Las Vegas and Clark County were among the many communities across the U.S. participating in a national remembrance for the 400,000-plus people who have succumbed to the coronavirus.
Shea Johnson
Former Local Government Reporter
Clark County employees were exposed to toxic chemicals while working at the county’s government center, leading to seven deaths and many becoming ill, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
“If you’re going to be here for CES, why not be here all year around?” city Information Technologies Director Michael Sherwood said.
Clark County is accepting applications through Jan. 19 for anyone interested in replacing former state Sen. Yvanna Cancela in the Legislature.
A series of publicized crimes against dogs in the valley spurred a councilman to seek assurance that penalties were as tough as possible.
Finucan claims she faced racial and age discrimination preventing her from performing her job before she was wrongly fired in March despite an “exemplary” and lengthy career in City Hall.
Calling 2020 “an extremely difficult year,” Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman vowed not to give up on restoring the full vision for the city as she delivered on Thursday a message brimming with optimism for 2021.
Las Vegas scored a recent courtroom victory in its costly legal battle with the landowner of a defunct golf course. The ruling is expected to be appealed.
In a sign of the times, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman will deliver the annual State of the City address through television and social media on Thursday.
City lawmakers agreed to sell 5.5 acres of vacant land for $1 to an affordable housing developer with plans to construct 144 units in the near northwest part of Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District reopened its branches for full services Monday, but it is limiting capacity to 25 percent to adhere to state rules.
Democrats William McCurdy II and Ross Miller joined the powerful Clark County Commission on Monday at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has severely weakened the economy.
Tourists and locals braved a raging pandemic Thursday night to end a year of unimaginable crisis with a hopeful eye toward a fresh start and descended on Las Vegas to celebrate the beginning of 2021.
The county has reached a milestone in the effort to identify the spread of infection in the region as statewide cases and hospitalizations rise and the vaccine rolls out.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses to a Saturday hit-and-run crash on Spring Mountain Road that seriously injured a woman.