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Lash by lash, Las Vegas students’ careers take shape in beauty industry

SECTA has housed Nevada’s only high school cosmetology prep program since the school opened as the Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center in 1966.

Overwhelmed Las Vegas animal shelters see hope ahead

With Las Vegas animal shelters bursting at the seams, county leaders are moving ahead on new facilities they hope will ease the crisis — starting ...

CCSD, a school district built for growth, adjusts to contraction

Six months after celebrating its lowest teacher vacancy rate in years, CCSD now has more than 1,000 of its educators in uncertainty — their positions ...

Customs and Border Protection pulls out of College of Southern Nevada job fair

U.S. Customs and Border Protection abruptly withdrew from a recruiting career fair at the College of Southern Nevada after an outcry from students and faculty, ...

In the Las Vegas desert, beavers turn a drainage channel into habitat

Wildlife experts agree that beavers are uncommon and unexpected in Southern Nevada. But wherever streams burble and woody trees grow, beavers can establish a home ...

Nevada’s Cortez Masto explains her requirements to vote for DHS funding

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., joined community leaders Tuesday morning to emphasize the local fear caused by immigration enforcement activity and ...

Teachers union forecasts no layoffs despite CCSD surplus list

The Clark County Education Association is moving quickly to reassure its members after the Clark County School District announced it had identified more than 1,200 ...

Nevada ethics panel advances complaints against AG Aaron Ford

A review panel from the Nevada Commission on Ethics agreed last week to advance a complaint against Attorney General Aaron Ford to the rest of ...

Environmentalists seek federal protections for Red Rock sunflower native to Southern Nevada

Environmentalists are petitioning federal authorities to protect a rare yellow sunflower threatened by the millions of visitors who flock to Red Rock Canyon each year.

As prediction markets boom, Nevada fights to protect betting base

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat whose district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is trying to shut off sports prediction markets at the federal level. ...

UNLV-based effort expands testing and outreach on childhood lead exposure

Southern Nevada loves to reinvent itself. Casinos are imploded, resorts are rebranded, whole neighborhoods seem to spring from bare dirt overnight. But tucked between master-planned ...

Federal regulators uphold Nevada OSHA’s withdrawal of citations for Elon Musk firm

Nevada workplace safety administrators were justified in withdrawing citations against Elon Musk’s Boring Company, federal regulators determined. The state last year withdrew $425,000 in fines ...

Declining enrollment ripples through CCSD staffing

More than 1,200 Clark County School District employees face being potentially reassigned as enrollment declines and rising costs lead the district to eliminate their positions ...

Potent veterinary sedative surfaces in Southern Nevada street drugs

Southern Nevada health officials have detected medetomidine — a veterinary sedative also known as “rhino tranq” — in the local illicit drug supply, warning it ...

Nevada’s Rosen calls for US commerce chief to resign over Epstein ties

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is calling for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s resignation following his admission to Congress that he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island ...

Las Vegas crisis support group sees progress and uncertainty in sexual violence outreach

Signs of HOPE runs two 24/7 crisis hotlines and provides hospital response, counseling and advocacy for sexual assault survivors.

Nevada elections chief bristles at federal election overtures

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar says he’s unsure whether he’ll attend a virtual meeting later this month between federal agencies and state election officials ...