The city of Las Vegas will screen people who attend Wednesday’s City Council meeting for symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
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Clark County’s Business License Department is temporarily suspending late penalties and fees, and other disciplinary actions, through at least June.
The city of Las Vegas said Monday it will waive late fees and property liens for delinquent sewer bills until 30 days after the city’s state of emergency is over.
The search by leaders in the region for bed space for such patients will not end there as officials anticipate facing a crisis affecting cities across the country: Hospital bed shortages.
Thousands of government workers in Southern Nevada find their jobs suddenly in flux, a result of stringent health precautions and public facility closures.
The county’s Business License Department has issued emergency suspensions to five liquor establishments, two smoke shops and two car washes through March 25, the county said.
The city of Las Vegas grants will apply to the “boarding and securing of a building as long as art is provided on the facade of the securing material.”
The city of Las Vegas is preparing for a financial crisis that could rival the Great Recession.
North Las Vegas City Council plans to use teleconferencing. Henderson plans to use video. Las Vegas and Clark County are determining how best to do the same.
The city of Las Vegas is considering using Cashman Field to house homeless people during the coronavirus crisis, as demand for shelter increases.
Clark County’s Business License Department closed 12 nonessential businesses during the first three days of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s emergency order.
Despite initially saying it would not enforce Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order for nonessential businesses to shut down for 30 days, the city of Las Vegas will take action to see the directive is followed.
The at-risk population for coronavirus includes the elderly — some who are charged with raising their grandchildren — and people with underlying medical conditions.
The Clark County Commission is holding an emergency meeting to consider an ordinance that would give teeth to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s shutdown of nonessential businesses through April 16.
The announcement came Thursday, a day after the city said it would close public areas in city of Las Vegas facilities.
Las Vegas has closed public facilities during the coronavirus emergency, but City Manager Scott Adams says city employees are still on the job during the crisis.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Wednesday asked Gov. Steve Sisolak to significantly shorten 30-day statewide closures on nonessential businesses over concern for affected workers.
City and county officials in all local jurisdictions have declared states of emergency to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, which grant local governments additional powers.
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, hand sanitizer will be available as people enter the Las Vegas City Council chambers, where attendees will be asked to sit at least six feet apart.
Clark County will close nearly all of its buildings to the public beginning Wednesday “until further notice” in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, officials said.
“My hope is that the private industry rises to the top, that they’re allowed to stay open and take care of these families that are paycheck to paycheck,” the mayor said.