With demand for crude oil continuing to dip due to the stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, the price of gasoline at the retail level has fallen along with it. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
When asked if OSHA should be inside the hospitals to reports health violations,
SEIU Executive Board member Jody Domineck blasts OSHA and the CDC for not doing their job to protect workers
President Donald Trump announced the executive order in a Monday night tweet. As of Tuesday morning, the White House has offered no details of Trump’s forthcoming order. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
According to South Korean online newspaper Daily NK, Kim Jong Un had a cardiovascular procedure performed on April 12. He reportedly received the procedure because of
“excessive smoking, obesity and overwork.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration revealed that the test had received emergency approval. The new kit, produced by North Carolina-based LabCorp, allows people to collect their own sample from home and send it to be tested. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Customers were happy to see low prices and no lines at the Costco gas station near the intersection of North Decatur Boulevard and the 215 Beltway in Las Vegas, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
People fill up their vehicles at Costco off of Martin Luther King Boulevard in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nearly two months after testing positive, and three weeks since waking from a coma, Ronald Pipkins, 55, the first coronavirus patient in Nevada, was released from the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas on April 20, 2020. (Veterans Health Administration)
The World Series of Poker has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
South Point announced on April 20 that it is furloughing most of its employees “for an indefinite period,” starting May 3. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
U.S. crude prices reached their lowest level on record, with West Texas Intermediate crude dropping to minus $37.63 a barrel on April 20. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The YMCA of Southern Nevada in conjunction with with the Clark County School District is furnishing a drive-thru for a free lunch program at the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, Durango Hills YMCA and SkyView YMCA in Las Vegas. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Thunderbirds recognized the United States Air Force Academy’s Class of 2020 in Colorado Springs with a graduation flyover.
Institutional living facilities where it is difficult to adhere to social distancing guidelines have been hard hit by the spread of COVID-19
The group said they are protesting Sisolak “for his failure to follow President (Donald) Trump’s actions to commence a plan to reopen our country, specifically Nevada!”
A history of the NFL Draft and how it went from being an intimate event with prospects’ names written on blackboards to three-day extravaganzas with huge public events in different cities. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Offensive Lineman Mekhi Becton, who is projected to be a first-round draft pick, is known for enjoying a good meal and talks about some of his favorite foods and his preparation for the NFL Combine. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
New numbers by the Southern Nevada Health District show COVID-19 disproportionately killing Black and Asian Clark County residents compared to their White and Hispanic counterparts.RJ investigations reporter Michael Scott Davidson and Renee Summerour discuss why that is, other factors revealed in these numbers including gender and age.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday it’s still too early to know when the state’s COVID-19 shutdown orders could be lifted or when businesses could start to reopen their doors. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
President Donald Trump declared victory in America’s war against the “invisible enemy” as the president’s Coronavirus Task Force released “Opening up America Again” guidelines. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Despite the public fan events planned for Las Vegas being canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL Draft went from humble beginnings in quiet rooms with chalkboards to the massive, televised spectacle it is today. NFL executive Peter O’Reilly and Sirius-XM Radio’s Stephen Nichols and Zig Fracassi recall how fans helped the event grow into what it is today. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Actor Brian Dennehy died Wednesday in New Haven, Connecticut. Dennehy’s acting career spanned more than four decades, working in television, film and theater. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
President Donald Trump named Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., to be a member of his Opening Up America Again Congressional Group Thursday to advise him on coronavirus policy. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Nye County Sheriff’s Office detective who was shot in March was released from the hospital Wednesday and is recovering at home with family. (Nye County Sheriff’s Office)
The Las Vegas Review-Journal studio hosts a debate between the four candidates running for Department Z in Clark County Family Court. The candidates are Randall Gene Forman, Michele Lynn Mercer, Romeo Ruiz Perez, and Kevin Charles Speed.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal studio hosts a debate between the two of the three candidates running for Department Y in Clark County Family Court. The candidates are Stephanie Anne Charter and Karianne Molnar.
RJ business reporter Bailey Schulz talk about The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation took additional steps adding a new phone line with about 100 workers and reiterating a new online filing system.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Wednesday called sweeping nonessential business closures “total insanity” with no end date, and she once more pushed for Gov. Steve Sisolak to open the state.
Surveillance video for Recycled Propaganda theft (Izaac Zevalking/Recycled Propaganda)
Renee Summerour sits down with Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and Rj Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding the Coronavirus spread in Nevada.
HAS NEVADA PEAKED IN COVID-19 CASES?
HAS GOV. SISOLAK’S SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERS HELPED?
WILL GOV. SISOLAK REOPEN THE ECONOMY SOON?
WHAT DOES COVID-19 ZIP CODE MAP SAY ABOUT THE SPREAD?
ANTIBODY TESTING? BENEFITS? CONCERNS?