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Lightning strike survivors share the lasting impacts of their experience: Thursday, June 25, 2020; The average American has a 1-in-15,300 chance of getting struck during their lifetime, according to the National Weather Service. Though lightning strikes kill more humans annually than hurricanes, volcanoes and earthquakes combined ...
Las Vegas water use dropped when businesses closed. Now, it’s going back up: Friday, May 29, 2020; Las Vegas water use decreased rapidly starting in mid-March, around the same time that Gov. Steve Sisolak instituted a stay-at-home order and closed most nonessential businesses. But since late April, it has gradually been increasing to more typical levels ...
Red Rock Canyon scenic loop to reopen June 1: Wednesday, May 27, 2020; Red Rock Canyon’s popular scenic loop drive will reopen June 1 for the first time in over two months, the Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday. Previously ...
Thousands at odds with city over plans for historic hay barn at Floyd Lamb Park: Saturday, May 23, 2020; A dispute over the future use of a historic, 8,000-square-foot hay barn at Floyd Lamb Park came to a head Saturday when protesters showed up at the park to confront Councilwoman Michele Fiore about plans for ...
Water authority gives up 30-year proposal to pump groundwater to Las Vegas: Thursday, May 21, 2020; The Southern Nevada Water Authority is retiring a controversial, decades-old proposal to pump groundwater from rural Nevada to Las Vegas and will ...
30 people are running for Clark County School Board. Here’s what they bring: Thursday, May 21, 2020; The seven-member Clark County School Board will be reshaped in the coming months as the Clark County School District grapples with the lasting impacts of coronavirus.
National Parks are reopening. Is it wise to visit?: Thursday, May 21, 2020; It’s no secret that U.S. Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt and the Trump administration think it’s time for the national parks to reopen. Here’s what Las Vegans considering making the trek to one of the region’s national parks should keep in mind.
Las Vegas OKs next budget, slashed by $124 million amid pandemic: Wednesday, May 20, 2020; The Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved a dramatically scaled-back budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 with cuts far deeper than ...
With visitation up at Mount Charleston, trash, feces and fires on the rise: Tuesday, May 19, 2020; Mount Charleston resident Misty Haji-Sheikh is used to some visitors ignoring the “no parking” signs near her house during peak hiking times. But she ...
Nevada Democrats say Cortez Masto has bona fides to be on ticket with Biden: Sunday, May 17, 2020; It came as no surprise to former Sen. Harry Reid when he heard that presumptive democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was considering picking ...
Nevada tribes fear loss of elders, language and revenue from COVID-19: Thursday, May 14, 2020; Since coronavirus hit Nevada in full swing in March, the Moapa Band of Paiutes has prioritized protecting its people, particularly the elderly. For the tribe, whose reservation is 55 miles northeast of downtown Las Vegas, not only do elderly members have a higher risk ...
With many Las Vegas Latinos in intergenerational homes, officials wary of COVID-19 spread: Wednesday, May 13, 2020; As more COVID-19 tests become available in the community, the Southern Nevada Health District is paying attention to another demographic trend ...
Why a retired poker pro is trying to recall Mayor Goodman: Tuesday, May 12, 2020; Las Vegas local Doug Polk says he’s never been involved in politics — local, national or otherwise. But when the recently retired professional poker player saw Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman’s April 22 interview on CNN, in which she appeared to offer the city as a “control group” to test ...
‘We’re surviving’: Lines are long, demand is up at food bank distributions: Sunday, May 10, 2020; Every Thursday, hundreds of people line up in cars starting in the early hours of the morning to get food from a pop-up drive-thru food bank at Palace Station. Some people arrived this past week as early as 1 a.m. for the 8 a.m. opening, one volunteer was told …
'New Nevada': Some economic development leaders say pandemic should drive diversification: Saturday, May 9, 2020; While the state is entering the first phase of reopening its economy today, don’t expect unemployment numbers to immediately recover and companies to quickly rehire ...
What’s next for CCSD’s ‘distance education’ for May and beyond: Thursday, May 7, 2020; Now that schools will stay closed through the end of the school year—and possibly beyond—what’s the plan for addressing the education gaps that will have inevitably deepened once this is all over?
Mayor Goodman’s calls to reopen Las Vegas draw a handful of backers to council meeting: Wednesday, May 6, 2020; Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman restated her distaste for state-mandated business closures to slow the spread of COVID-19 at Wednesday’s Las Vegas City Council meeting.
'Not going away': With black Las Vegans hit hard by COVID-19, leaders look for solutions: Wednesday, May 6, 2020; When Maria Azzarelli heard that black residents in Clark County faced an above-average COVID-19 death rate, she unfortunately wasn’t surprised. Years of unequal access to health care and ...
CCSD summer school to be remote, but more employees could return to work soon: Monday, May 4, 2020; Nearly a month and a half after Las Vegas-area schools shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Superintendent Jesus Jara detailed the Clark County School District’s plans for ...
Las Vegas hospitals are still short on PPE. Staff say they’re paying the price: Friday, May 1, 2020; SEIU Local 1107 president Brenda Marzan says she knows of health care workers at Las Vegas hospitals who have become ill from COVID-19. But she doesn’t know how many.
Clark County schools request more federal money for COVID-19 costs, revenue losses: Tuesday, April 28, 2020; The Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of large school districts that includes Clark County, penned a letter to top congressional members asking for ...
Study: American Southwest faces a 'megadrought,' the region’s worst in centuries: Tuesday, April 28, 2020; The American Southwest is in the midst of a climate-change-fueled megadrought dryer than anything the region has seen in the last five centuries, according to a new study. Published April 17 in the journal Science, the study found that 2000 to 2018 was ...
As a public health crisis rages, a fiscal dilemma looms for Southern Nevada cities: Sunday, April 26, 2020; The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a fiscal crisis for local governments across the country, including Las Vegas, Clark County, Henderson and North Las Vegas. With casinos and most businesses closed, visitation has stopped, significantly reducing tax revenues ...
Health care workers union to OSHA: Investigate Nevada hospitals: Friday, April 24, 2020; A Nevada health care workers union wants OSHA to investigate seven hospitals in the state, five of which are in Las Vegas, based on claims of insufficient personal protective equipment and protocols that put workers at risk ...
Clark County superintendent presents plans for ongoing distance learning: Thursday, April 23, 2020; With schools slated to remain closed for the rest of the school year, the Clark County School District is putting together a “comprehensive digital learning plan” for all students moving forward ...
'There is fear': Nevada DACA recipients await Supreme Court ruling on program: Thursday, April 23, 2020; As many Nevadans worry about their health, finances and loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic, over 12,100 Nevadans with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status have another immediate concern as well. As soon as next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on President Trump’s decision to phase out DACA, an Obama-era program allowing ...
Las Vegas following state directives despite Mayor Carolyn Goodman's call to reopen, city manager says: Wednesday, April 22, 2020; For more than a month, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has decried Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mandated shutdown of all nonessential businesses due to coronavirus, calling for the reopening of Las Vegas’ casinos, restaurants, bars and “boutiques.”
Context matters for local, state COVID-19 data. Here’s why.: Wednesday, April 22, 2020; With more state and local data being released on coronavirus infections, deaths and testing, Las Vegans should keep in mind several factors when trying to gauge just how badly coronavirus is hitting their state, county or neighborhood. At the local level, not only ...
Black, Asian COVID-19 death rates disproportionately high in Clark County: Friday, April 17, 2020; Of the 124 people in Clark County who have died of complications related to COVID-19, 20 were black and 20 were Asian. That amounts to 16.13% of all deaths for each of the two demographic groups. In Clark County, black residents make up 12.21% of the population ...
CCSD deploys more Chromebooks, but distance-learning data still limited: Thursday, April 16, 2020; Fifty-five thousand Clark County School District students have received chrome books from the district to help them learn from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced at Thursday’s Clark County School Board meeting.
Las Vegas passes payment policies to help shuttered small businesses: Wednesday, April 15, 2020; The Las Vegas City Council Wednesday unanimously approved emergency policies to help struggling small businesses during the COVID-19 shutdown ...
Many Clark County ZIP codes with high COVID-19 rates also more populous: Wednesday, April 15, 2020; As of Tuesday, there have been 2,509 COVID-19 patients across Clark County, but some parts of the Las Vegas Valley have so far been hit harder by the pandemic than others. Las Vegas-area ZIP codes with the most ...
A breakdown of COVID-19 cases by ZIP code: Tuesday, April 14, 2020; The Southern Nevada Health District has released data on the number of COVID-19 cases in each ZIP code in Clark County. The ZIP codes with the highest rates of cases – between 61 and 83 – are 89148 and 89117 in southwest Las Vegas, 89052 in Henderson, 89121 and ...
Nevada faces critical shortage of advocates for foster children: Tuesday, April 14, 2020; Nevada faces a severe shortage of volunteer court-appointed special advocates for foster children at a time when child abuse could be on the rise, the Nevada ...
State officials, environmentalists split on local impacts of EPA enforcement change: Tuesday, April 14, 2020; While the Environmental Protection Agency will not administer all environmental regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection says it will continue to enforce environmental law and protect ecological resources and public health.
500-bed quarantine facility for the Las Vegas homeless opens at Cashman Field: Monday, April 13, 2020; An isolation and quarantine facility designed to serve the Las Vegas Valley’s sick and symptomatic homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic will open this evening. Called the Isolation and Quarantine (ISO-Q) Complex, the tented facility can support up to 500 homeless individuals who need to ...
This Las Vegas teacher finds unique way to reach students during shutdown: Saturday, April 11, 2020; As children in the Las Vegas Valley adjust to remote learning, one teacher decided to give her students an extra-personal message of encouragement, in the form of a special ...
Health District: Hospitals expect more COVID-19 patients, request 600-plus additional ventilators: Friday, April 10, 2020; With more COVID-19 patients in Clark County requiring intubation and breathing assistance from a ventilator, acute care hospitals are seeking to double the number of ventilators they currently have, Southern Nevada Health District officials said on Friday. The Health District expects the demand for ...
Las Vegas' Seaman, local pastors call ban on drive-thru church services 'overreach': Thursday, April 9, 2020; Las Vegas City Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and several local churches are asking Gov. Steve Sisolak to reconsider his ban on worship services for 10 or more people ...
Culinary Union says all Las Vegas casinos should pay employees during shutdown: Thursday, April 9, 2020; In addition to leaving workers without sustained pay, some casino companies have laid off managerial employees who could help workers navigate resources ...
‘Crisis schooling’: Homebound Las Vegas students face more than a digital divide: Thursday, April 9, 2020; When Gov. Steve Sisolak mandated last month that all Nevada schools close and switch to remote learning, East Career and Technical Academy Principal Darlin Delgado was well-prepared for the adjustment. “My administrative team and I had been paying attention to what those trends were nationally."
Nevada firearm background checks skyrocketed in March: Tuesday, April 7, 2020; Las Vegas gun stores, which are permitted to stay open during the statewide closure of nonessential businesses, have reported a spike in sales in the past few weeks, especially from first-time gun owners. But just how much have sales gone up since the coronavirus ...
UNLV Medicine drive-thru service secures fresh batch of virus tests: Monday, April 6, 2020; UNLV Medicine’s curbside coronavirus screening program got a boost late Monday when it received a new batch of 250 test kits that will extend testing through Thursday ...
Clark County high schools get creative to celebrate seniors and other students: Saturday, April 4, 2020; Cameron Grau, music artist and graduating senior at Sierra Vista High, was looking forward to one last chance to DJ for his peers at his school’s senior prom. But most in-person senior events ...
Lack of protective wear one of many issues in Las Vegas hospitals, nurses say: Thursday, April 2, 2020; Some Las Vegas nurses fear that COVID-19 could easily spread in hospitals due to what they describe as rationing of personal protective equipment (PPE), inadequate ...
Catholic Charities shelter reopens at half-capacity to promote social distancing: Wednesday, April 1, 2020; One week after the shelter was forced to close because a patron tested positive for COVID-19, Catholic Charities reopened Wednesday afternoon at half-capacity to allow social distancing and
Isolation and quarantine facility for the homeless under construction downtown: Tuesday, March 31, 2020; As the number of coronavirus cases in Southern Nevada continues to increase, hospitals are starting to encounter a new problem: How does a contagious homeless patient self-quarantine after being discharged? An isolation and quarantine facility now under construction ...
Cashman Center, alternate care facility considered to house overflow COVID-19 patients: Monday, March 30, 2020; Las Vegas city officials have offered hospitals access to the Cashman Center should they need extra space to treat an influx of COVID-19 patients ...
Las Vegas health care workers share the good, the bad and the worst to come: Monday, March 30, 2020; To address the rapid rise in COVID-19 infections and minimize fatalities in Southern Nevada, health care workers and industry experts say there is more than one challenge at play — and more than one solution. The Las Vegas area needs more COVID-19 tests from the ...
Division of Recreation head wants to promote Nevada’s resources. But for now, stick to walks: Saturday, March 28, 2020; Although U.S. National Parks have been seeing record-breaking visitation, about half of Americans did not participate in any outdoor recreational activities in 2018 ...