In 1954, Nevada’s first architect of national renown designed a subdivision so Black families shut out of segregated Las Vegas housing could buy new homes of their own. The 148-house Berkley Square district he built has stood for seven decades and joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 — but Las Vegas’ own… Continue reading In 1954, Paul Revere Williams Designed 148 Homes for Black Las Vegans. The Historic District He Left Still Isn’t Locally Protected.

A string of police shootings pushed Las Vegas’ police department to ask the federal government to examine how its officers used deadly force. That 2012 review built the reporting habit the department still leans on today to track, and publicize, how often officers fire their weapons. Las Vegas police reported 10 officer-involved shootings in 2023,… Continue reading A Wave of 2011 Shootings Triggered a Federal Review of LVMPD. The Department Still Reports to That Playbook.

A Canadian air ambulance jet left the runway during takeoff at Harry Reid International Airport early Friday morning. No one was hurt — but it’s the third time in four years a plane has ended up somewhere other than the runway at Las Vegas’s main airport. A general aviation aircraft skidded off a runway at… Continue reading A Medevac Jet Skidded Off a Runway at Harry Reid. It’s the Third Runway Incident in Four Years.

Nevada spent months in court arguing that a prediction market app was really just illegal sports betting wearing a different name. A federal appeals court agreed — but the ruling that could send this fight to the Supreme Court doesn’t end it in Nevada yet. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor… Continue reading A Federal Appeals Court Just Sided With Nevada Over Kalshi. The Fight Isn’t Over.

A record share of Nevada kindergartners started school this year without at least one required vaccine. Two local researchers say the reason has less to do with what parents believe and more to do with where they’re getting their information. Nevada recorded the fifth-highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rate in the country during the 2025-26 school… Continue reading Nevada Now Has the Fifth-Highest Kindergarten Vaccine Exemption Rate in the Country

Henderson officials seized 21 Sphynx cats from a local breeder this month after finding illnesses and physical deformities tied to how the animals were bred. One buyer says she watched her kitten collapse in front of her before officials ever got involved. A Henderson court awarded the City of Henderson custody of 21 Sphynx cats… Continue reading A Henderson Court Took 21 Cats From a Breeder. A Buyer Says Hers Almost Died First.

Helen J. Stewart, the rancher whose water rights anchored downtown Las Vegas, deeded 10 acres of her property to the federal government on Dec. 30, 1911, to be held in trust for the Southern Paiute people who lived alongside her ranch — the only land base the tribe held for the next seven decades. That… Continue reading Helen Stewart Deeded 10 Acres to the Paiute in 1911. Their Colony Now Hosts the World’s Largest Cannabis Dispensary.

Howard Hughes spent less than two years buying five Las Vegas Strip properties with cash, prompting Nevada to rewrite its licensing rules to accommodate a buyer who wanted nothing to do with the state’s old system of hidden ownership. Six decades later, the buildings under several of the Strip’s most recognizable casinos don’t belong to… Continue reading Howard Hughes Bought Five Las Vegas Casinos in Two Years. Their Buildings Are Now Owned by a Public REIT.

The desert springs that gave Las Vegas its water supply for six decades ran dry by 1962, drained by the same groundwater pumping that was already sinking the valley floor. On Aug. 21, 2026, federal regulators finalized new operating rules that cut into Nevada’s Colorado River supply for years to come — and the same… Continue reading Las Vegas’s Springs Went Dry by 1962. The City Now Banks Colorado River Water in the Same Ground.

On Sept. 21, 1991, 550 hospitality workers walked off the job at the Frontier Hotel and Casino, starting a strike that ran six years, four months and 10 days before it ended — the longest in U.S. history by that measure. The union that outlasted that fight, Culinary Workers Union Local 226, now represents 60,000… Continue reading The Frontier Strike Lasted 6 Years. The Union That Outlasted It Now Writes AI Protections Into Its Contracts.