Treatments postponed early in the pandemic and heat also are playing a role in the historic high counts.
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Nevada’s public charter schools will decide independently whether to require young students to wear face masks, but must comply with state rules.
The weekend could bring significant monsoon storms in the Las Vegas region, according to the National Weather Service.
Mi Familia Vota’s canvassing effort the push by state and local governments, with support from the feds, to boost vaccination rates in communities where hesitancy is common.
The Vegas Strong Resiliency Center is seeking donations to continue gifting handmade quilts to the survivors and relatives affected by the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting.
The fourth “Vax Nevada Days” raffle took place at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.
Gary and Judy Robinson say they have experienced first-hand the benefits of Aduhelm, approved by the FDA Administration in June, through Judy’s participation in clinical trials.
After a few dry days, thunderstorms returned to the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday night.
During the summer of 2019, more than 45 million pallid-wings grasshoppers flew, crawled and hopped into the Las Vegas Valley.
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was struck on Interstate 15 near the Strip by a suspected carjacker Tuesday who died after a law enforcement shooting at the scene.
The district sent emails and made robocalls to parents on Tuesday morning advising that all staff and students will be required to wear masks indoors and on district buses.
Monday’s stormy, cool weather proved to be one for the record books.
A storm system in Pahrump early Monday dumped a heavy downpour that flooded much of the Nye County town.
Thunderstorms caused flash flooding around the Las Vegas Valley on Monday, shutting down a few intersections. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area also saw flash flooding.
Nevada’s third Buffalo Soldiers Day was celebrated Saturday to honor the country’s all-Black military units.
A fire near Lake Tahoe had burned more than 65,000 acres Saturday, prompting a state of emergency declaration from the governor, evacuations and major highway closures.
The advancing 58,000-acre Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe, which crossed into Nevada from California on Wednesday, prompted Douglas County officials and Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday to declare a state of emergency.
“I was that skeptical dude that I thought COVID was a joke,” Sgt. Tom “T.J.” Jenkins says in a video posted online. “… I’m here to tell you it almost took me off this planet.”
Unlike all this week, monsoon storms are not expected in the Las Vegas area on Friday, says the National Weather Service.
Two microbursts in the southeast Las Vegas Valley caused significant damage to a sports complex in Henderson on Thursday afternoon.