Experts In The News

Yahoo!

Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas recently discovered whether you shop at a fancy supermarket or a budget store, you are getting the same quality produce—the only variance is in the price.

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods

The study compared the color, cleanliness, freshness and firmness of fruits and vegetables in 14 dollar-discount stores to 40 traditional food outlets across the Las Vegas metro area.

Blue Book Services

As deep discount stores, so-called “dollar stores,” add more fresh food to their lineup, a new study by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, found produce quality was virtually the same as traditional grocers in the area.

Nevada Current

A new judge has been confirmed to sit on the powerful federal appeals court that oversees Nevada, and Democrats are furious about it.

K.N.P.R. News

The right-to-die, or physician-assisted death, is an idea now legal in six states and the District of Columbia.

CityLab

Las Vegas is a famously watchful place. Casino cameras keep tabs on players and dealers from the walls, tables, and ceilings. Analytics software tracks and predicts credit-card swipes, game preferences, and buffet choices. Occupancy levels are closely counted; peculiar behaviors noted. It’s all with an eye to lock down the vast stores of cash that keep Sin City afloat. To keep the odds in its favor, the house is always watching.

GroceryDive

A new study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas compared the color, cleanliness, freshness and firmness of fruits and vegetables among 14 dollar-discount stores and 40 traditional grocery stores and found the quality of fruits and vegetables at the dollar stores is just as good as regular grocery store produce.

KNAU

Grand Canyon has been a national park for a century—but we’re still learning its many secrets. Recently, a rock fall revealed the oldest fossilized tracks ever recorded in the Canyon. They’re the footprints of a reptilian creature that walked through wet sand 310 million years ago.