With fewer and fewer mental health resources available as providers not using telemedicine close up shop, it’s straining a system that already was stretched thin.
Officials have expanded the Homeless Courtyard on Foremaster Lane and Cashman Center to accommodate the 500 people who seek shelter at Catholic Charities’ temporarily closed night shelter.
A stripper with an admitted heroin addiction was one of many witnesses who testified before the grand jury that indicted Las Vegas police Detective Lawrence Rinetti Jr.
There are four more reported deaths in Clark County due to coronavirus, according to the Southern Nevada Health District’s website.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday sent a letter to numerous Nevada agencies demanding that more steps be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in state jails and prisons.
With Las Vegas largely at a standstill over fears of the new coronavirus, the real estate market is bound to take a hit. But for now, construction is still chugging along.
Be honest, not alarmist, and keep the kids on a daily routine, local mental health experts advise.
Two teenage boys were apparently shot and killed by the man, who died of a “self-inflicted” gunshot wound, police said.
The victim was a man in his 40s, and the case is under investigation, according to a news release.
By mid-afternoon, the U.S. had over 130,000 infections and 2,300 deaths, according to the running tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
When Dr. Fermin Leguen became the Southern Nevada Health District’s acting chief health officer last fall, nobody could have predicted how recognizable his name would become just months later.
A day after Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Ben Jenkins was shot and killed in rural Nevada, his body was escorted from the Clark County coroner’s office by hundreds of officers.
“It makes you feel so isolated,” said Rachael Anderson, who was quarantined in a hospital room with her infant son before his test results came back negative.
Students in eighth through 12th grades are working from home to produce medical face shields, face mask clips and ventilator valves for Las Vegas hospitals that are facing severe shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) has implemented new measures to deal with “an unprecedented number of unemployment insurance claims.”
As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test result for COVID-19 infections, an analysis by The Associated Press shows.
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4 more coronavirus deaths in Clark County
Las Vegas Strip mostly silent, with 2 restaurants standing
Apartment complex, social media users spar over rent-payment flier
Penn Gaming to furlough 26K workers, selling Tropicana real estate
Some weekly Las Vegas renters are facing eviction, even with a freeze
Law enforcement vehicles escorted Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Benjamin Jenkins’ body as it was driven to the Clark County coroner’s office Friday night.
Nevada officials have stated they need more COVID-19 test kits. Four times they have asked federal officials for help only to be told there is a “indefinite backlog.”
The coronavirus self-quarantine has led many people to seek the company of a pet, according to the Animal Foundation.
Monitor the progress of the Las Vegas stadium with this view looking south toward the construction site.
