There was a 15-minute wait to get a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Southern Nevada Health District offices early Monday as eligibility expanded to all Nevadans 16 and up.
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Southern Nevada COVID-19 vaccine clinics are giving healthy Nevadans 16 and older the chance to make appointments ahead of Monday’s expanded eligibility.
Nevada may be on track to achieve “herd immunity” to COVID-19 despite the growing presence of more infectious variants in the state, a top public health official said Monday.
The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority chose a temporary leader as board members prepared to hire an outside firm to run and evaluate the agency.
Exactly a year after the first coronavirus case was recorded in Nevada, the state has reported 295,460 cases and 5,020 deaths.
The state reported 18 new deaths over the preceding day on Thursday, bringing the cumulative total of fatalities in the state to 5,005.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 395 new coronavirus cases and 20 additional deaths, state data shows. The cumulative total of deaths from COVID-19 in the state stood at 4,987.
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Clark County will expand Tuesday to all groups within frontline community support and frontline supply chain and logistics categories.
The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority board has placed executive director Chad Williams on paid adminstrative leave until his contract expires in June.
People making appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at the Southern Nevada Health District’s headquarters are the first to use it.
Clark County is accepting applications through Jan. 19 for anyone interested in replacing former state Sen. Yvanna Cancela in the Legislature.
A second night of protests on Thursday outside the Clark County Election Department attracted a large, vocal crowd claiming fraud in Nevada’s count.
A judge ruled Monday that Clark County must turn over some public records to the Nevada Republican Party and President Donald Trump’s campaign, but denied or delayed the lion’s share of Republican requests for information on mail balloting and signature verification.
Nevada on Thursday reported 390 additional cases of the coronavirus, along with eight new deaths, according to state data.
The series will align with local industries, each presenting available job opportunities on specific days throughout the month.