Nevada

Nevada has added back 9,200 jobs since October 2020 for a current employment total of 1,317,800, according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) November 2020 economic report.

Nevada and 26 other U.S. states will receive part of $2.4 million settlement from hotel booking system operator Sabre Corp. following an investigation of a 2016-2017 data breach, state Attorney General Aaron Ford said Wednesday.

The Henderson Police Department has been investigating a series of residential burglaries of similar nature in several communities throughout the City of Henderson, which began in November of this year.

The Southern Nevada Health District received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.

The public is invited to take part in a virtual town hall to learn about the eviction moratorium and rental assistance available through the CHAP Program this Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Authorities say a northern Nevada sheriff’s deputy is recovering from a gunshot to the face and a parolee from California and a woman who was with him are jailed on felony charges after an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop in Gardnerville.

Nevada is open for visitors with precautions in place, tourism and coronavirus response leaders declared Monday, despite a weekend where the state passed the 200,000 mark in known COVID-19 infections and tallied 73 new deaths.

House Democratic leaders have made recently re-elected Congresswoman Susie Lee of Nevada’s 3rd District a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee.

The Nevada Department of Corrections has taken additional measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within prisons, including ordering the first hospital-grade disinfectant fogger for a correctional center in Carson City, health officials said.

The Nevada agency that oversees businesses compliance with state coronavirus directives has dismissed fines it imposed after President Donald Trump held a September political rally at the Minden-Tahoe Airport in Douglas County.