Fred Campbell plans to head here in early June with an ambitious goal: to build a flawless 26-foot wall, with 800 bricks, in an hour. That will be enough, he figures, to make him the world champion of bricklaying for a record fourth time and secure his reputation as a masonry superstar.

World of Concrete — the convention that is staging the bricklaying competition — is the first large, in-person trade show scheduled in the United States since the coronavirus pandemic began. The stakes are high, even for a city accustomed to high stakes.

Every week, temporary COVID-19 vaccine clinics pop up all around Southern Nevada, in places like parks, community centers, and fire stations.

When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced last week that mask were no longer required, Las Vegas didn’t hesitate to get the word out and start making changes. With June 1st approaching, do medical experts think it’s too soon?

The Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino has joined the growing list of properties to get the green light to reopen their casino floor to 100% occupancy. The Gaming Control Board approved their proposal on Friday night, according to Westgate VP of Public Relations and Community Affairs Gordon Prouty.

It's a database that researchers have used for over two decades: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System -- or VAERS for short. Researchers use it to flag a pattern of potential problems, like the Johnson and Johnson shots' association to rare blood clots.

Government mandates are lifting, but these experts say the pandemic won’t really end nationally until more people, including children, are vaccinated.

Diana Bonsack, visiting from New Mexico, had dutifully worn her mask while on her girls’ trip this week to Las Vegas, even though she had been vaccinated against COVID-19, she said. But she whipped off the mask as she waited for a taxi upon hearing the federal guidance saying vaccinated people generally no longer need to wear masks even indoors.