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In an open letter to the community last week, Jhone Ebert said she and the school board share a vision of opportunity, excellence and belief in every student’s potential.

The Lakers often attract large betting interest anyway, but the controversial midseason trade that landed Luka Doncic from Dallas has people emptying their bank accounts to put money on Los Angeles.

Amid a national trend of major sponsors withdrawing from LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations due to diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks, Las Vegas Pride is forging new relationships and expanding preexisting ones …

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., who often touts her motto to “agree where you can and fight where you must,” asked state lawmakers for support in Carson City Thursday evening ....

Former UNLV basketball player Justin Hawkins is returning to his alma mater as part of head coach Josh Pastner’s first coaching staff.

Pope Francis visited Rome's central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate, even as he continues recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

The second of two state-sanctioned lounges, Thrive Cannabis Marketplace’s Smoke and Mirrors venue has closed its doors indefinitely.

Las Vegas Weekly is proud to once again present its annual Cannabis Awards, part celebration and part recognition of the Valley’s prominent position in this ever-expanding, always compelling industry.

With the legendary B-52s back in town to resume an ongoing residency, thrift-store kitsch is ruling over the Venetian, one of the swankiest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip …

The origins of the term “420” and its connection to cannabis culture were long shrouded in mystery, with various myths circulating about its meaning.

The listening tour began Tuesday at the historic Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum near Carson City, marking the first step in Aguilar’s effort to strengthen electoral participation among Nevada’s Indigenous communities …

It’s funny to look back now and remember that the Vegas Golden Knights’ rise to a perennial NHL power in their initial Stanley Cup Playoffs run was fraught with skepticism. 

SB 220 would secure $98 million in film tax credits per year for the development of a 34-acre Nevada Studios complex at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park.

Mothership Coffee CEO Juanny Romero described countless sleepless nights “hemming and hawing” with difficult decisions as she watched the growth of her Southern Nevada business evaporate after January

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.2 grade point average and serve as a starter or significant contributor during their final year of eligibility.

Valley of Fire State Park will implement seasonal trail closures beginning May 16 to protect visitors from dangerous heat conditions that have led to ...

Earthquakes in December and February created waves in a Death Valley National Park pond that devastated the habitat of one of the world's rarest fish, but recovery efforts are now showing promise.

Everybody's got a hunch this time of year, a thought about the so-called Presidents' Trophy “curse” or maybe a dark horse Stanley Cup pick.

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died.

The effort to bring an official Filipino corridor was led by Rozita Lee, who has lived in Las Vegas since 1979 after moving here from Hawaii.