The county-owned hospital expects to be able to process by June 1 as many as 10,000 daily polymerase chain reaction tests, which identify if someone presently has the virus.
Shea Johnson
Local Government reporter
Email: sjohnson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0272
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Shea joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 to cover City Hall and Clark County. He previously spent six years at the Desert Dispatch and Daily Press newspapers located in the High Desert of Southern California, where he covered politics at city, county and state levels. Shea has won three California Newspaper Publishers Association awards for his work. In 2018 he was a California Journalism Awards finalist for investigative reporting. He is an unapologetic Chicago sports fan, excluding only the White Sox.
The coronavirus crisis has carved a deep hole into Clark County finances, flipping once rosy projections upside down and forcing officials to scramble to cover a $315 million shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year.
The private sector and police community will replace roughly 25 trees destroyed by vandals at Alyn Beck Memorial Park in northwest Las Vegas, the city said Monday.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called sweeping nonessential business closures “total insanity” with no end in sight, and she once more pushed to open the state.
Attorneys say Gov. Steve Sisolak and the county overreached by relegating the right to marry to a nonessential endeavor in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Officials announced a plan Tuesday to convert the Las Vegas Convention Center into a low-level alternative care site capable of holding 1,350 patients if regional hospitals reach capacity due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The employee, who works in the division that processes child support collection, has not reported to work since April 2 and notified the county of the positive test on Thursday.
The Las Vegas City Council will consider next week entering into six months of extended negotiations with the proposed developer of a 25,000-seat soccer stadium near downtown at Cashman Center.
A Metropolitan Police Department officer was arrested by the agency on Friday and is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a Las Vegas police foundation.
The city of Las Vegas is adding brew pubs to the list of businesses it will allow to deliver alcohol during the coronavirus emergency.
Clark County officials say filling out the census is even more important because of the expected economic downtown caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Nevada’s largest health care union praised county lawmakers on Wednesday for reassurances that most labor protections were secure even as collective bargaining agreements remain suspended.
Deemed essential by the state, cannabis dispensaries may continue to deliver to customers through the coronavirus emergency, but Clark County officials want to know: Might they be able to offer drive-thru services, too?
The Clark County Commission on Tuesday will hold a meeting, but members of the public cannot attend in person.
A Clark County employee working in a licensed shelter for children who cannot safely remain with their families has tested positive for coronavirus, the county said.
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