COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
According to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s own standards, Nevada is on track to begin Phase 2 on Saturday.
The rate of positives from the Orleans site where anyone can be tested is much lower than the overall state rate of about 8 percent.
The Miller’s Ale House locations at Town Square and in Henderson, along with No Regrets on West Sunset Road, are not expected to reopen.
Face masks will be required for staff and guests, and sanitizer made at the museum’s speakeasy will be given away while supplies last.
Robert Lang, director of UNLV’s Brookings Mountain West research institute, indicated that Las Vegas may have outgrown its buffets.
Nevada’s jobless gig workers contacting a call center are hitting the same wall as those who filed for traditional benefits in March.
Many students didn’t receive their individualized education plans after schools were closed, which could mean a big backlog for the already strained program in the fall.
Superintendent says no decisions have yet been reached on the timing of the reopening of the schools, which were ordered closed by Gov. Steve Sisolak on March 15.
Target is extending its $2-an-hour hour temporary wage increase through July 4. Smith’s is ending the pay May 23 and offering one-time bonuses instead.
SkyView YMCA hosts the first of four scheduled drive-thru graduations for preschoolers this week.
WASHINGTON — The USS Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week, nearly two months after the ship was sidelined in Guam with a rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak, U.S. officials said as the crew finished final preparations to depart.
Three major casino companies will begin testing their Las Vegas employees Thursday for COVID-19 before they return to work.
President Donald Trump went to Capitol Hill for lunch Tuesday with Senate Republicans — in what was perhaps one of the largest social gatherings still happening in locked-down Washington.
Public health officials in at least two-thirds of U.S. states are sharing the addresses of people who have the coronavirus with first responders. Supporters say the measure is designed to protect those on the front line, but it’s sparked concerns of profiling in minority communities.
After weeks of not allowing bookings on its website, the company is accepting reservations for The Venetian beginning June 1.
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