The state reported 1,115 new cases and 44 deaths, bringing official totals posted by the Department of Health and Human Services to 400,349 cases and 6,681 deaths.
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Lower-income and minority communities are once again experiencing some of Southern Nevada’s fastest spread of COVID-19, data shows.
Both figures are the highest in a single report since the state stopped tallying numbers over the weekend in mid-April.
Yvanna Cancela, a former political director for the Culinary union Local 226, is returning to Nevada after eight months with the Biden administration.
The Nevada Division of Emergency Management said preparedness is the best defense.
The university is considering a new policy that would prohibit smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes, and tobacco products in all spaces on campus.
Nevada on Friday reported 813 new coronavirus cases and 13 additional deaths over the preceding day, capping a week in which major disease metrics in the state continued to rise and reached levels not seen since February.
More than 5,000 people spent Friday trying to find their next job during the massive Summer Job Fair at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall.
Nevada will get $51.5 million for roads and public transit projects in a House transportation committee spending bill, funding for projects sought by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Nevada’s two-week positivity rate, which essentially tracks the percentage of people tested for COVID-19 who are found to be infected, dropped slightly to 3.4 percent.
Financial assistance is available for Nevadans at risk of being evicted for nonpayment of rent and more money is likely on the way, officials said during a Wednesday public forum.
Formerly an emergency response to school closures, distance learning may become a permanent fixture on Nevada’s learning landscape.
Assemblywoman Annie Black, R-Mesquite, doesn’t like limits on what she’s allowed to say on the Assembly floor, and isn’t shy about saying so.
Nevada’s attorney general and lieutenant governor want to end the death penalty, but Clark County’s district attorney is pushing for the state’s first execution since 2006.
With a likely water shortage looming next year, regulators in Southern Nevada are setting their turf-removal sights on the next big group of water hogs.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.