Former President Donald Trump will speak in Sunset Park at 12 p.m. Sunday in temperatures that could reach 105 degrees.
Politics and Government
The unemployment rate edged up to a still-low 4%, from 3.9%, ending a 27-month streak of unemployment below 4%, the Labor Department said Friday.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved giving a 3.5 percent bonus to City Manager Richard Derrick.
Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
Nevada has plummeted to the bottom of a federal list for the percentage of vaccinations for the most vulnerable population — nursing home residents.
The number of new cases was the highest three-day total since the state halted weekend reporting of COVID-19 data in mid-April.
Vaccinations, entertainment and some expensive prizes were offered at #VivaVaxVegas, a Strip-side vaccination clinic at Park MGM.
FEMA is working with the state to provide on-the-ground assistance starting early next week in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases and stagnant vaccination rates.
Concentrations of the virus in two of seven Las Vegas Valley wastewater collection sites show levels approaching those last seen during the winter wave of infections, scientists have found.
A North Las Vegas kindergarten teacher and a Las Vegas high school sophomore were the big winners Thursday in the first drawing of the “Vax Nevada Days” raffle aimed at boosting vaccination rates.
President Joe Biden rolled out enhanced federal efforts to curtail the increased spread of the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus as vaccination rates stagnate in states including Nevada.
Nevada will seek federal government help to respond to an increasing trend in COVID-19 cases, an emergence and increase in the Delta variant, and the stagnation in Clark County vaccination rates.
The three cases of a mutant version of the highly contagious delta variant were detected during genetic sequencing of positive coronavirus tests at a state lab.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s offer of a chance to win a million dollar prize hasn’t resulted in a noticeable uptick in COVID-19 vaccinations in Nevada, at least not so far.