Health officials announced plans to train and add more than 400 new positions to handle contact tracing of local COVID-19 patients as they battle rising case numbers in Clark County and an ever-increasing statewide infection rate.
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Institute scientists are gathering data on the pandemic, as well as people’s reactions to and perceptions of COVID-19.
A retired Las Vegas firefighter claims a racially motivated encounter with Las Vegas police left him with nerve damage in his wrists and hands.
“We’d like to remind the public that our city jail is for misdemeanors only,” the city said in a tweet announcing the decision.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of a toddler who died in foster care alleges that Nevada and Clark County officials routinely endanger the children they’re charged with protecting.
Clark County Fire Chief Greg Cassell said no sprinklers had been installed in the two-story structure, and it was unclear if the building’s smoke detectors were working.
More than 3,600 students graduated from the College of Southern Nevada, its largest graduating class ever. About 1,200 walked at Monday’s ceremony.
The inaugural class of the deaf studies program at Nevada State College had five graduates at Tuesday’s commencement ceremony, which featured over 600 graduates.
Eighteen Holocaust survivors received honorary doctorates of humane letters during Touro University Nevada’s Spring Commencement 2019 ceremony on Monday.
The senate’s resolution accuses CSN administrators, particularly Vice President of Academic Affairs Margo Martin, of excluding faculty from decision-making processes directly affecting them and their students.
Las Vegas Valley students were honored for their achievements in and out of the classroom at the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s inaugural Academic Excellence Awards dinner.