A Las Vegas-based company is working to provide free prescription deliveries to help seniors and those immunocompromised across Southern Nevada get the medicine they need amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jonathan Ng
Former Business reporter
Customers can purchase a vehicle online and pick it up from Carvana’s 11-story glass tower– at 3720 Morgan Cashman’s Way, off I-15 south between Spring Mountain and Flamingo.
Fry’s Electronics, the go-to chain for tech tinkerers looking for an obscure part, is closing for good.
Las Vegas Valley business, banking and city leaders say targeting more federal pandemic assistance to the nation’s smallest businesses and ventures is a welcome move.
The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Friday that initial claims for UI totaled 7,378 for the week ending Feb. 13, down 25.9 percent from the previous week of 9,953 claims.
“We know how important these extended benefits are to Nevadans and ensuring they receive them is our number one priority,” Elisa Cafferata, director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, said in a release Friday.
Laid off from his two bartending gigs, Las Vegas resident Matthew Williams made the decision to turn his passion for board games into his livelihood. Now, he’s CEO of a game publishing company and has a new game coming out.
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation was among 28 other state agencies to have received a portion of a $49 million fund from the U.S. Department of Labor.
As Southern Nevadans prepare to celebrate their first pandemic Valentine’s Day, several Las Vegas-area businesses say the holiday weekend is poised to offer a welcome bump in sales following a challenging year.
Rosa Mendez, the spokeswoman for the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabiliation, said the changes are not expected to impact callers.
Michael Brown, director of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Office of Economic Development, said the state’s economy is primed for a strong economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic.
A federal contractor working at the state’s Tonopah Test Range, including the Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, will pay $293,000 in back wages and employee benefits to 69 workers, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Nevada’s workforce agency said Friday that the unemployment program made available last year for gig workers and independent contractors surpassed a million initial claims last week.
Federal regulators have signed off on a settlement agreement with a Nevada-based company that improperly left its database full of clients’ health and personal information unsecured online.
SYKES Enterprises, a U.S. firm that provides customer service and information technology support, told the state it is closing its Las Vegas office on April 1.