Nevada logged fewer than 1,000 coronavirus cases over a single day for the first time in nearly two months, but the head of the state’s COVID-19 response said the holidays may be clouding the numbers.
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The health district announced it received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine, the second drug to win emergency authorization from the federal government.
Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said there is a lot to be proud of as he looks back on a nearly 28-year career with the Metropolitan Police Department.
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.
The school district also presented a proposed reopening plan that would return prekindergarten to 3rd grade students to classrooms first, followed by older students.
The Boring Company’s planned Las Vegas underground people mover system includes two planned routes in-and-around the Strip, plans submitted Monday to Clark County revealed.
Clark County District Judge-elect Crystal Eller was served with a grand jury subpoena last week and said she believes the incumbent she defeated is behind it.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
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 tragedy on Nov. 21, 1980, killed 87 and injured hundreds more. It also ushered in fire safety reforms and greatly expanded the Las Vegas legal community.
Controversy has swirled around the question all year. Lacking a national coronavirus death definition, state officials created their own.
A second night of protests on Thursday outside the Clark County Election Department attracted a large, vocal crowd claiming fraud in Nevada’s count.
Two groups protesting the presidential election ballot counting, one demanding the counting stop and the other saying all votes should be counted, gathered at election headquarters.
Clark County voters were asked in the general election to choose between the incumbent or the challenger in two races in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas justice courts.
The Southern Nevada Health District will support reopening Clark County schools should the school board vote to do so, even if local health data hasn’t met ideal conditions, the acting chief health officer said Thursday night.