The historic African-American neighborhood in Las Vegas known as the Westside sits at a crossroads — literally and figuratively.

The roots of the Las Vegas Westside — the historically black neighborhood near downtown — predate the city’s 1905 founding.

Es nuestro turno ahora. Translation:“It’s our turn now.” Say gracias to UNLV.

Scores of Las Vegas Valley residents are expected to take in the sights and sounds of the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday.

The four boys were ready for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. One tipped his blue plastic hat and grasped a banner bearing a picture of the civil rights leader and peace activist.

Officials say the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has a chance to get a $100,000 library grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to document Latino contributions to southern Nevada.

The “Valentine’s Day Massacre” nearly cut the Las Vegas Valley’s explosive growth off at the knees 26 years ago, when fewer than 1 million people called the region home. Jurisdictions had been battling one another for growth-sustaining allocations to Colorado River water for years, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District took drastic action Feb. 14, 1991, upon realizing it couldn’t meet any more water commitments: It stopped promising service to new developments. Henderson soon followed suit.

For 14 years, Claytee D. White has been recording the histories of longtime Southern Nevadans as director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries.