The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV bestowed endowed chair honors upon two faculty members during its first investiture ceremony. Dr. David Jackson, professor and chair of the Department of Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics, was conferred as the Intermountain Healthcare of Nevada Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics. Dr. Erik Kubiak, professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, was conferred as the Optum and Dr. Tony and Renee Marlon Endowed Chair in the Department of Orthopaedics.

The language sounds like something from an authoritarian state or the US anti-communist purges of the 1950s, but Donald Trump is increasingly focused on one target: "the enemy within."

Locals from a town known for its flashy façade said they feel forgotten as new residents and tourists flock to their city. From soaring house prices to lower wages and a worse quality of life, residents of Las Vegas claim the city has left them behind as it continues to expand.

A man traveling through Ohio thought he’d stop at a Fairfield Inn by Marriott to get a roll of toilet paper. While he documented he was successful in his endeavor, not everyone applauded his initiative. TikTok creator BerryD Treasure Backup (@berrydtreasure_live), an online reseller, attempted to launch a series on the platform he dubbed, “Asking hotels I’m not staying at for stuff I don’t need.” He reports in the video, put up on Saturday and getting nearly 95,000 views since, that he was at a Fairfield Inn by Marriott looking to get a roll of toilet paper.

In a May poll of voters in swing states, the New York Times / Siena College had two seemingly contradictory findings for the state of Nevada. Republican former President Donald Trump led President Joe Biden, a Democrat, by 12 points in a head-to-head matchup. Yet the poll also showed Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) maintained a 2 percentage point lead on her likely Republican challenger Sam Brown.

On a mild Houston day in March 2021, Judge Marvin Isgur prepared to oversee the only case on his docket that morning. It was a motion to recuse his longtime colleague on the bench, David Jones, from a case involving a bankrupt engineering company.

Problems and issues related to family court in Nevada go back decades. In 2006, Washoe County family court Judge Chuck Weller was shot by Darren Mack, who was later convicted of murdering his wife. In 2013 in Las Vegas, a family court marshal was accused of excessive force against a litigant who had already been restrained.

It’s been a year of missteps, miscalculations, confusion, delays, glitches, and frustration after the botched launch of the simplified FAFSA, which has prevented financial aid packages from being awarded to students with ample time to make plans for their future.

UNLV President Keith Whitfield in a statement Sunday refuted earlier assertions that UNLV was considering releasing details about the university’s assets invested in firms with ties to Israel and divesting from them.