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.
The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given to a Las Vegas ICU nurse on Monday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak expects initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in about a week but urged Nevadans to remain vigilant.
Vaccinating the public against COVID-19 will be the “greatest public health effort of our generation,” according to a Nevada public health official. The state released its draft vaccination plan Monday.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that Nevada is “moving in the right direction” in its battle to stem the spread of COVID-19, but cautioned that “we have a long way to go” before restrictions can be lifted.
The demand for testing in Nevada has grown as coronavirus cases have surged across the country, especially in the Southwest.
The rt.live website, created by the co-founders of Instagram, calculates that each case of COVID-19 in Nevada is resulting in 1.56 new infections.
A manufacturer of dietary supplements is providing free antibody testing to its entire U.S. workforce, including 90 employees at its Henderson plant.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and state and local health officials reassured the public on Friday that necessary steps are being taken to guard against the spread of the new coronavirus.