Culinary Union members Maria Magana, left, and Atilano Salgado go canvassing in Las Vegas. (Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times) On a blazing hot afternoon, two canvassers recently went door to door in a working-class neighborhood of east Las Vegas, bearing masks, campaign fliers and the weight of Democratic […]
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The bartenders, nurses, airport, casino and convention workers who help power Nevada’s economy rallied Tuesday in Las Vegas for a “Right to Return” ordinance that would require businesses to hire back employees who were laid off or furloughed because of the coronavirus crisis. “Every one of those workers should have […]
Some bars in Nevada will be closing again Friday amid a surge in COVID-19 infections, and Kentucky will join the growing list of states that require face coverings in public. There’s another significant change in Nevada: Restaurants can no longer serve parties more than six people and must close their bar […]
When Amplus Academy first announced it would start a flag football program, the response was anything but overwhelming. Coach Ariana Grgas said one player showed up in person and two virtually to the first meeting. But word quickly spread, and a team of 12 was formed. On Friday, the Archers […]
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Thousands of revelers were on the casino-lined Las Vegas Strip Thursday despite a plea from Nevada’s governor that people reconsider their plans to go out and celebrate New Year’s Eve amid the pandemic. While shopping, gambling, drinking yard-long frozen cocktails […]
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Las Vegas is ready to move on, it typically does so in spectacular fashion, imploding old hotels to make way for new ones. In that spirit, the city plans to usher in 2021 and close out a year dominated […]
BOULDER CITY (KTNV) — Starting Dec. 2 Boulder City offices will close to the public, in a similar manner as in March 2020. RELATED: 3-week ‘pause’ restrictions in Nevada take effect Tuesday The following changes will take place: City Council, Committee, and Commission meetings will be live-streamed only (residents still […]
People dressed as showgirls stand along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas. As the coronavirus surges to record levels in Nevada, the governor has implored residents to stay home. But Democrat Steve Sisolak has also encouraged out-of-state visitors, the lifeblood of Nevada’s limping economy, to […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 1,500 employees in the largest school district in Nevada could lose their jobs if students do not return to in-person instruction this school year, according to a staffing report. The Clark County School District Board of Trustees requested the report to determine the potential effects […]
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