flag football team needed a quarterback, so the coach lined all the girls up and had them throw the ball.
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AggregateAllNewsNevada cannabis leaders push for Strip integration to rescue falling tax revenue
Riana Durrett, director of the UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute and vice chair of the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, says the decline in legal sales doesn’t ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateResorts World releasing 100,000 ladybugs for Earth Day tradition
Resorts World Las Vegas will mark Earth Day with its annual ladybug release, a tradition the resort has maintained since opening in 2021 as part ...
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AggregateAllNewsPoll finds Trump’s economic policies eroding Latino support in Nevada, key states
Latino voters in key battleground states, including Nevada, are turning against President Donald Trump and Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms, according to new polling ...
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SportsFrozen Four in Las Vegas: Denver beats Wisconsin 2-1 for its 11th national title
Denver has thrived in the uncomfortable, refusing to panic even when the opponent is dominating play.
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MusicLegendary talents Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis bring 'Nothing But Hits' to the Venetian
The duo has co-written and produced a streak of Billboard Top 20 hits for dozens of artists, including Janet Jackson, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, ...
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FeaturedWrestleManiaWWEWrestleMania is bigger than ever and Las Vegas is a perfect fit
Pro wrestling has never been more popular than it is today, but how did it expand into massive corporate partnerships, global streaming and live events ...
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Breaking NewsCCSD Police track alarming rise in child vehicle crash injuries
Local police data confirm what anyone who has spent time near a Las Vegas-area school during morning drop-off or afternoon dismissal already suspects: E-scooters and ...
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DiningVegas Unstripped returns, forever focused on creative local chefs
Back for its seventh year and third time at the Palms on April 26, Vegas Unstripped has grown quite a bit from its humble origins ...
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UNLV sportsUNLVSportsUNLV basketball picks up transfer from Florida State
Guard Cam Miles, who averaged 5.4 points and 1.7 assists per game this season at Florida State, is transferring to UNLV basketball, he announced on ...
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NewsOpinionBusinessNew research aims to clarify exercise during pregnancy and postpartum
As an athletic trainer with a sports medicine background, Kara Radzak was curious to know how much she could put her body through after giving ...
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SportsNHLVegas Golden KnightsEichel scores in OT, Knights clinch playoff berth with 3-2 win over Avs
Jack Eichel scored 1:19 into overtime, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday night to secure a playoff berth.
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AllNV PoliticsPoliticsNo Tax on Tips meets inflation concerns in Trump’s Las Vegas stop
President Donald Trump boasted Thursday that Nevada waiters, casino dealers, bartenders and other tipped workers had received “the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives,” ...
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: April 16-22
Nevada Shakespeare Festival's "Henry V," Franky Perez and the All Nighters at Circus Circus' Carnival Midway, Chalk It Down, Matisyahu, Ari Lennox and more.
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NewsChecking in on the state of Mojave desert tortoise conservation
The official state reptile of Nevada has been classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1990, with habitat loss and disease ...
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A&EFilm industry vet and UNLV professor Thomas Bjelic on building worlds through sound
Bjelic has amassed hundreds of credits while working on blockbuster horror franchises, sci-fi thrillers and films for the father of body horror, David Cronenberg.
