A Las Vegas woman was arrested Thursday for her alleged participation in the U.S. Capitol riot after the 2020 presidential election.
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Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.
The two candidates are the top finishers among those running in the Las Vegas mayoral primary, based on a recent Emerson College voter preference poll.
The developer said it would take $310 million to build a launching pad, a runway for spaceplanes, a control tower, a flight school and a 200-room casino resort.
A Clark County employee working in a licensed shelter for children who cannot safely remain with their families has tested positive for coronavirus, the county said.
The Cashman isolation-quarantine facility, which began construction on March 31, likely will not open on time, according to a city of Las Vegas spokesman.
The U.S. surgeon general said Sunday that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the nation’s infectious disease chief warned that the new coronavirus may never be completely eradicated from the globe.
His firing comes amid pressure on the military as it seeks to step up its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
A Las Vegas congregation is asking Nevadans for submissions to a Book of Life for the regent after his death Friday.
The number of people infected in the U.S. has exceeded 300,000, with the death toll climbing past 8,400.
Since Nevada reported its first cases of COVID-19 on March 5, a series of emergency measures has brought the economy to a near halt and transformed life in the Silver State.
The declaration allows the state to “unlock additional federal assistance programs for Nevadans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sisolak said in a statement posted Saturday on Twitter.
In a sign of the disorganized response to the global crisis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the Chinese government for its help in securing the shipment of the breathing machines.
Sam Lieberman, a Nevada university regent and former chairman of the state Democratic Party, died on Friday at age 58.