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Build theme parks, take art classes and play a Moog synthesizer—right now.

Mothership Coffee co-owner Joshua Walter spoke to the Weekly about how to make the perfect cup in your own home kitchen.

In normal times, workers at Polar Shades would be busy making window shades out of the company’s factory in Henderson. But these aren’t normal times. The company has turned the facility into a plant producing masks, gowns and other personal protective…

The Strip has gone dark because of the coronavirus pandemic, but tourism officials are airing a TV spot to remind people that when the crisis eventually …

A Las Vegas homeless shelter is temporarily shutting its doors after a man who sought services there tested positive for COVID-19 …

Two employees are the first to test positive for coronavirus at UNLV, the university reported today. One employee notified UNLV they had tested positive in another …

An inmate who spent about 11 days at the county jail has tested positive for the coronavirus, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said today. The inmate was taken to University Medical Center after …

Casinos and hotels on the world famous Las Vegas Strip, along downtown’s Fremont Street and in Reno, normally bustling with tourists spending their hard-earned cash, now sit empty — shuttered by the state in an effort to lessen the spread of the coron…

Since the first person tested positive for the coronavirus in Nevada, the pathogen has swept Southern Nevada with alarming speed — from one to two cases, then a few dozen and then a couple hundred. By the time you read this, the number …

The spread of COVID-19 has upended life in Las Vegas, closing businesses, leaving thousands jobless and forcing people to work and study from home. For those who suspect they have the virus, daily life is even more challenging as potential patients ar…