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Southern Nevada Health District updates vaccine situation

By Mary Hynes / Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 13, 2021 - 1:00 pm

Updated January 13, 2021 - 2:00 pm

The Southern Nevada Health District provided an update on COVID-19 vaccinations on Wednesday afternoon.

Speakers at the virtual briefing included:

— Scott Black, chairman of the Southern Nevada District Board of Health;

— Dr. Fermin Leguen, the district’s acting chief health officer;

— JoAnn Rupiper, the district’s director of clinical services.

A representative of Clark County also is expected to participate.

Contact Mary Hynes at mhynes@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 on Twitter.

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Pony up $110M and Steve Wynn’s Beverly Hills mansion could be yours

By Eli Segall / RJ

January 26, 2021 - 5:05 am

Billionaire Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn put his ultra-luxury Southern California mega-mansion on the market for $110 million.

A sign along U.S. Highway 95 welcomes travelers to Indian Springs. (Las Vegas Review-Journal file)

Crash closes northbound lanes of U.S. 95 at Indian Springs

By Alexis Ford / RJ

January 25, 2021 - 11:20 pm

“Expect long delays,” a Nevada Department of Transportation road conditions report advised.

Nevada banks see ‘strong demand’ for latest round of federal PPP loans

By Jonathan Ng / RJ

January 25, 2021 - 6:22 pm

Banks across Nevada tasked with processing the loans for small businesses are reporting a steady pipeline of demand.

ACLU of Nevada Policy Director Holly Welborn (aclunv.org)

Half the money families send prisoners could go to victim restitution

By Colton Lochhead / RJ

January 25, 2021 - 7:06 pm

The Department of Corrections is drafting a new regulation that would allow up to half of the money families send to some prisoners to be garnished and applied to restitution.

Woman killed in crash of Grand Canyon-bound tour bus ID’d

By Blake Apgar / RJ

January 25, 2021 - 1:35 pm

Authorities in Arizona have identified the Indiana resident who died Friday when a Grand Canyon tour bus rolled over about 70 miles southeast of Las Vegas.

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Coronavirus shots for elected officials mixed bag in Nevada

By Rory Appleton / RJ

January 25, 2021 - 5:05 pm

Many of Nevada’s elected officials and their staff members qualify for priority COVID-19 vaccinations under state or federal standards, but the process remains muddled.

The Colorado River is the dividing line between the towns of Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead Cit ...

Officials propose 2nd bridge to connect Bullhead City with Laughlin

The Associated Press

January 24, 2021 - 10:49 pm

Construction bids are being taken for a proposed second bridge over the Colorado River that would connect Bullhead City, Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada.

California Highway Patrol (CHP via Twitter)

‘Incident’ slows traffic on Interstate 15 from California to Las Vegas

By Alexis Ford / RJ

January 24, 2021 - 10:24 pm

Northbound traffic just south of Baker, California, was limited to one lane on Interstate 15 for a few hours Sunday night, according to California Highway Patrol.

Certified Medical Assistant Angela Woods prepares a COVID-19 vaccine during a UNLV Medicine cli ...

Nevada reports 1,194 new coronavirus cases, 15 deaths

By Blake Apgar / RJ

January 24, 2021 - 4:00 pm

The updated numbers, posted to the state’s coronavirus response website, bring statewide totals to 270,907 cases and 4,026 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

A lithium brining pond near Silver Peak, in Esmeralda County, is seen in 2015. (Las Vegas Revie ...

Nevada lithium mine, OK’d by Trump, may boost Biden’s energy plan

By Sam Metz and Scott Sonner The Associated Press

January 23, 2021 - 7:26 pm

One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.