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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is warning citizens that while the federal government is working to get COVID-19 economic relief checks in the hands of Americans, scammers are working hard to intercept that money.

The city of Las Vegas will waive sewer bill late fees and property liens normally filed on delinquent sewer bills until 30 days after the current city emergency declaration ends.

The Clark County Department of Aviation has learned two employees at McCarran International Airport have tested presumptive positive for COVID-19.

Wynn Resorts announced that it would donate 240,000 N95 equivalent, CDC approved, respirator masks; as well as 600,000 surgical masks, 500,000 pairs of gloves, and thousands of medical gowns to hospitals throughout the city.

Penn National Gaming, which owns the Tropicana Las Vegas, announced that beginning April 1, it will furlough 26,000 workers companywide as the gaming industry struggles to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Nevada COVID-19 Response, Relief and Recovery Task Force, a recently-formed public-private partnership overseen by Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office and the Nevada Health Response Center, has established the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.

Metro Police says a Valley father killed two of his sons in a drunken rage before turning the gun on himself over the weekend.

Costco has announced that it will be cutting back its hours of operation, beginning Monday.

A federal judge has set a preliminary hearing next month for a 47-year-old Las Vegas man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.

Due to the closure of Catholic Charities, the city of Las Vegas, Clark County and area homeless providers are setting up a temporary shelter for the homeless on the upper parking lot of the Cashman Center.