The fatalities tied for the second highest number of deaths recorded in a single day since the pandemic arrived in Nevada in early March.
Clark County
The Review-Journal has fought for more than three years for autopsy records that will determine whether the county’s child protection agency has protected children.
Recount results in the tight Clark County Commission race are expected to be canvassed on Tuesday as the Anthony campaign is critical of an “everchanging number.”
The Boring Company’s planned Las Vegas underground people mover system includes two planned routes in-and-around the Strip, plans submitted Monday to Clark County revealed.
Clark County reached a somber milestone Monday when three new coronavirus-related deaths pushed the county’s death toll beyond 2,000.
The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was given to a Las Vegas ICU nurse on Monday.
A week-long recount expanded Democrat Ross Miller’s lead to 30 votes over rival Republican Las Vegas Councilman Stavros Anthony for a seat on the Clark County Commission, an official said Friday.
The spike in coronavirus cases in Nevada is pressuring hospitals, especially in Southern Nevada where a record 90 percent of licensed beds were full as of Friday.
Releasing Clark County coroner records to the media could help prevent child abuse deaths. The county has spent about $80,000 in taxpayer dollars fighting the request.
The figure was the biggest single-day increase in reported fatalities since the pandemic began in March and was the second record set in a week.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 3,053 new coronavirus cases and 25 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada on Tuesday recorded 40 coronavirus deaths —the second-highest one-day toll since the start of the pandemic, according to state data.
Clark County District Judge-elect Crystal Eller was served with a grand jury subpoena last week and said she believes the incumbent she defeated is behind it.
Some Southern Nevada hospitals postpone elective surgeries to handle COVID-19 surge.
State data posted Friday also shows that more than 1 million people in Nevada have now been tested for the new coronavirus.