The first lady said programs such as those at the Truckee Meadows Community College change lives and pay dividends.
Education
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Wednesday related to face coverings and other mitigation strategies for K-12 county school district, charter school and private school settings within Nevada.
Democratic state lawmakers will propose using federal pandemic stimulus to bolster summer school programs to help students recover from a year of learning lost to pandemic restrictions.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday ordered the closure of all Nevada K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, beginning Monday. He said free meal programs would resume soon.
The University of Nevada, Reno, has suspended overseas travel by faculty, staff, students, guest speakers or visiting scholars to countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks.
An undisclosed number of students at a Reno area school experiencing “flu-like symptoms” are being tested for the novel coronavirus.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Thursday approved the broad framework for a new privately funded medical school building at UNLV.
An investigation by the state fire marshal concluded that an explosion in a faulty boiler in a dorm basement severed a natural gas line, triggering a larger, second explosion.