UNLV Offers Fast-Track Program for Teachers

In an effort to help solve the teacher shortage, the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Rebel Academy has completed a fast-track certification program for the second consecutive year.

Kalyan Tatineny, a radiologist with Radiology Associates of Nevada, projected two chest X-rays side by side on screen in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas classroom. One showed an internal image of a typical, healthy body — each translucent rib in alignment, a clearly defined, asymmetric heart and nearly invisible lungs. The image on the right was atypical, showing an enlarged heart with less clearly defined borders.

November will be an interesting time for marijuana-reform policy in the United States, and Nevada will play a prominent role in that process. As five states consider joining Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia in legalizing recreational adult use of marijuana, understanding this policy and the systems around it has never been more important.

Now that the conventions are over, let the prognosticating begin. While the eyes of pundits and the public may be glued to daily polls, it is important to consider the sharp demographic fault lines behind these numbers.

Fifteen years after they concluded that gun control was a losing issue for them, Democrats say it’s time for a rethink, convinced that a spate of mass shootings has changed the politics and left Americans clamoring for action.

Maria Mendoza, a Mexican-born hotel housekeeper, was out of work and worried about supporting her two daughters when she said she attended a job fair about six years ago and glimpsed her future in a gold-windowed, 64-story hotel just off the Las Vegas Strip. Its name alone sold her.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is partnering with State Farm Insurance to help parents supervise their teen drivers and prepare them for a lifetime of safe driving.

Workers at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel scored a victory in their effort to unionize, although it could still be a long time before employees have a contract if managers choose to delay.

A three-day camp held July 21-23 at UNLV helped 50 carefully chosen incoming high school freshmen decide if a career in the medical field was right for them.