GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown said he opposes Yucca Mountain, following pressure on both sides after audio captured his support for the nuclear waste repository.
Politics and Government
Officials broke ground in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside for a College of Southern Nevada facility designed to help people get into high-demand industries.
The political implications of the proceedings were unmistakable as President Joe Biden’s campaign staged an event outside the courthouse with actor Robert De Niro.
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell and Officer Harry Dunn will meet with elected officials and community leaders in Las Vegas to talk about the Jan. 6 attack.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
Nevada logged fewer than 1,000 coronavirus cases over a single day for the first time in nearly two months, but the head of the state’s COVID-19 response said the holidays may be clouding the numbers.
The “Stop, Swab and Go” drive runs through Sept. 18 at four locations: Fiesta Henderson, Texas Station, Sam Boyd Stadium and in the city of Mesquite.
About 200 people gathered in south Las Vegas on Saturday morning as part of No Mask Nevada PAC’s sixth demonstration protesting Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mask mandate.
University Medical Center is asking members of the public without COVID-19 symptoms or exposure to a confirmed case to refrain from visiting its drive-thru testing sites.
Health officials announced plans to train and add more than 400 new positions to handle contact tracing of local COVID-19 patients as they battle rising case numbers in Clark County and an ever-increasing statewide infection rate.
New cases were above the daily average of slightly above 200 over the preceding week, while the death was below the daily average.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported Friday it has confirmed the first case in Clark County of a new syndrome in children related to COVID-19.
The agency warns that some coronavirus antibody tests are inaccurate and said even the better ones should not be used to determine who can safely return to work or school.
While its direct impact on the homeless population is still unclear, the coronavirus pandemic has made life on the streets of Las Vegas harder in many ways.
Clark County officials hope the relocation of the coronavirus testing site to UNLV will capture data from a population thus far underreported: children.