Governor Steve Sisolak gave an update on Phase One of Nevada’s ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ plan on Friday. He said although we’re a week into Phase One, he does not have a date for when Nevada will be able to move into Phase Two. The Governor says Nevada is in a downward trajectory but residents still … Read more
Nevada Health Response reported that there are 6,857 positive cases of coronavirus. They also report that 73,780 people have tested negative. They report 350 people have died from the virus statewide. More than 95,954 tests have been performed statewide. The Washoe County Health District reports the number of cases in the County is 1,256 and … Read more
The Nevada State Public Health Lab has doubled its COVID-19 testing capacity. The lab can now conduct more than 1,000 tests per day and soon, should be able to do as many as 3,000 tests per a day. The lab tests people from Washoe County and rural areas. Washoe county will also begin testing people … Read more
A Winnemucca toddler is dead after being bit by a rattlesnake. News 4 reports Alyssa Johnson was taken to Humboldt County Hospital, where they say she was denied anti-venom treatment and eventually transferred to Renown, where she later died. The hospital didn’t return the TV station’s request for comment.
COVID-19 testing expands in Reno. Drive-thru testing is now being offered at two Walmarts Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. The testing is being done at the stores on the 52-hundred block of West 7th Street and the 100 block of Damonte Ranch Parkway.
A shots fired incident in Reno turns into a murder. Police say a person who was shot near the La Quinta Inn on Market Street Wednesday night has died.
Reno firefighters make quick work of a fire. They were called to a building, leased by the University of Nevada Reno on the 700 block West Fifth Street last night, where they say a fire was sparked outside and spread into the attic of a building. They believe a homeless person may have set the … Read more
Police need your help finding a silver pick-up truck they say was involved in a hit-and-run. They say the truck another vehicle at College Drive and Crest Lane in Incline Village Tuesday night and fled. Police say the truck in question is an early 2000s Toyota Tacoma with left front fender and bumper damage.
Two staffers at the Jan Evans Juvenile Justice Center have tested positive for COVID-19. They’re bot h self-isolating, 57 other staffers and 20 children all tested negative for coronavirus.
Gig workers across Nevada can start applying for unemployment insurance starting on Saturday. During a virtual news conference on Thursday, interim director Heather Korbulic said the state’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program will be live starting May 16. Nevada was the last state to launch a portal where rideshare drivers, massage therapists and other independent contractors … Read more