Washoe County filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy this week, seeking to block plans to downsize operations and relocate its outgoing mail processing facility from Reno to Sacramento.
Nevada
Seven jails are now fully in compliance with a law that requires the facilities create a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Clark County on Monday reported 1,379 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths during the preceding three days as three of its four key metrics for the disease increased.
The county’s test positivity rate continued to climb from Friday through Sunday and now stands at 7 percent. Other metrics were flat to lower.
U.S. health officials approve authorization for all adults but particularly urge people 50 and older to seek one.
New cases of COVID-19 in Nevada rebounded somewhat to 1,328 over the preceding day as the state added 37 new deaths from the disease, according to state data posted Friday.