Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
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The app-based program known as TIES allows employees to screen themselves for symptoms, participate in contact tracing and schedule free COVID-19 tests.
The Clark County Election Department released early voting numbers Monday morning.
More than 17,800 voters descended on the more than 30 early voting sites throughout Clark County as of 3 p.m. Saturday.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday praised Southern Nevada for progress it has made against COVID-19, while stressing the community will need to remain vigilant to reopen safely and return to greater normalcy.
The “Stop, Swab and Go” drive runs through Sept. 18 at four locations: Fiesta Henderson, Texas Station, Sam Boyd Stadium and in the city of Mesquite.
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.
By Thursday morning, the county had received 8,901 illegal fireworks complaints on its ISpyFireworks.com website. At this time last year, the county had received 1,695 complaints.
With a slew of commemorative statues and namesakes on buildings being removed in recent weeks due to their likeness having a racist or controversial background, the push to change McCarran International Airport’s name has been reignited.
More details about the Clark County School District’s plan to reopen schools emerged at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday night, with officials answering a long list of questions submitted by the general public. More details about the Clark County School District’s plan to reopen schools emerged at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday night, with district staff answering a long list of questions submitted by the general public.
An expert panel looked at ways the community could move forward after weeks of protests against systemic racism following the May killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis police custody.
Clark County officials hope the relocation of the coronavirus testing site to UNLV will capture data from a population thus far underreported: children.
Superintendent says no decisions have yet been reached on the timing of the reopening of the schools, which were ordered closed by Gov. Steve Sisolak on March 15.
The Southern Nevada Health District has tapped swimming pool and restaurant inspectors among others to notify close contacts of those who test positive for COVID-19.
Officials and staff members from the Southern Nevada Health District will conduct a video briefing to provide updates about the agency’s COVID-19 response in Clark County.