This past weekend, the Las Vegas tech community gathered for the Level Up pitch competition, hosted by StartupVegas. A testament to the region's growing influence in the tech world, the event featured three startups—Photon, Capattery, and AeroAI—each company’s CEO sharing how their company is part of the future of technology and where they are in their fundraising process. More than demonstrating their capacity to significantly impact their industries, these presentations shed light on the crucial role such competitions play in fostering the growth and collaboration within local tech ecosystems.

March is Women’s History Month, and several events are being held to commemorate the topic. Dr. Bernadette Barton is a professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at MSU. She said patriarchy works to minimize women’s contributions to the social world by erasing that history.

The emergence of Donald Trump as the frontrunner for the Republican Party ahead of the United States presidential elections later this year has thrown the country into uncharted waters, as the former president seeks to return to the White House while fighting off multiple legal battles.

Buying a home could get more expensive after the National Association of Realtors changed several long-standing policies after a massive settlement was reached. According to the Associated Press, the NAR agreed to pay $418 million to sellers following several lawsuits that were raised. The trade group demolished an old-standing policy of the seller paying the commission of both brokers in a real estate transaction. It's usually 5 to 6 percent.

With the Oakland A's set to move to Las Vegas ahead of the 2028 Major League Baseball season, we now know a little more about how the team plans to invest in the Southern Nevada community. According to a proposed community benefits agreement — released ahead of Thursday's Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board meeting — the team has a number of areas it plans to address.

“What happened with the Carnival World Buffet?” Gaming Control Board member George Assad asked Dreamscape executives at a gaming license hearing last summer to allow the company to assume operations of the Rio Hotel & Casino. “Why isn’t it coming back? There were always lines out into the casino floor.”

Front-line Clark County School District Police officers are getting raises averaging 16%, plus additional district contributions to their healthcare. The two unions — the Police Officers Association, which represents about 200 front-line officers and sergeants, and the Police Administrators Association, which represents the department’s handful of lieutenants and captains — are the last employee bargaining groups to settle contracts this year with CCSD. The School Board unanimously accepted the contracts on Thursday with no discussion.

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not top of mind for Americans as the United States (US) prepares for its presidential elections later in the year. Some Americans in Las Vegas, Nevada, told Eyewitness News they are instead concerned about the country’s handling of the Middle East conflict.

Renown Health holds a dominant place in Northern Nevada’s health care landscape. The nonprofit health system owns and operates two of the six major hospitals in the broader Carson-Reno-Tahoe region and has a 100,000-square-mile service area that’s one of the largest territorial reaches in the state.