Offering basic health services to underserved kids at school isn’t a novel idea.

But as the budding UNLV School of Medicine prepares for its proposed July 2017 debut, the institution says it will take over four Clark County school-based health facilities with plans for innovation.

Although the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have enjoyed wild success as college dropouts, post-secondary education remains the traditional route to professional and financial success for many Americans.

A packed house at the Vegas View Church of God in Christ on Friday in North Las Vegas celebrated the life of Stella Mason Parson, the first black woman ever to graduate from college in Nevada with an energetic display of cheers and singing.

Nevada's two major universities are mourning the loss of the first black woman to earn a college degree in the state at a time when most of the nation was still segregated.

Nevada’s two major universities are mourning the loss of the first black woman to earn a college degree in the state at a time when most of the nation was still segregated.

The first black woman to attend and graduate from college in the state of Nevada, Stella Mason Parson has died at the age of 86.

Many Hispanic families have a personal stake in what happens on Election Day, but despite numbers that should mean political power, Hispanics often can't vote, aren't registered to vote, or sit it out.

It’s 101 degrees, but you wouldn’t know it to look at the cool scene: white dresses and pressed button-downs, Champagne and the Las Vegas skyline shimmering like a mirage.

UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is hosting a free “clean slate” event Aug. 27 to help people with criminal histories in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson seal their records.