Ross Bryant’s business card is telling of the kind of outreach he is championing for active military and veteran students attending UNLV this fall. The first director of UNLV’s newly formed Office of Veteran Services has his cellphone number listed prominently on his card. It’s there so veteran students can reach him day or night to talk about anything, Bryant said.

Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other U.S. city, but unlike many other tourist destinations, it generally isn’t known for trendy boutique hotels.

Many kids go through an "I hate school" phase. Find out how to get your student out of her funk.

Downtown Las Vegas is trying to shake the city's reputation as a place that likes to blow up old buildings.

Mexican passengers stare out the tiny airplane window, watching as an expanse of desert appears beneath them. Shrouded in baby blue skies dotted with soft, white clouds, the 747 draws closer, passing over master-planned neighborhoods, all part of the city's larger grid pattern.

You can't say you haven't been warned if you order up a gut busting 8,000-calorie burger meal at the Heart Attack Grill.

A big green hooray for you! You've dutifully hung your towels on the rack instead of leaving them on the bathroom floor. You've chosen hotels with low-flow showers and compact fluorecent light bulbs. You've opted for shampoo from a dispenser instead of those tiny bottles. And a big green hooray for the hotels offering these amenities (and saving on operating costs in the process).

Until 1899, children in trouble with the law appeared in the same courtrooms as adults — and often received similar sentences. But that year, Illinois authorized the Juvenile Court Act, which established a court in Chicago only for youths under 16.