Las Vegas’ budget has already taken a hit from one of the cases won by developer Yohan Lowie, whose stymied housing plans for a shuttered golf course led to extensive litigation.
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The Review-Journal reached out to all mayoral candidates on how the city should pay for Badlands-related court rulings, and whether they agreed with the city’s yearslong legal battle.
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.
Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
The fatalities from the disease and new cases of COVID-19 reported by the state over the preceding day were well above the 14-day rolling averages.
Nevada recorded 2,470 new cases of COVID-19 and 47 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, according to state data posted Wednesday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and Immunization Program Manager Shannon Bennett provided an update to Nevada’s tier system for vaccine distribution at a Wednesday news briefing.
Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
Despite surveys showing skeptism about vaccine, staff members at VA hospital in North Las Vegas said they are getting the shot to serve as an example, to avoid further loss.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 57 deaths from the disease over the preceding day, as 2,366 additional cases were below recent levels.
The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given to a Las Vegas ICU nurse on Monday.
Gov. Sisolak announced Sunday that the “statewide pause” put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 will be extended into January and that the state will re-implement a moratorium on most residential evictions.
The spike in coronavirus cases in Nevada is pressuring hospitals, especially in Southern Nevada where a record 90 percent of licensed beds were full as of Friday.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 3,053 new coronavirus cases and 25 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.