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April 19, 2007 - 9:00 pm

A report Wednesday on prison overcrowding contained an error. Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty was referring to a prison re-entry drug court program when he said only 20 inmates were participating in Clark County. The pre-incarceration drug court, a different program run in the district courts statewide, has nearly 1,400 participants.

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Staff Sgt. Jennifer Nunes, a health care specialist assigned to the Northern Nevada Medical Det ...

Lawmakers urge help for rural hospitals

By Gary Martin / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 5:49 pm

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Trump administration to provide additional help for rural hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic.

City of Las Vegas Manager Scott Adams in a Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, file photo. (L.E. Baskow/ ...

Las Vegas could get $160M in coronavirus relief funds

By Shea Johnson / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 5:48 pm

City Manager Scott Adams said the CARES Act could provide much needed money to cover potentially significant revenue losses due to a sweeping economic halt.

Governor’s coronavirus task force secures large haul of medical gear

By Bill Dentzer / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 8:05 pm

The task force headed by former MGM CEO Jim Murren has obtained hundreds of thousands of masks and 1 million pairs of gloves and more badly needed equipment is on the way.

CCSD food service worker dies of COVID-19

By Aleksandra Appleton / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 6:59 pm

A Clark County School District food service employee has died after contracting coronavirus, district sources told the Review-Journal Thursday.

Coronavirus pandemic upends Teamsters contract with North Las Vegas

By Blake Apgar / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 4:42 pm

North Las Vegas is heading back to the bargaining table with Teamsters Local 14 after the sudden spread of the coronavirus has left the city facing financial uncertainty.

Retired health care workers wanted amid coronavirus pandemic

By Shea Johnson / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 2:46 pm

In a statement, county Commission Chairwoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick said that retired doctors, nurses and other health care workers were “at the top of our list of needs.”

Students walk past the Leslie and Joan Dunn Advance Technology Center at the College of Souther ...

Student at CSN’s Henderson campus tests positive for COVID-19

By Aleksandra Appleton / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 2:37 pm

A second College of Southern Nevada student has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a notice posted on the college’s website Thursday.

Union threatens Clark County with legal action amid pandemic

By Shea Johnson / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 11:03 pm

Union leaders threatened the county with legal action Thursday for suspending contracts with roughly 9,000 workers, including medical staff and others on the front lines of the battle with the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump officials working on recommendation about wearing masks

By Zeke Miller and Mike Stobbe The Associated Press

April 2, 2020 - 4:23 pm

The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many, if not almost all, Americans wear face coverings when leaving home.

Wynn Macau hotel-casino is seen on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in Macau. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas R ...

Quarantines, border closures drop Macao gaming revenue 79.7%

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

April 2, 2020 - 11:35 am

Coronavirus quarantines and border restrictions are continuing to take their toll on casinos in Macao with March gross gaming revenue down 79.7% and the quarter off 60%.