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Nearly a month and a half after Las Vegas-area schools shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Superintendent Jesus Jara detailed on Monday ..

Nevada health officials are urging residents to avoid celebrating Cinco de Mayo with people outside their own household on Tuesday for fear it will cause another spike in COVID-19 cases …

Beginning this week, Allegiant Air will hand out health and safety kits to passengers as they board flights, according to a news release issued today. The Las Vegas-based discount air carrier will …

Drive-thru coronavirus testing will be available at the Orleans on Tuesday and Wednesday in an effort to expand testing capacity in the Las Vegas Valley. The site will have a capacity of 300 tests a day, with …

Even as cases of the coronavirus begin to level off here, Gov. Steve Sisolak has a sobering message for Nevadans regarding the mounting economic costs of the pandemic for

Gov. Steve Sisolak is defending the work done by the state’s Department of Unemployment, Training and Rehabilitation, which has been overcome by a landslide of jobless claims related …

Six months ago, the global tourism industry was celebrating a record year for travel. Now, it’s decimated and facing a recovery that could take years.

The new reality of the global pandemic really hit home for Opportunity Village president and CEO Bob Brown when he went grocery shopping.

It’s unnaturally quiet these days on the UNLV campus, which normally would be swirling with students preparing for final exams coming. But don’t think UNLV has …

It was the moment Samantha Gass had been dreading all day, frequently looking at her office clock as 12 p.m. March 18 quickly became a reality. That’s when Gov. Steve Sisolak’s closure of the state’s nonessential businesses out of coronavirus concerns…