Allegiant Travel Co. will roll out a new program that will attempt to boost travel to Las Vegas while meetings and conventions are in virus-driven hiatus.
On Wednesday, the Southern Nevada Health District said it no longer recommends people who tested positive for COVID-19 be tested again. RJ reporter Bailey Schulz talks more about how this new guideline is aimed at reducing the number of people being tested and overwhelming the testing system. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One person died and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Decatur Boulevard and Carmen boulevards, near Washington Avenue, in central Las Vegas, early Thursday morning, July 30. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The state Gaming Control Board on Tuesday reported a May casino win of $5.8 million, down 99.4 percent from May 2019.
Nevada has been added to a list of 16 states where travelers will be advised to voluntarily quarantine for 14 days after they arrive in three states in the Northeast.
The Review-Journal had interviewed six employees and had been in contact with a total of nine Cosmopolitan workers who have said they are concerned for their health and safety.
The Mahogany Fire near Mount Charleston is now estimated to be about 2,700 acres with about 10 percent of the blaze contained, a fire official said.
“We have roughly 240 personnel assigned to the fire with more arriving throughout the day,” said Brandon Hampton, a fire information officer for Great Basin Team 7.
Avi Resort & Casino plans to suspend all operations in its hotel and casino starting Monday at midnight through July 10.
Renee Summerour and RJ reporter Colton Lochhead discuss the takeaways from Gov. Steve Sisolak’s “Road to Recovery Plan,” when will it start and for how long. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Allegiant Air donated food items to the Vegas Community Pantry in Las Vegas. The snack and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Las Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Thursday that convention attendance fell 54.8 percent to 249,800. March normally is one of the city’s strongest months for conventions and trade shows.
On Thursday, the Las Vegas-based casino operator reported revenue plummeted 29 percent compared to the year prior, bringing in $2.3 billion between January and March.
Sarah Washington, whose children attend Discovery Gardens Childcare, shares the importance of the facility’s hour changes, and child care director Ariella Thomas discusses some other changes Discovery Gardens Childcare has made, in Las Vegas on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Elipagephoto
For the first time in forever, the famed Las Vegas Strip is closed for business amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In the first week of the CCSD closure, students took the time to individually record their parts to a conducting/click track that Mr. Seaton sent them.
After the remote recordings were finished, teachers combined the recordings and syncing the video to create, “Down a Country Lane”
Entertainment reporter John Katsilometes talks about the popular “Tiger King” and Jeff Lowe, a central figure in the Netflix documentary phenomenon who wanted to do business with the last Las Vegas Strip entertainer to use wild tigers in his act. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Las Vegas Raiders and Allegiant Stadium have partnered with Yesco to build signs for the upcoming 2020 season when the team plays their first game. (Nathan Asselin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Amateur boxer Rubens Nicolas is trying one last time to qualify for the games in Tokyo, where he hopes to become the first Haitian boxer to earn an Olympic medal. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Pyrotechnics from Grucci is setting up for the fireworks on top of the Planet Hollywood for the 2020 New Year’s Eve celebration on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Raiders announced that they signed guard Richie Incognito to a contract extension, hoping to create some continuity on a team that had so much turnover this past season.
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While the season may not have gone as the team would have liked, the Raiders understand that they have a solid foundation for their new home. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
To help with injuries at the position the Raiders brought back linebacker Brandon Marshall. Marshall, a Las Vegas native, was with the team during training camp but was a part of the roster cuts. Both centers, Rodney Hudson and Andre James, are dealing with injuries, leading to the signing of Erik Magnuson. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The coldest weather in a week with temperatures about 20 to 25 degrees below normal blew into the valley Tuesday afternoon. The strongest winds arrived a few hours behind the front, with gusts around 50 mph. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Vegas Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty joins the Golden Edge podcast to talk about the upcoming season for the Knights, the rivalry with the Sharks and the Pacioretty 67 burger.
A woman accused of trafficking an 11-year-old girl on the Strip agreed to plead guilty to a child abuse charge, her attorney said. Gigi Mitchell, 40, faces several counts of child abuse and one count of child sex trafficking. The 11-year-old girl told social worker Felicia Tucker that she was a “hustler” and entered nightclubs where she drank and flirted with men.
Sen. Bernie Sanders made a stop at Roy W. Martin middle school on Thursday, during his campaign trail.
The Las Vegas Strip turned off the lights for one hour to recognize Earth Hour.
Weapons-grade plutonium was secretly sent from South Carolina to a federal facility north of Las Vegas. Studio host Cassie Soto and Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Gary Martin discuss how the plutonium arrived in Las Vegas and what elected officials have to say about the matter.