A project to construct more than 400 single-family homes on Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area can move forward.
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According to Metro, four out of the six drug overdoses were preliminarily identified as fentanyl overdoses.
Big firms, including Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia have asked the Nevada Supreme Court to direct a judge to toss out a lawsuit alleging they avoided paying tourist taxes.
Clark County added 423 new cases and 14 new deaths Friday, according to health district data. As of Friday the county reported 489,011 cases and 7,552 deaths.
The state reported 24 deaths and 993 new cases, the first time in two weeks that the daily case number was less than 1,000.
The state reported 18 new deaths over the preceding day on Thursday, bringing the cumulative total of fatalities in the state to 5,005.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.
Nevada’s first reported case of the coronavirus was March 5. In the months that have passed, the state has seen a drop in its seven-day average of new cases and hospitalizations are down.
Under a proposal that will be the subject of a public meeting on Tuesday, Clark County would open almost 39,000 acres of federal land for development and allow the Las Vegas metropolitan area to spill beyond its current boundaries.
It’s off to the races Monday as filing opens for candidates for four Clark County Commission seats.
