Former Las Vegas gaming executive and philanthropist Tom Gallagher died Thursday at UCI Medical Center in Irvine, California. He was 76.
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The number of new cases was the highest three-day total since the state halted weekend reporting of COVID-19 data in mid-April.
A massive child abuse case largely stemming from contaminated water issues at a now-shuttered Amargosa Valley boarding school came to an end Monday morning.
As an important vote looms on a proposed waterfront ballpark, Oakland A’s fans are hoping for the best as they don’t want to lose the area’s only remaining pro sports team.
The California-based Americans for Nonsmokers Rights is connecting casino revenue with smoking bans and has enlisted the Oakland A’s to take up the fight in Nevada.
Experts say that reducing the steep impact on women in the workforce will take changes to the systems surrounding work, child care — and time.
Nevada added 15,400 jobs in June, fueled heavily by increased employment in leisure and hospitality, according to state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation figures.
The Southern Nevada Health District’s recommendation extends to both those vaccinated against COVID-19 and unvaccinated people.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is planning to hold a back to school drive to collect school supplies for students in need on Saturday.
The state’s test positivity rate jumped again as well, topping 11 percent for the first time since mid-February.
Saturday, July 10 was an incredibly hot day in the Pahrump Valley and while the extreme, recording-breaking temperatures were certainly nothing to cheer about, for local business owner Crystal Atwood, it was a day of delighted celebration. After more than a year in her new position as owner and Integrative Health Practitioner at Natural Vibes Wellness and Nutrition Center, Atwood was finally able to commemorate her entrepreneurial accomplishments during the official Natural Vibes Grand Opening event.
Four separate sections of rural highway are slated for an overlay of new chip sealant following the awarding of a construction contract by the Nevada Department of Transportation.
Road maintenance in Nye County, the third largest county in the United States, is a constant source of strain on the Nye County Public Works Department’s budget and in an attempt to ease some of this strain, the county is now considering the possibility of implementing a new local diesel fuel tax. As such, the county is hosting a series of workshops to give the public the chance to learn about the diesel tax proposal and pose questions, the first of which was held on Wednesday, July 14 at the Bob Ruud Community Center.
For the past 39 years, Nye County has been a regular participant in the Community Development Block Grant Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, bringing millions of federal dollars to the county to support all kinds of projects, and this year, the county will be receiving nearly a half-million dollars in grant funding from the program. That money will now go toward improvements at the Pahrump Fairgrounds, as well as a facelift for two major parking lots in the Tonopah community.
For more than a decade, the Pahrump Disability Outreach Program, also known as “PDOP” has provided support for children with disabilities and their families.
