Nevada’s higher education institutions are on track to receive the largest single injection of state dollars in years, not only $75 million in restored COVID-era cuts but also tens of millions from a Legislature desperate to stem hemorrhaging statewide populations of doctors, nurses and teachers.

"This is probably the loneliest I've ever felt in my life," TikToker Ally Yost told her phone screen one Friday night in October last year. She was at a crossroads, sensing all the friends she'd made up until that point in her mid-20s were out doing things without her, and moving on with their lives.

A new approach to serving Las Vegas’ homeless population calls for the construction of a facility that offers comprehensive on-site services needed to rebuild someone’s life such as medical and mental health care providers, job training and more.

UNLV's preschool will soon be expanding to serve twice as many children each year after receiving a $10 million anonymous donation. “Access to affordable, high-quality early childhood education sets the foundation for a lifetime of success," UNLV President Keith Whitfield said in a press release. "This transformative gift will dramatically expand operations at the preschool and make it possible for more families — including UNLV students — to experience Southern Nevada’s premier learning community.”

A wetter winter means the possibility of more mosquitoes for the summer. And more mosquitoes mean the possible spread of mosquito-borne illnesses.

Mount Charleston's near-record snowpack this winter is melting as temperatures rise, but experts don't expect warming water to cause major flooding problems as snow melts in the Spring Mountains.

This winter’s near-record snowpack on Mount Charleston is melting away as temperatures rise, but experts are not expecting that warming water to pose any major flood problems as it melts off the Spring Mountains.

As environmental crises cause a Las Vegas reservoir to recede, a trail of bodies from decades past is revealed.