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The new, state-of-the-art 24-hour car wash in Henderson—powered by artificial intelligence and fully touchless—is looking to team up with the community and ultimately be a local car wash, and an alternative to a slew of national chains, said Benjamin …

Tracy Vittozzi has been in the business of cannabis for almost five years. She was working in the compliance department for the Cannavative Group — a Nevada cannabis company — but started …

Three-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson’s South Carolina No. 22 jersey was hung in the rafters Sunday at Colonial Life Arena, her college home court that already features a statue of the program’s all-time leading scorer outside the main entrance.

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown isn’t limited to affecting people from Latin America. Just ask Ukrainians throughout the United States, including in Las Vegas, who fled from Russian attackers in …

Yeeson Chow, affectionately known as “Mr. Joseph,” is the head custodian at Stewart, a school for children and young adults with special needs. Keeping the eastside campus clean and orderly is his job; bringing joy to the students has become his passi…

Passing is one of the things that the Vegas Golden Knights have specialized in this season. As a team, they have 297 assists on 173 goals, led by 48 assists from Jack Eichel. 

Waymo, the California-based autonomous vehicle company, has brought a limited fleet of vehicles piloted by trained, human autonomous specialists to test on Las Vegas roads, company officials …

Though 2025 has brought some concerns for UNLV President Keith Whitfield, he can’t help but think of how far the university has come, and where he wants it to go in the next 25 years. 

While some student achievement isn’t where Clark County School District officials want it to be, it’s going in the right direction, interim Superintendent Brenda Larsen-Mitchell …