A Nevada woman from Clark County was one of six women to suffer a rare blood clot after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination. The CDC says an 18-year-old suffered a blood clot in her brain and has not recovered. The other women who suffered the rare blood clots ranged in age from 26 … Read more
Washoe County is building a permanent vaccination site. Construction is underway at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center. The health district says it will use the site both COVID testing and vaccination. It could also be a place where booster shots are distributed. There’s no word yet on when the site will open.
Several rural Nevada counties are asking the state’s COVID-19 task force to let them reopen now-instead on June 1st when the governor says it’s OK. Among them Lyon County, which wants to open fully on May 1st. Washoe County delayed presenting its plan to the task force after its chief health officer pointed to a … Read more
The Lovelock Swimming Pool, which also serves as a community meeting place, gets a major donation to help with necessary repairs after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake damaged it last summer and threatened its closure. The quake caused major fissures in the pool, causing water to drain out of it. 2 News reports the William N. … Read more
If Burning Man happens in the Black Rock Desert this summer, proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required. Additional COVID testing may also be required. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports Burning Man says it will decide no later than April 30th whether they’ll hold the weeklong music and arts festival. If it happens, up to 60,000 … Read more
A federal grand jury has indicted three Sparks men on charges of distributing fentanyl and other drugs. Jesse “Kay” Arevalo, Francico Navarro-Delgado, and Jaime “Chivo” Munoz all face various drug charges. Court records say Arevalo used high school students used high school stuents in southeast Reno to sell fentanyl pills.
A woman dies in a freak accident in Reno. Police say she was moving a bed in a storage unit, when it collapsed, crushing her, at Emigrant Storage Thursday. Police say her death is not being considered suspicious.
The Nevada Legislature reopened its doors to the public on Thursday after months of only allowing lawmakers, staff and a limited number of reporters into the building. Lobbyists, activists and other members of the public are now allowed to attend committee hearings and enter the building for appointments with lawmakers, but few took advantage of … Read more
NDOT’s Meg Ragonese has more on Nevada resurfacing over 115 miles of state highways; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-041621-RAGONESE-NDOT%20Jobs.mp3 Get more at; dot.nv.gov, or call Meg at (775) 888-7172
Nevada will resurface over 115 miles of state highways and NDOT’s Meg Ragonese has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-041621-RAGONESE-NDOT%20Jobs.mp3 Get more at dot.nv.gov or call Meg at (775) 888-7172