Efforts by Democratic groups to get UNLV to revoke authorization for a campus chapter of the national conservative student organization Turning Point USA have come up empty.
Education
Two UNLV engineering students won the university’s senior design competition last month with a timely project — a microwave for COVID-19 disinfection.
The Clark County School Board will consider Thursday night whether to reopen school campuses under a hybrid model — a change that would take effect in January.
Ryan Patrick, guitarist with Las Vegas band Otherwise, provides the instruments to local school music programs through his nonprofit.
The Clark County School District will again offer free meals to all children after receiving a long-sought waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the program.
Schools are handing out tens of thousands of the basic laptop computers and arranging internet connections for students who would otherwise be left in the lurch.
The kind of learning that occurs when classes resume in a month remains at the mercy of COVID-19, the state Legislature and the School Board.
Nevada will enact the first of an expected $812 million in state budget cuts this week, a 4 percent rollback in nearly all areas of state spending driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is not clear if the Clark County School District will speed reopening plans in response to the green light from the governor.
Several sports teams from around the valley are making alternate plans after the CCSD cancelled out-of-state travel because of coronavirus concerns.
Explore Knowledge Academy Superintendent Abbe Mattson said the Southern Nevada Health District sees no elevated risk to staff or students and no reason to close the school.
A new elementary school in the southwest Las Vegas Valley will be named for late state assemblyman and longtime education advocate Tyrone Thompson.
The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program announced Thursday a $250,000 gift from the Raiders to replace the worn-out synthetic field at Rancho.
A bill by Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen that would encourage women to study science, engineering and mathematics has passed both houses of Congress and is headed to the president for a signature.
Parents of Desert Oasis High School students are upset that they were not notified about the threat until Monday morning.