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Some COVID-19 metrics inch up in Clark County, Nevada

After declining for 10 straight weeks, COVID-19 hospitalizations plateaued in Clark County this week and increased slightly statewide.

 
GOP candidates vow to protect abortion rights in Nevada

Republicans who oppose abortion vow they would nonetheless protect Nevada’s statute guaranteeing abortion rights if faced with a federal bill to ban the practice nationwide.

 
Monkeypox cases up 24% in Southern Nevada

Only 1 report confirmed in Nye County since August. Cases remain almost exclusively in men, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

 
Nevada still struggling with unemployment claims

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is working through a backlog of unemployment claims amid low staff levels.

 
COVID-19 downturn stretches to a month

Both hospitalizations and cases continue to decline.

 
‘We want to know what’s out there’: Pentagon officials testify in UFO hearing

Pentagon officials testified Tuesday that the number of reports of unexplained aerial phenomena has increased, but there has been no evidence found to indicate the activity is from otherworldly aliens. Nye County has long been a hotspot for UFO sightings.

 
An impaired driver, officers who chose not to stop him — and a family forever changed

An Idaho family of five was on spring break when their SUV was hit head-on by an Arizona man who had been questioned by Nye County deputies about an alleged gun off U.S. Highway 95. They testified they did not notice impairment. Bodycam video shows otherwise.