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.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 373 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths, both well above the two-week moving averages of 248 and three, respectively, state data show.
Exactly a year after the first coronavirus case was recorded in Nevada, the state has reported 295,460 cases and 5,020 deaths.
Nevada on Friday reported 897 new coronavirus cases, along with 39 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought state totals to 235,455 cases and 3,235 deaths.
Nevada on Thursday reported the highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases since mid-July, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.