The state office that oversees employment has a new interim leader-during a time when its needed more than ever. Governor Steve Sisolak has appointed Heather Korbulic to lead the department as it sees record unemployment due to coronavirus. Korbulic was formerly the director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange.
Stay-at home orders in El Dorado County are expected to be lifted Thursday as the area has nearly four dozen cases of coronavirus. The latest person to test positive is a man between the ages of 50 and 64 who lives in the southern part of the county. The area has seen 39 recoveries.
The current COVID-19 picture in Washoe county – we’ve got 834 cases-that’s up 14 from the day prior. The death toll has ticked up 1 to 29. There’s also 19 additional recoveries-as we close in on 300.
Drive-thru coronavirus testing is now happening in northwest Reno. St Mary’s urgent care center can accommodate up to 200 tests per day. No appointment is needed-but the test isn’t free. Most insurances are accepted.
A man is in custody after a high-speed chase crosses into Churchill County. Deputies say Jeffery Bergquist was driving a vehicle stolen out of California. Spike strips were deployed, but the chase didn’t end until Bergquist struck a cement barrier. He faces a host of charges including terroristic threatening after deputies say he shouted he … Read more
Health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are well-fed. Pizza Guys in Sparks donated 200 pizzas to workers at Northern Nevada Medical Center Tuesday. They’re planning donations to Vista Clinic and Sparks Medical Office later this week.
Two men are cited for illegal dumping in Sun Valley. Washoe County sheriff’s deputies say witnesses alerted them to two men who dumped a white Ford Explorer in an open field off Pearl Drive Sunday. The men admitted to the act and had to SUV towed off the field.
Raley’s Market has donated $100,000 in packaged meals and fresh produce so seniors in northern Nevada and northern California can eat during the coronavirus pandemic. The local Office of Volunteers of America delivers 1,100 meals a day to its sites-and now, nearly 6-thousand meals a week to isolated seniors, the disabled, the homeless, and veterans.
More than half of Nevada households have filled out their census questionnaire, matching the nationwide response rate of 53.4%. The Census Bureau released data that revealed that Boulder City, Henderson and Fallon had over 60% participation, Response rates in Nevada counties have varied with the highest at 59.6% in Churchill County, followed by 57.2% in … Read more
Today a U.S. judge in Reno plans to hear from lawyers for Democrats and conservative voting rights activists who are challenging — for different reasons — plans to conduct Nevada’s primary election predominantly by mail because of COVID-19. The conflict involves lawsuits at the state and federal level, both major political parties and voters with … Read more