The Engelstad Family Foundation donated $12.625 million to fund scholarships at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the university announced this morning.
The donation is expected to eventually fund 100 scholarships a year.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk called it the largest scholarship donation in Nevada history.
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The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world’s largest data-center markets — and sparking water concerns in the nation’s driest state.
A fire is burning brush and grass in Elko County about three miles north of Tuscarora, Nevada, according to the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District.
The war of words erupted a day after the ACLU of Nevada announced in a Friday news conference that it has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada DMV.
An Israeli government official was arrested in a multi-agency operation that targeted alleged “child sex predators” in the Las Vegas Valley earlier this month, according to international media reports.
A series of more than 100 earthquakes has hit Northern California, shaking up the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma and Lake counties.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office provided more clarity on the role Nevada’s National Guard will play in assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Clark County students went back to school this week, and questions of immigration and child welfare lingered in the back of the community’s mind.
Jacob Flavie Lee, 22, had recently gotten engaged but never had the chance to announce it.
The ACLU of Nevada’s director said the organization has filed records requests in an attempt to see if the Nevada DMV was working with immigration authorities.
Will a run at midterm redistricting — and trying to overturn the will of voters — help Governor Handsome win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination?
