High-risk COVID-19 patients may be able to receive early remdesivir treatment at a Las Vegas clinic, one of 65 in the world offering the recently approved drug in an outpatient setting as part of an ongoing trial.
Southern Nevada home prices were up 6.8 percent year over year in November, below the national rate of 9.5 percent, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Nevada legislators could curb firearm violence by banning assault weapons, requiring a licensure process for gun ownership and addressing several other “gaps” in state gun laws.
The Clark County School District will begin bringing its youngest students back into classrooms March 1, with staff due to return a week earlier. The initial return would be only for prekindergarten through third grade students, whose parents are asked to complete a hybrid cohort questionnaire before 6 p.m. Jan. 29.
On a Zoom call Wednesday afternoon health officials gave an update about Nevada’s COVID-19 vaccination effort.
Three Las Vegas high school athletic programs are receiving grants from the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation and Icy Hot. Bonanza, Desert Pines and Rancho will receive those grants.
Next week’s schedule of operations at the Cashman Center COVID-19 vaccination site will be Wednesday through Feb. 7.
Southwest Airlines has joined most other major air carriers in accepting only trained service dogs to accompany passengers.
The change begins March 1.
Sixth + Mill Ristorante, Pizzeria and Bar is being replaced with a new Italian restaurant, which will launch next month. The space that houses the casual pizza and pasta spot in The Grand Canal Shoppes.
The College of Southern Nevada began getting laptops into the hands of first-time, full-time students today. The students can use the laptops while they pursue their studies and get to keep them if they graduate from their program in two years.
On Tuesday afternoon Silver Knights’ head coach Emanuel Viveiros stepped in to assist coaching the Golden Knights after a member of their staff tested positive for COVID-19. He spoke about that experience during his Wednesday news conference. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Edge’s Ben Gotz updates on what to expect where protocol is concerned with the Vegas Golden Knights coaching staff after a positive COVID-19 test surfaced on Tuesday afternoon, what that means for their next game against the Blues and how it also affects the Henderson Silver Knights coaching staff. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Axiom is an office complex under construction in the southwest valley. Some developers are pushing ahead with big offices projects as well, including Axiom and UnCommons, a mixed-use venture nearby. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/las vegas Review-Journal) @bziutesfaye
Fire investigators said a massive Jan. 18 fire at an apartment complex in southwest Las Vegas is a case of arson. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said a $10,000 reward is being offered for information regarding the person or persons who started the fire.
A vehicle rammed into the front of a smoke shop in an apparent burglary attempt Wednesday morning in south Las Vegas. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The unemployment rate in Las Vegas remained the highest in the state last month, even as the local economy adds more jobs. The area’s unemployment rate is 7 percentage points higher now than it was a year ago, at 3.5 percent.
Seventy years ago, Able, a 1-kiloton device was dropped over Frenchman Flat on January 27th, 1951 by a B-50 Superfortress. The first A-bomb of the Operation Ranger series, Able was also the first nuclear test at the Nevada Proving Ground.
A look back at the Review-Journal’s coverage of the 60th anniversary of the Nevada Test Site. Atmospheric testing was moved to underground testing in 1963.
A look back at the Review-Journal’s coverage of the 60th anniversary of the Nevada Test Site.
Police are seeking a man in connection with an armed robbery of an east Las Vegas business in December. The man entered the business just before 2 a.m. Dec. 13 on the 2400 block of South Nellis Boulevard, near East Sahara Avenue.
We can expect freezes most anytime from mid-December to the end of February. Freezing temperatures can occur here anytime during the fall, winter and spring months, not just during the dead of winter.
Seventy years ago, Able, a 1-kiloton device was dropped over Frenchman Flat on January 27th, 1951 by a B-50 Superfortress. The first A-bomb of the Operation Ranger series, Able was also the first nuclear test at the Nevada Proving Ground.
After a positive COVID-19 test on the Golden Knights staff, general manager Kelly McCrimmon said during a postgame news conference that the team is taking every precaution necessary, including closing the team’s facility on Wednesday, to prevent further spread of the virus. McCrimmon and the Henderson Silver Knights coached the team on Tuesday with the Knights’ coaches quarantined. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
After a positive COVID-19 test on the Golden Knights coaching staff, the organization placed all of the team’s coaches in quarantine just hours prior to playing the St. Louis Blues. Players comment on general manager Kelly McCrimmon and the Henderson Silver Knights’ staff stepping in to coach them on Tuesday night. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tobey King made a crochet Bernie Sanders doll and sold it on eBay for $20,300. All the money is going to Meals on Wheels. Jan. 26, 2021. Billy Calzada / Express-News
Gov. Steve Sisolak has asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to probe why Nevada is near the bottom of the list for the amount of COVID-19 vaccine distributed to states per capita.
Steve Sisolak’s opening remarks from a small business round table held virtually on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
Felon and former 311 Boyz gang member Steven Gazlay is awaiting his release from custody after posting a bail bond on charges he swindled a lender out of more than $700,000. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The man entered the business just before 2 a.m. Dec. 13 on the 2400 block of South Nellis Boulevard, near East Sahara Avenue. (LVMPD)
Las Vegas police said two armed men stole a trio of English bulldog puppies at gunpoint in northeast Las Vegas early Monday, leading to the arrest of two men.