Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman wants Gov. Steve Sisolak to shorten the 30-day shutdown of all nonessential businesses in Nevada due to the coronavirus pandemic to eight to 10 days …
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Golden Knights classic games to fill live hockey void on TV
Looking for your fix of Golden Knights hockey? AT&T SportsNet has you covered. The network announced today that with no live games after the NHL suspended its …
‘It’s just disappointing’: Golden Knights fans readjust plans with no games to attend
Thousands of Golden Knights fans saw their Tuesday night plans shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak …
UNLV mental health expert offers tips on coping during the coronavirus shutdown
As residents begin to grapple with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Southern Nevadans are coming to terms with not only the dangers of the virus, but how it’s impacting their daily lives. The state ordered casinos and all other non-essential…
Facebook bug wrongly deleted authentic coronavirus news
Facebook said a bug in its anti-spam system temporarily blocked the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president of integrity, said on Twitter Tuesday that the company was working on a fix for the pr…
Best strategies against virus: Track, isolate, communicate
Singapore, a tiny city-state of less than 6 million people, had one of the earliest and biggest clusters of cases of the coronavirus in early February, before it began its rapid, inexorable expansion around the globe.
A cruel paradox: Beating virus means causing U.S. recession
No one knows how long it will last or how much it will hurt. But the U.S. economy is either sliding into a recession for the first time since 2009 or is already in one — a sudden victim of the coronavirus outbreak.
Nevada insurance exchange expanding enrollment because of virus
Nevada’s public health insurance marketplace is offering another enrollment period because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange announced today it will open an …
Nevada insurance exchange expanding enrollment because of virus
Nevada’s public health insurance marketplace is offering another enrollment period because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange announced today it will open an …
Sisolak to announce statewide shutdown of casinos, nonessential businesses
Gov. Steve Sisolak is expected to order Nevada casinos and all other nonessential businesses to close to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a source with …