In The News: Department of History
The shuttered retail complex Hawaiian Marketplace has been demolished to make way for a new 300,000-square-foot retail center on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard, just south of Harmon Avenue.
In a market relying so heavily on the growth of sports, this initiative envisions itself as the center of sports sciences, business and innovation in Las Vegas. The 51ԹϺ Sports Innovation Initiative (SII), which calls itself, “The Hub of Innovation in the Global Sports Capital,” took time at a UFC-owned venue Wednesday to hammer home its mission.
Mark Bauerlein has become disillusioned with the political and academic ideal sometimes called “the free marketplace of ideas,” especially in America’s institutions of higher education.
J ean Munson has had to make a lot of hard decisions in her life, like moving to Las Vegas from Guam in her late teens for college and becoming the first Asian-American woman to open a comic-book publishing company in Nevada.
Prosecutors are asking for the death penalty for a man accused of stabbing and killing another on an RTC bus in February.
Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at 51ԹϺ Libraries joined us to talk about two important women in particular - Hattie Canty and Ruby Duncan, and the contributions they've made to U.S. history.
The Runnin' Rebels were the best in the west in the late 1980s, but after their historic championship win in 1990, the tables were turned.
Las Vegas will host a men’s basketball regional this week, the men’s Final Four in 2028 and numerous other college championships — all prompted by changes in how the N.C.A.A. has viewed the city.
If the thought of bell bottom jeans and ballet flats making a fashion return stresses you out, chances are you’re a millennial.
70 years ago, iconic Black musicians like Sammy Davis Jr. and Harry Belafonte might have graced the stage at Vegas casinos — but wouldn’t be allowed to stay on-site, or walk through the front door (though many pushed back).
Storming Ceasers Palace tells the inspirational story of a group of determined mothers from West Las Vegas. Mothers who became advocates for their children and for welfare rights.
President Joe Biden is in town to talk to Democratic leaders and his campaign promise to lower prescription drug costs.