Show a kid a college library or on-campus housing building and he might shrug his shoulders. Throw some virtual reality goggles on that kid and show him a 360-degree view of that same building and you get a different reaction. That’s one way UNLV football is trying to use technology to its advantage on the recruiting trail.

After trying for years to be one of the elite kingmakers in picking presidential nominees, thanks to heavy prodding from Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada is losing the bet.

A report looking at the health of kindergartners in Nevada says that rates for both overweight and underweight children are rising in the Silver State.

In the Navajo Nation, electricity may be a fragile commodity as climate change intensifies. Other tribes in the United States face similar energy quandaries. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced Sept. 2 that it is requesting applications to co-fund renewable energy, energy efficiency and combined heat and power to help increase the climate resilience of indigenous communities. The available funding is estimated to total around $4 million to $6 million. Applications are due by Dec. 10.

You finish a hard workout, head to the locker room wearing a glistening sheen of perspiration all over and … skip your usual de-funkifying shower?

In an industry not often recognized for acts of enlightened self-interest, Las Vegas Sands LVS -4.26% has innovated an approach to continuing education that benefits not only its own team members, but also those of its competition.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called her a “formidable candidate.” A national campaign group praised her.

So, who gets minimum wage in Nevada? And how much should they get paid?

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has long wanted to join the nation's higher education big leagues.