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Pandemic in Nevada: The year’s challenges and toll

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Frontier to kick off cheap Las Vegas flights to this city in ’25

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after a tour of a Metropolitan Water District ...

California water recycling plant gains $26M to feed Lake Mead

Case dismissed against mental health tech accused of inappropriately touching child

‘It’s like air’: Inmates at Nevada prison say cosmetology program can change lives

By Wes Rand and Michael Scott Davidson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

March 11, 2021 - 6:36 am

Updated March 12, 2021 - 7:52 pm

It’s been a year since COVID-19 arrived here, bringing our economy to a standstill and eventually killing more than 5,000 residents.

We’ve seen three waves of disease spread, each worse than the last. The arrival of vaccines in December is hoped to prevent another one from happening.

Now, recovery continues as Gov. Steve Sisolak is easing restrictions aimed at curbing disease spread.

This graphic reflects some of the important dates in our pandemic fight.

Frontier to kick off cheap Las Vegas flights to this city in ’25

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

November 19, 2024 - 11:31 am

The Denver-based airline will enter the popular market in March with three flights a week on twin-engine, 186-passenger Airbus A320 jets.

California water recycling plant gains $26M to feed Lake Mead

By Alan Halaly / RJ

November 18, 2024 - 2:14 pm

The toilet-to-tap effort known as the Pure Water Southern California project got an additional $99 million in May.

Case dismissed against mental health tech accused of inappropriately touching child

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 19, 2024 - 2:12 pm

Donovan Dykes had faced charges of lewdness in the presence of a child and abuse or neglect of a child mental health patient.

‘It’s like air’: Inmates at Nevada prison say cosmetology program can change lives

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

November 18, 2024 - 3:34 pm

Inmates at a women’s prison are learning the same skills as any other cosmetology student in Nevada, except they are doing it while incarcerated.

Hundreds are dead after succumbing to Las Vegas’ heat. Here are 3 of their stories

By Alan Halaly and Katie Futterman / RJ

November 16, 2024 - 4:05 pm

Sin City is reeling from a record summer, with extreme heat killing more of its residents than ever before.

Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse speaks about heat-related deaths to the Review-Journal at th ...

Las Vegas is tallying more heat-related deaths. It’s still an undercount

By Alan Halaly / RJ

November 16, 2024 - 3:56 pm

In one of the fastest-warming cities in the country, how and when does the coroner consider heat a factor in someone’s death?

People beat the heat with misters and shade at the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center in Las Ve ...

Is Southern Nevada prepared for another deadly summer? Here’s its plan

By Alan Halaly / RJ

November 16, 2024 - 3:46 pm

Coming off the heels of a record summer where heat claimed the lives of hundreds, here’s how Clark County is addressing the persistent problem of extreme heat.

Juvenile motorcycle rider dies week after Pahrump crash

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

November 15, 2024 - 3:50 pm

The motorcycle had no visible headlight or tail light, police said.

Victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment of female workers and discrimination and/or harass ...

Victims, witnesses of harassment at Las Vegas establishments sought

By Tony Garcia / RJ

November 15, 2024 - 2:42 pm

People who were subjected to, or witnessed, any conduct similar to the above at the establishments should contact the EEOC at 213-785-3032 or mariscoslitigation@eeoc.gov.