In a recent look at Southern Nevadans’ finances, Las Vegas Valley residents have some of the worst credit scores, debt ratios and money management habits in the United States.

Cecilia Gomez walked into the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Las Vegas on March 27 for what she thought would be a routine interview. She was just a hair’s breadth away from gaining legal permanent residency, bringing the undocumented Mexican immigrant and mother of three sons a step closer to becoming a U.S. citizen.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. paved the way for social justice and his actions are still making a difference 50 years after his assassination in 1968.

Every dentist surely has a story about the most difficult patient they’ve encountered. Well, Tina Brandon Abbatangelo, DDS, has them all beat.

When the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund last month began distributing money to the survivors and families of the deceased from the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting, it created an obvious question: How do recipients manage their payouts?

Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation have pushed several gun control measures in the six months since the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, but the measures have stalled, and many advocates blame the millions spent by the National Rifle Association.

The 44th annual edition of UNLVino is coming up on April 14, one of the city’s top wine tasting events and a longstanding tradition that puts the “fun” in fundraising. It’s easily one of the best-known charitable hospitality events on everyone’s Vegas calendar, but you might not know that much of the preparation for UNLVino is done by the students who have reaped the benefits of the event’s decades of success.

Four years before the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee — 50 years ago Wednesday — Las Vegas shared in his historic legacy.