Picture a stereotypical big city. Consider all the things that make it so: tall residential and office buildings with street-facing restaurants and retail; huge public gathering spaces in the city core, where festivals (and protests) can take place; beloved institutions, like sports teams, local nightlife districts and museums; and lots and lots of people, riding to and from these things on commuter rail.

Mental health experts started to notice more children having mental health issues after the covid lockdowns began.

It's official: the Omicron variant is here in Southern Nevada.

It's official: the Omicron variant is here in Southern Nevada.

Local writer and scholar Erica Vital-Lazare poses at UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art during Seeing/Seen, a group show that she curated, on August 27.

On June 3, the SpaceX CRS-22 rocket took off for the International Space Station-bound from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board was unusual cargo: oral bacteria and saliva.

Key community figures partake in a time capsule ceremony to cap off a year of progress at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV site Wed. December 15, 2021.

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV is making significant progress, with the school adding a time capsule to the site this week.

The achievements and character of the following winter 2021 graduates reflect the extraordinary work that goes on day in and day out in Southern Nevada’s institutions of higher learning.