A House spending bill for the Department of Energy includes legislative language tucked into the draft by Rep. Dina Titus that would prevent resuming nuclear weapons testing in Nevada. (MIchael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
You had questions, and we’ve got the answers!Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Viewer question questions this week:
1. GOV. SISOLAK CANCELS PRESSER FEARING COVID19 EXPOSURE,
OVERREACTION OR NECESSARY PRECAUTION?
2. WILL WE SEE A SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 AS PHASE TWO BEGINS?
3. WHICH IS WORSE THE ANNUAL FLU OR COVID-19?
4. SHOULD EVERYONE GET TESTED FOR COVID-19
EVEN WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS?
Two men from the Netherlands accused of trespassing at onto the Nevada National Security Site last week each pleaded guilty Monday to the misdemeanor charge.(Nye County Sheriff’s Office)
A look at our picks of five iconic and important atmospheric nuclear tests that were detonated at the Nevada Test Site northwest of Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Before Neil Armstrong made his historic step onto the lunar surface, he and his fellow Apollo 11 crew members had spent three days training and exploring the man-made craters at the Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas. The crews of Apollo 14, 15, 16 and 17 also trained at the site. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Nye County Sheriff’s office has released the names of the those involved in the officer involved shooting at the Nevad National Security Site: Deputy John Kakavulias, and the deceased, Nekiylo Dawayne Graves.
Pilots train at Desert Rock Airport on the Nevada National Security Site using the Sandstorm UAV, an experimental unmanned aircraft system developed to fly through radioactive airspace.
On Thursday, April 9th Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce environment and economy subcommittee, arranged for himself and five colleagues to tour the Yucca Mountain tunnel, including Nevada Republican Reps. Cresent Hardy and Mark Amodei, in hopes he can rejuvenate the abandoned Yucca Mountain Project.