Nevada recorded 1,018 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 more deaths over the preceding day as the death toll in the state surged past 800, according to data posted Thursday.
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The proposed statement by the Douglas County library system drew a harsh rebuke from the county sheriff’s office, which said it would no longer respond to 911 calls there.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents will hear presentations Thursday about each school’s reopening plan but isn’t slated to take action.
Some Nevada families dissatisfied with the school options available to them this fall are turning instead to microschool options.
Nearly 70 percent of Nevada inmates at a private Arizona prison tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement Saturday night from the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The Comet NEOWISE is expected to remain visible to the naked eye through Saturday. For optimal viewing, it’s best to get away from bright city lights.
Initial gains in air quality from economic slowdown haven’t persisted, with more days recorded with high ozone pollution so far this year than in 2019, county report says.
According to an email read to a reporter, the Clark County School District was originally behind a proposal to sweep local school funding into the district’s own budget.
State lawmakers heard testimony on two controversial bills on Saturday, one to take funds from local schools and another to force state workers to take unpaid furloughs.
The federal agency is paying $18 per hour for census takers to visit households that have not yet responded to the census.
Officials at the base, which remains under a public health emergency, announced Thursday that Nellis is tightening restrictions because of Southern Nevada’s “sustained increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases.”
The reopening plan for the upcoming school year resembles Clark County’s proposal in some ways but calls for elementary school students to attend classes full time.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that students with an F-1 academic visa or M-1 vocational visa can’t take online-only classes during the fall semester.
The seismic zone along the California-Nevada border has a long history of unleashing powerful temblors in the Silver State.
Firefighters took advantage of the calmer weather conditions to make aerial water drops and had contained three-quarters of the fire on Mount Charleston by Friday evening.