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Kristine Lingle-Griffithe has spent more than 20 years shaping the city’s entertainment landscape.

In 2022, Cordia launched The Kindness Cause, an e-commerce platform that turns shopping into a way to support nonprofits.

Dawn Barnes was raised in a big Italian-Hispanic family where resilience, hard work and competition were daily lessons. She gravitated toward building and creating, taking woodshop in high school, before starting her construction career in 1995.

Under her leadership, the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities grew into a respected statewide resource, providing research that informs decision-makers on issues ranging from education to economic development.

Jenna Heath built her career on the belief that education can transform lives. As director of student and community engagement for UNLV’s College of Liberal Arts, she oversees programming that reaches nearly 4,000 students each semester and manages a …

Ciara Byrne grew up in Dublin where her happiest moments were spent working in her family’s garden, walking along the Irish coast and picking blackberries behind her home.

Tom Brady has addressed concerns about his dual roles as a Fox Sports NFL analyst and partial owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, saying only those “paranoid and distrustful” believe there’s a conflict of interest.

A’ja Wilson bounced back from a rare off game with 25 points and nine rebounds, and the Las Vegas Aces evened their WNBA semifinals playoff series with a convincing 90-68 …

On Saturday, the Nevada Press Foundation named Sun staff writer Hillary Davis its Outstanding Journalist for her reporting. The award was announced at the foundation’s annual convention. The Sun claimed multiple first-place honors at the foundation’s …

Satish, a graduate student from India studying in San Francisco, thought this fall would be about finishing his business degree and then lining up an H-1B visa, the work permit that’s become a mainstay for skilled immigrants in the U.S.