A fire broke out at a storage unit at Westgate Las Vegas about 3:30 p.m. Friday, forcing the pool deck to be evacuated, according to a hotel spokesman. (Chase Stevens and James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In May, the Nevada System of Higher Education announced colleges and universities could resume in-person classes this fall and on a limited basis for the summer, starting July 1. Only a handful of classes — typically, science labs and career/technical programs — were offered in-person this summer at Las Vegas Valley campuses. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
While a majority of CCSD schools are weeks away from reopening their doors, some private schools across the Las Vegas Valley are back in business. Almost five months after schools statewide shut down due to COVID-19, students returned for in-person class on Monday, with some changes. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Gov. Steve Sisolak named Elisa Cafferata acting director of Nevada’s Department of Training, Employment and Rehabilitation and announced Barbara Buckley as the leader of a rapid response team on unemployment insurance at a press briefing Thursday afternoon. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday a long-term strategy for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada through a targeted approach. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Clark County School Board adjourned a special meeting Wednesday without considering whether to terminate Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Gov. Steve Sisolak said bars in four counties, including Clark County, will remain closed to help fight COVID-19. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The lawyers for the family of Jorge Gomez, the man killed in a police altercation during a Black Lives Matter protest in June, address the media about the federal lawsuit they plan to file this week against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the officers involved. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Amateur herper Bob McKeever is part of a group that surveys nighttime reptile activity at Red Rock Canyon. (Mackenzie Behm/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)
Its the largest one-day jump of the outbreak, 1,021 more cases in Southern Nevada were reported on July 14 with 1,100 statewide. Review-Journal assistant city editor Mike Brunker talks about what these numbers mean. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
We spoke with tourists walking up and down Las Vegas Boulevard about their experience so far amid pandemic restrictions, and how it compares to their last time in pre-pandemic Vegas. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In Southern Highlands, the Italian restaurant Spaghetty Western, while remaining open, had to shut down its bar. Bartender Scarlett Brock, who is still waiting to receive unemployment payments from the initial shutdown, calls the financial impact of being out of work again “a knock in the face.” (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Three mothers discuss their concerns with CCSD’s reopening plan, and how they are adapting to COVID-19 with their children. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In a marathon meeting Thursday night, Clark County School District trustees approved a plan to reopen schools this fall with the caveat that additional details about how to do so would come back before the board. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Closing the state’s $1.2 billion budget hole will be the prime focus of the upcoming special legislative session that will convene at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Carson City, according to a proclamation issued by Gov. Steve Sisolak. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With pressure growing for the Clark County School District to modify its school reopening plan, Superintendent Jesus Jara said Tuesday that the time has come to move forward on the existing blueprint. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A wildfire swept through Mount Charleston on Sunday, claiming thousands of acres and sending up a plume of smoke that could be seen across the Las Vegas Valley. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Governor Steve Sisolak announced on Wednesday a mandate to wear face masks starting Friday. Down on the Las Vegas Strip tourists reacted on camera to the news. (James Schaeffer / 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
North Las Vegas police released body camera footage from Saturday night’s protest on the Strip and called an attorney’s claim that she was thrown to the ground by officers “unfounded.” (North Las Vegas Police Department)
Councilwoman Michele Fiore stepped down as mayor pro tem during a 5 p.m. Tuesday news conference in the lobby of City Hall. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A much-anticipated plan for reopening doors at the Clark County School District will come before the board next week, according to Superintendent Jesus Jara.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday called for an investigation into the arrests of several legal observers at a protest against police brutality this weekend on the Strip. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A protest Saturday night on the Strip has ended, after a group that gathered outside Bellagio moved south along Las Vegas Boulevard and later west of Interstate 15. (James Schaeffer and Ellen Schmidt / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two teenage brothers were killed in crash Friday night in Summerlin when their dirt bike smashed into an SUV, according to Las Vegas police. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Voters who didn’t receive a mailed ballot or needed to make a change to their registration waited in line for hours to get a ballot at Paradise Recreational Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Las Vegas police provided more details Friday on the officer-involved shooting of an armed man near the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse Monday night. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fourth night of Black Lives Matter protesting in Las Vegas ended in violence, with 2 reported shootings, including a police officer, late Monday. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The train carrying a decommissioned nuclear reactor vessel from Southern California is passing through Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)