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UNLV student veteran wins national award n/a and last updated 2021-02-24 19:42:14-05 For veterans returning from deployments and years of active military service, enrolling in and succeeding at college, and transitioning to civilian life, can be a daunting task. Add in a worldwide pandemic and the corresponding isolation, the transition can become even tougher. It’s something that UNLV student and U.S. Air Force veteran Andrew Ho understood firsthand when he took on the role of president o...

Las Vegas Weekly Sun File and Shutterstock Genevie Durano Thu, Feb 18, 2021 (2 a.m.) It’s been a long year of distance learning. The kids are Zoomed out, and parents are undoubtedly burned out, too. While there’s not much you can do about the mandated curriculum, there’s plenty you can teach your kids about the world beyond the classroom. Alternative-schooling families have lots of ideas for teaching kids experientially. Worldschooling, for example, is an educational movement that advoca...

Las Vegas Weekly Julie Murray, CEO of the Moonridge Group Photo: Steve Marcus Brock Radke Thu, Feb 4, 2021 (2 a.m.) Last March, philanthropy advisers the Moonridge Group teamed with major funding forces like the Elaine P. Wynn and Family Foundation, local restaurants like Honey Salt and nonprofits like the United Way to launch Delivering With Dignity—a direct response to Clark County Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick’s concern that the spread of the coronavirus could cause some of...

Things to Do in Las Vegas This Weekend Thrillist 4 days ago © Photo courtesy of Lavo Last Tuesday afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia, mass shootings occurred at three separate massage parlors, leaving eight people dead, six of them of Asian descent. This hate crime is only the most recent in a surge of anti-Asian violence that’s occurred across America. And we know you’re here for fun weekend events, but it’s important to recognize how these hate-fueled crimes, which follow over a year of ...

“Many of the people in that area, their occupation makes them more exposed to the virus because they’re working in service industry or jobs where they’re highly exposed,” said Dr. Fermin Leguen, acting chief health officer at the Southern Nevada Health District. “They don’t have the opportunity, as (those) in other ZIP codes, to work from home or work limited hours.” The 89110 ZIP code is home to more than 70,000 residents, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the ...