Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Las Vegas on Friday following the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
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State and national Democrats are leading a lawsuit that seeks to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from appearing on Nevada’s presidential ballot, citing state law.
The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office says the family of Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks will host a Celebration of Life in his memory in Reno next week.
A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Regent Donald McMichael made comments at a Nevada System of Higher Education board meeting this month that many considered antisemitic.
This “variant of interest” has a unique mutation that may make it resistant to the protection offered by vaccine and past infection.
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.
Key COVID-19 metrics add to mounting evidence that Clark County’s surge is waning at the same time the spread of the disease is accelerating in other parts of the state.
Updated figures from the Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought totals in the state to 394,595 cases and 6,583 deaths.
Updated numbers posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services on the state’s coronavirus website pushed the state totals to 393,188 cases and 6,539 deaths.
The daily report indicates that the rate of infection is declining rapidly in Southern Nevada as northern counties experience a rise in cases.
Nevada on Friday added 1,287 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths, as the state’s test positivity rate and hospitalizations both showed declines.
Despite the high daily numbers, three of the state’s four leading metrics for the disease caused by the new coronavirus have been trending slightly lower in recent weeks.
The county hit the milestone a week after it surpassed 5,000 COVID-19 deaths.
The 46 new coronavirus deaths reported Tuesday by the state Department of Health and Human Services was the highest since the state logged 55 deaths on Feb. 11.
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