Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada has reopened its shelter back Wednesday — a week after closing its doors because a homeless man staying there and an employee tested positive for coronavirus.
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The isolation and quarantine facility will serve at least 350 homeless people at the Cashman Center in downtown Las Vegas once it opens early next week.
After Catholic Charities closed a nighttime shelter because of a coronavirus outbreak, authorities set up a temporary alternative in the upper parking lot of Cashman Field.
While the new coronavirus has brought cities in Clark County to a near standstill, it is exacting a more varied toll in the rural corners of Southern Nevada.
Donna Charles, 65, and Robert Caris, 63, who are now engaged, will be the first two residents to move into a 10-unit container park to be unveiled at Share Village on Monday.
Travis Strong joined more than 1,000 people who raced up the steps and raised nearly $300,000 for the American Lung Association in Nevada.
Mike and Cecy Hansen are raising a severely disabled 3-year-old boy damaged by parent abuse as an infant and a 2-year-old girl born to an alcohol and opiate addicted mother.
Residents displaced by the Alpine Motel Apartments fire in downtown Las Vegas three weeks ago say they are struggling to find other affordable housing.
A candlelight vigil was held Thursday in Las Vegas to remember the 109 homeless individuals who died in Clark County so far this year.
The Rev. John McShane began giving water to homeless people waiting for shelter 20 years ago. The movement, known as Giving Back Mondays, has grown exponentially since.
The annual count of homeless individuals will now be conducted over three days in January, only at daytime.
Ten homeless youths graduated Tuesday from a four-week course in carpentry that earned them Occupational Safety and Health Administration accreditation for construction work.
The summit showcased a year’s progress of the first comprehensive plan to end youth homelessness in Southern Nevada, which has mapped out more than 20 objectives and 60-plus strategies.
Workers this week began installing a gate blocking Foremaster Lane at Las Vegas Boulevard North, forcing many residents to walk nearly half a mile to reach adjacent bus stops.
Miracle Flights, which offers free flights to ailing kids, announced plans to expand its service to military veterans. It did not discuss the $44 million it has in the bank.
Robbie James Pettingill was honored at Central Christian Church after a motorcade brought his ashes past Fire Station 97, where he was last assigned.
Nearly two years after being shot at the Route 91 Harvest festival, Luca Iclodean set out to face his fear of working another major music festival.
Despite some early growing pains, city officials say the the facility is already beginning to make a difference in addressing homelessness in Las Vegas.
On the night of the Route 91 Harvest shooting, William King shielded his girlfriend with his body, taking a bullet in his back. On Friday, the two exchanged vows in Henderson.
Six months after it began operating around the clock, the complex where the homeless can sleep and access a range of services has seen the departure of the main contractor hired to run it and a delay in planned construction.