This week’s guest is former Raiders offensive tackle Lincoln Kennedy. Vegas Nation host Cassie Soto is joined by Allegiant Stadium insider Mick Akers, sports reporter Le’Andre Fox, and Vegas Nation podcast host Heidi Fang and Adam Hill. Pads are finally on at Raiders practices. The speed can be seen on the field from Vegas’s new weapons.
Earyn McGee speaks with Dr. Frank Van Breukelen and Patrick Donnelly about the endemic species of Nevada. Patrick is the Nevada State Director for the Center for Biological Diversity and Dr. Van Breukelen is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The $65 million Valley View Boulevard/Harmon Avenue connector project opened to traffic Wednesday, Aug. 19. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. COVID-19 NOW A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN NEVADA, MORE THAN FLU.
2. CURRENT COVID-19 RATES: DEATHS, TESTING, HOSPITALIZATIONS
3. CCSD BACK TO SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING: COVID-19 TRANSMISSION AT HOME
4. CCSD BACK TO SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING: IMMUNIZATIONS, FLU SHOT
Insurance agents can give tips on how to save money on auto, home and business insurance policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Carrie Roper/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Aaron Jones’ body was found under a blanket in a pile of rocks in a Las Vegas desert lot behind a motel in late April 2017. A grand jury indicted his father and stepmother. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tribal members at Walker River Paiute Tribe’s Walker River Indian Reservation in Schurz and at Reno-Sparks Indian Colony’s Hungry Valley Reservation take care of their own in the age of coronavirus. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
A crane whisked the final beam in the construction of downtown Las Vegas’ Circa resort property into place Friday morning, June 19, and crews paused momentarily, then continued working to ensure the casino’s Oct. 28 opening. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In a Tuesday earnings call, Frank Fertitta III, CEO of Station Casinos parent company Red Rock Resorts, said buffets won’t be among the amenities included in the early stages of the resorts’ reopenings. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
