For Aaron Tippetts, the college degree he earned after four years of diligent work at UNLV has opened doors — 15 to be exact.

If a GEICO-inspired TV commercial were to be made about local sports radio personality Ken Thomson, it would probably show him talking sports while inflating kid-sized footballs and basketballs in the lobby of Sunrise Children’s Hospital in the runup to Christmas.

Salt Lake City—It’s cheaper than ever before for people in the U.S. to install rooftop solar panels as an energy source.

Two weeks after the request for a meeting came across his desk, UNLV President Len Jessup met Thursday afternoon with students who are asking for the campus to be declared a “sanctuary,” while conservative students opposed to the idea are still waiting to hear if they will have a chance at a meeting, too.

By titling "Gender Revolution" in its January issue, National Geographic magazine highlights transgender people through the face of 9-year-old Avery Jackson.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will continue to operate its jazz station after a proposal to outsource management to Nevada Public Radio prompted a backlash from students.

In an effort to shed more light on a topic that has been at the center of social and political debates all year, National Geographic will be debuting a new magazine and accompanying documentary dedicated to examining gender around the world.

Campus Conservatives at UNLV, are demanding President Len Jessup, drop plans to turn the campus into a “Sanctuary,” for illegal aliens. They’ve asked for a meeting to discuss the issue. The groups co-founder Jordan Escoto tells the Las Vegas Review Journal, UNLV shouldn’t be in the business of deciding how to apply the law, and which law enforcement requests should be complied with and which shouldn’t be. Escoto, who is of hispanic descent, says the rule of law is important to them.

Next year will not be a boom year for the Las Vegas economy, but it will be far from a bust.