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Pet Partners of Las Vegas — a popular non-profit that registers therapy dogs and other animals for use on campuses across the United States — is celebrating ten years of partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
Pet Partners of Las Vegas — a popular non-profit that registers therapy dogs and other animals for use on campuses across the United States — is celebrating ten years of partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
This Black History Month, Channel 13 is honoring a woman who has long championed the rights of low-income families in Nevada. From leading marches on the Las Vegas Strip, to starting an innovative nonprofit in the Historic Westside, Ruby Duncan is a changemaker whose legacy has left a lasting impact.
Today, I opened a copy of the Las Vegas Sentinel dated January 14, 1982. This was the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. issue, and on the front page was a Stevie Wonder quote, “I and a growing number of people believe that it is time for our country to adopt legislation that will make January 15, Martin Luther King’s birthday, a national holiday, both in recognition of what he achieved and as a reminder of the distance which still has to be traveled.”
You can learn a lot about a city in its museums — and just by the types of museums it has.
In Las Vegas, activists and community leaders helped preserve landmarks to both the discrimination against African Americans and the growth in their numbers and their migration to Las Vegas’ Historic Westside.
The project is designed to document the tragic December 6, 2023 shooting on campus.
A gifted onstage improviser, Greene was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest stand-up acts of his generation.
In 1920, the population of Las Vegas was about 2,300, while Clark County was over 4,800. Nevada’s population was just over 77,400, according to U.S. Census data posted on UNLV’s website.
So you’re on a date. One person pays for dinner, maybe a show on the Strip. At night’s end, the payer might expect something in return. Is that so much different than sugar dating?
Cleopatra’s Barge has sailed into Las Vegas history, destined to be replaced at Caesars Palace this spring by just another upscale bar aimed at Millennials.
As Lucille Bryant told a University of Nevada Las Vegas oral historian, once she moved to Las Vegas in 1953 and got a job at the Algiers Hotel.