The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is one of the government agencies which will remain closed under the Phase I reopening, announced Gov. Steve Sisolak on May 7. The DMV, however, has opened services for commercial driver’s licenses in North Las Vegas, on a limited basis.
Nevada U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen announced $2,066,187 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help residents living in public housing in Las Vegas and Reno during the coronavirus pandemic.
Prioritizing underserved and rural markets was among the provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program that the program has not met successfully, according to a report issued Friday by the Small Business Administration Office of the Inspector General.
The Exceptional Circumstance Open Enrollment Period announced in March by the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange expires Friday, and Nevadans who need health insurance are urged to enroll in a qualified health plan through Nevada Health Link, the online health insurance marketplace operated by the exchange.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has joined 50 other attorneys general in calling on USTelecom to continue its collaboration with state attorneys general by reinforcing technological capabilities to improve enforcement against illegal robocalls.
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced initial claims for unemployment insurance for the week ending May 2 were 32.9 percent lower than the previous week while continued claims rose 10.5 percent.
With the scarcity of some foods in local markets and the future supply of others being in question, more and more people are interested in producing some of their own food, including eggs and meat. University of Nevada, Reno Extension offered a free online discussion and question-and-answer session on “Backyard Poultry Production” on Tuesday, May 12.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to lift Pennsylvania’s coronavirus shutdown after a group of businesses requested that the court halt enforcement of coronavirus-related restrictions on nonessential businesses, according to U.S. News.
A local man was transported to UMC Trauma by Mercy Air following a shooting which began as a domestic violence dispatch, just after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 7.
Written bids for road projects in Amargosa Valley are now being accepted by the Nye County Finance Department.
The Nevada System of Higher Education has begun planning to resume in-person classes for the 2020 fall semester and more limited in-person class offerings later this summer, Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly wrote in a letter to his cabinet, the Council of Presidents, faculty senate chairs and student body presidents.
The state treasurer’s office has announced the Your College Future contest, providing Nevada families with an opportunity to win a $529 college saving account by sharing their college and career goals.
This Sunday is Mother’s Day! Since many of our favorite places to celebrate may be closed, let’s get creative. Perhaps you’d like to “take” Mom to her own personal French bistro for brunch?
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in the Wednesday, May 6 drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $26 million.
Judging by the standings for the One Nevada Cup for the 2019-20 academic year, the schools that get on top like to stay there.
Resident expresses shock at lack of concern for others
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Nevada’s United States senators announced Tuesday that the federal Department of Health and Human Services has distributed more than $70 million to health care providers across Nevada to address costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, the state agency that connects Nevadans to qualified health plans through Nevada Health Link, is seeking applications from its navigators for broker/agent grant programs for plan year 2021.
Going out to dinner is perhaps the most popular gift given on Mother’s Day. This year, in the face of social distancing restrictions, that may not be a possibility. Why not take the opportunity to think outside the box and give Mom something different, her very own herbal tea garden.
Rural Nevada residents are so done mentally with the governor’s “Stay at Home” order and they are not alone.
Writing at Reason magazine, Eric Boehm notes two trends revealed in data released by Apple and Foursquare.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined his counterparts in 21 other states to send a letter to the nation’s three consumer reporting agencies, letting them know the attorneys general will not hesitate to enforce safeguards set in place to ensure consumers’ credit is properly protected and their credit reports are fairly and accurately reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Add new student orientation to the list of things colleges and universities are doing remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The owner of a Las Vegas-based business is offering his services to help Southern Nevada first responders avoid contracting the COVID-19 virus.
Invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, President Trump declared meat processing plants “critical infrastructure” and directed Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to “take all appropriate action … to ensure that meat and poultry processors continue operations” after several major food production facilities were closed after becoming hot spots for COVID-19.
Much is being learned through DNA sequencing about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and now Nevada is contributing to this important body of scientific knowledge.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office plans to have additional deputies patrolling the highways and byways later this year, as the agency began its latest training academy last month.
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health has announced a grant of $1,935,621 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration which will fund psychiatric access to care in Nevada communities.
Both the Pahrump Justice Court and the Nye County Fifth Judicial Court have outlined modifications to its day-to-day business operations amid the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
