Home is where the heart is and for many native Hawaiians and Las Vegas has become their adopted home. In fact, so many have settled in Southern Nevada that Vegas has earned a reputation as being the "ninth island."

The Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino has joined the growing list of properties to get the green light to reopen their casino floor to 100% occupancy. The Gaming Control Board approved their proposal on Friday night, according to Westgate VP of Public Relations and Community Affairs Gordon Prouty.

Global Recycling Day is March 18. But before you start picking through the trash to find recyclables, what exactly can be recycled in Southern Nevada?

It's a database that researchers have used for over two decades: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System -- or VAERS for short. Researchers use it to flag a pattern of potential problems, like the Johnson and Johnson shots' association to rare blood clots.

Government mandates are lifting, but these experts say the pandemic won’t really end nationally until more people, including children, are vaccinated.

Advocates for reopening school-based health centers are seeking answers after a proposal to do so was pulled from the Clark County School Board’s agenda for the second time in two years.

With just two weeks to go before the end of the 2021 legislative session, state lawmakers boosted the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) budget with the allocation of more than $93 million in federal COVID relief dollars aimed at lifting a system-wide hiring freeze.

Diana Bonsack, visiting from New Mexico, had dutifully worn her mask while on her girls’ trip this week to Las Vegas, even though she had been vaccinated against COVID-19, she said. But she whipped off the mask as she waited for a taxi upon hearing the federal guidance saying vaccinated people generally no longer need to wear masks even indoors.