Coinciding flu and COVID-19 surges could overwhelm hospital emergency rooms in the Las Vegas Valley and elsewhere, health officials say.
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Officials consider whether to ramp up test effort after UNLV site is overwhelmed when it reopens after weeklong closure.
The Clark County School District currently has about 850 licensed employee vacancies — more than at the start of the school year — and hundreds more support staff openings.
Key COVID-19 metrics for Nevada are expected to rise over the holiday season, but it remains unclear how the omicron variant could alter the “impact and magnitude” of the surge.
The federal lawsuit filed this week argues that both the vaccination mandate and a requirement that unvaccinated workers be tested for COVID-19 are unconstitutional.
A new era in Las Vegas took flight Tuesday as McCarran was officially rebranded as Harry Reid International Airport.
Initially plagued by scarce supply and high demand, the state and local public health drive morphed into a well-oiled machine — but one with abundant doses and too few takers.
The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 on Thursday to approve four recommendations for the “transfer of responsibilities,” an item related to the state’s 2017 reorganization law.
The 796 new coronavirus cases added in updated data from the Southern Nevada Health District was the most since the district reported 824 new cases on Sept. 11.
The Clark County Commission gave the green light to acquire 17 acres near the Diamond Inn Motel and the Little Church of the West wedding chapel.
Officers of the Clark County School Board approved new “assurances” to be added to his employment agreement and mediation of his workplace harassment claims.
Arbitrators or hearing officers confirmed allegations against many of the nearly 50 Nevada state and local employees for misdeeds since 2015.
The report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce looked at pre-COVID-19 pandemic standardized test scores and high school graduation rates.
Clark County on Tuesday reported 528 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths during the previous day as all four of its major COVID-19 metrics increased.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Friday reported seven confirmed hospitalized cases of flu in Clark County, with more cases expected as the holiday season continues.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. On the inside, you get The Strip (and now, the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
A fire that has been burning through Red Rock Canyon has been fully contained, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
The student’s lawyers claim he was threatened, discriminated against at UNLV, amid taunts from pro-Palestinian protesters and inaction by the administration and Board of Regents.
The fire was first reported before noon on Memorial Day and is located near the Late Night trailhead along Route 160, west of Las Vegas.
Officials broke ground in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside for a College of Southern Nevada facility designed to help people get into high-demand industries.