There were 71,419 unemployment insurance claims in Nevada for the week ending March 28, according to Thursday data from the Department of Labor.
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Three places offering a takeout Passover dinner or Seder, but supplies are limited, so order soon.
In an email to city staff on Wednesday night, North Las Vegas City Manager Ryann Juden announced an officer had tested positive for the virus.
Coronavirus quarantines and border restrictions are continuing to take their toll on casinos in Macao with March gross gaming revenue down 79.7% and the quarter off 60%.
Many centers, which were closed by mid-March as the new coronavirus spread in Nevada, are finding ways to continue helping the elderly in this uncertain time.
Applications for food and welfare assistance in Nevada have skyrocketed, but many others have been unable to apply because of a gridlock in the state’s unemployment system.
If you’re planning an Easter feast, you may want to plan ahead. Several major national chains will be giving employees a chance to get a break on Easter Sunday.
Prospective nominee Joe Biden said he didn’t think it would be possible to hold a normal convention in mid-July because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The state doesn’t know when Nevada independent contractors will get their unemployment benefits and is awaiting federal guidance.
Nursing homes have been in lockdown for weeks under orders to protect their residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks since suggests that the measures including a ban either came too late or were not rigorous enough.
Six more people in Clark County have died from COVID-19, bringing the statewide death toll to 38, the Southern Nevada Health District reported Thursday.
The group will monitor safety protocols at job sites, collect data on workforce and safety personnel, and assemble teams that could be dispersed to build field hospitals and convert hotels or housing into hospital overflow units, according to a news release.
Nurses at MountainView Hospital on Wednesday night participated in a survey that spanned 15 hospitals across seven states.
More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier.
The coronavirus pandemic has ground air travel to a trickle at McCarran International Airport