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.
Hotel owners are facing an “unprecedented wave” of foreclosures without commercial debt relief, according to a letter from the industry to Congress. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas hotel-casinos are offering midweek promotions to attract customers during off-peak travel times. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Founder and head creamstress Valerie Stunning, a former exotic dancer, makes one of the creameries signature cones called “XXXpense It” at Paradise City Creamery.
The Raiders will play a scrimmage game at Allegiant Stadium on Friday.
Drone footage of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, future home of the Las Vegas Raiders. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Multidisciplinary artist and community activist Brent Holmes discusses murals being painted at the Moulin Rouge lot near downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rain falls at Apache Road and Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas on Aug. 19, 2020. (Jimmy Romo)
Sofia Hall, 8, won the Google Doodle contest for Nevada and now goes on to compete nationally. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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)
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Aug. 19, for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Erik Lloyd, who died July 29 after contracting COVID-19. (Michael Quine/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)
Though fans won’t be allowed inside Allegiant Stadium this year, the Las Vegas Raiders are still scoring founding sponsorship deals, this time with Mexican lager Modelo.
On Sunday, Raiders owner Mark Davis said the team is likely to play without fans in its first season in Las Vegas
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)
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)
Golden Knights call ups battle for tickets to Edmonton – VIDEO
Rain is seen Sunday, July 19, 2020, near West Warm Springs Road and North Valle Verde Drive in Henderson. (Michael Quine/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)
Amy Van Rosen with the Good All Day Collective joins volunteers to create a Black Lives Matter protest mural on the Majestic Repertory Theatre building in downtown Las Vegas. (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
Karen Livingston, leader of the Save Floyd Lamb Park action group, says she would prefer if the city of Las Vegas cleaned dilapidated buildings instead of changing the historic hay barn into an event center. (Shea Theodore/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Residents who were victims in the Alpine Apartment Fire on Dec. 21 recall what happened and some of the struggles they are facing after six months. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada is home to at least 32 species of venomous animals, including five rattlesnakes. Here’s what you need to know if you encounter one.
