As an on-call bell captain on the Las Vegas Strip, Nathaniel Manns sometimes works all three shifts—overnight, swing and morning—in the same week. “It can get pretty busy,” he said.
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Sports leagues seek return to play but with no guarantees
Virtually all leagues talk publicly about their desire to return before summer …
Nevada has 3,728 coronavirus cases; death total still at 155
Health officials in Nevada report 102 new coronavirus cases, but no new deaths.
Wynn CEO looks for May reopening of Las Vegas Strip
In a 23-page report released Sunday, Maddox said some Las Vegas resort should open next month with “reduced occupancy” and various social distancing and sanitation protocols.
In coronavirus era, funeral providers attend to mourners as best they can
Billy Vallie Jr. couldn’t imagine saying his final goodbye to his beloved grandmother with the limitations brought on by social distancing guidelines out of concerns for limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Funeral traditions are meant to help que…
40 years apart, approaches to epidemics much the same
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the first viral outbreak Brian Murphy has seen as a health care professional in Las Vegas. An HIV caregiver since the 1980s, he sees lessons …
Surprising poll results: People are now happy to pick up the phone
It was a straightforward telephone survey of New Yorkers, a series of questions about the effects of the coronavirus crisis, and it was meant to take just a few minutes. But a strange thing kept happening.
Protestors call for Sisolak to reopen state, stop telling them ‘what to do’
During another time, if the country wasn’t battling a global pandemic, a passerby might have confused the gathering as a festive “Make America Great” rally.
State unemployment website temporarily down
The State Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation site will be dark for six hours beginning at 1 p.m. to improve system performance and “access expansion” …
Nevada’s reported death toll from coronavirus exceeds 140
Nevada health officials report that the state has had at least 151 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as of Saturday morning …