TITLE: COVID-19 Q&A
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. CDC CHANGES COVID-19 TESTING RECOMMENDATIONS
2. NEW CONTACT TRACING APP, DOES IT CONFLICT WITH CDC NEW GUIDELINES?
3. NEVADA OFFICIALS TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT WHERE COVID-19 SPREADS FASTEST.
The cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Clark County are working to roll out a multi-jurisdictional business license that will help streamline the process for food truck operators.
MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment, which combined manage 17 casino hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard, are optimistic about the second half of 2025 and the early part of 2026.
Shannon Sharpe is out at ESPN just weeks after he settled a $50 million lawsuit where an unnamed woman accused him of raping her in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Review-Journal.
Here’s what Fertitta, a U.S. ambassador to Italy, thinks about building a luxury resort on the Strip now.
The wage growth from July 2024 to July of this year ranks Nevada at No. 11 in the nation, according to the study.
Raiders linebacker Devin White has done plenty to stand out once the pads came on during the team’s training camp in Henderson.
The National Park Service is warning that forecasts look murky for the future of boating on Lake Powell.
Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.
The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.
The two 23-year-old men were in town from California for a bachelor party, and the third victim was a 66-year-old man who lived in the area, authorities said.
The 35-year-old faces one felony count of writing a check with insufficient funds with intent to defraud, as well as another count of theft in connection with a May 2024 incident at the MGM Grand.
Shane Tamura, the man responsible for a New York City shooting that left four dead, left a second suicide note behind in his Las Vegas home, police sources said Wednesday.
Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas man responsible for a NYC shooting that left 4 dead, blamed football and the NFL for his perceived struggle with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tamura used an AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle in Monday’s shooting that he assembled using a lower receiver purchased by an associate.
Las Vegas police are looking for additional victims of a man they say is accused of sexually assaulting a young child.
The Summerlin South Little League baseball team will represent Nevada in the Mountain Region tournament from Saturday to Aug. 8 at San Bernardino, California.
Few comments were received at Tuesday’s virtual scoping meeting, but environmentalists could make their voices heard at Wednesday’s Las Vegas meeting.
Plus, the state’s 438 largest casinos won $15.6 billion from gamblers in 2024-25, falling short of the record $15.7 billion won in 2023-24.
The Ruby Sports & Entertainment founder talks to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about his career path and rise to the top of the MMA world.
The dire warnings following the massive quake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula evoked memories of catastrophic damage caused by tsunamis over the last quarter-century.