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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Nevada leaders hope program limits evictions

By Sam Metz Jun. 25, 2021 02:49 PM EDT

One Nevada church settles, other pressing COVID-19 lawsuit

By Scott Sonner Jun. 23, 2021 04:43 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The state has agreed to pay $175,000 in legal fees to settle a lawsuit with a rural Nevada church over COVID-19 capacity caps on religious...

Joey Gilbert holds his phone while standing with others near a Black Lives Matter Peace Vigil in Reno, Nev., Monday, June 7, 2020. A Reno attorney who was in D.C. protesting the 2020 election results during the Jan. 6 insurrection is running to be the governor of Nevada. Former professional boxer Joey Gilbert announced on Saturday, June 12, 2021, that he intends to run to replace Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2022. (Anjeanette Damon/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
Nevada man present at insurrection announces governor bid

By Sam Metz Jun. 15, 2021 06:34 PM EDT

Peggy Franklin, a volunteer nurse from Reno, administers vaccines at a mobile vaccination clinic held at a tribal health center on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation and Colony on May 18, 2021 in Fallon, Nev. It's one of several methods health officials are employing here and across the country to bring vaccines directly to people to counter waning demand. In tiny towns, ballparks, strip clubs, and marijuana dispensaries, officials are setting up shop and offering incentives to entice people who so far have not gotten shots. (AP Photo/Sam Metz)
Mobile vaccination units hit tiny US towns to boost immunity

By Scott Sonner And Sam Metz May. 31, 2021 11:17 AM EDT

UNLV, UNR, TMCC drop mandatory masks for fully vaccinated

May. 21, 2021 05:52 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Officials at UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno say those who are fully vaccinated no longer are required to wear masks on their...

Nevada expert: 75% vaccination rate may not be realistic

By Scott Sonner May. 20, 2021 07:08 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — One of the leaders of Nevada’s fight to halt the spread of COVID-19 said Thursday the state’s goal of vaccinating 75% of the eligible...

Nevada adopts new CDC guidance easing mask requirements

By Scott Sonner May. 13, 2021 01:56 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is adopting new mask-wearing guidance the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday for fully vaccinated people,...

Kiara Herzer, of Albuquerque, stands with University of New Mexico mascot "Lucy Lobo" as she tells how she got her second vaccine shot in her right arm as she was the 100,000th COVID-19 vaccine shot administered at the UNM Health vaccination clinic at the Pit, Wednesday, April, 28 , 2021, in Albuquerque, N.M.(Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
The Latest: Philippine president eases lockdown in capital

By The Associated Press May. 13, 2021 04:40 AM EDT

Officials add Vegas to Nevada areas with India virus variant

May. 12, 2021 03:50 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas area has been added to places in Nevada where authorities have detected cases of a potentially worrisome strain of the...

Nevada's COVID-19 vaccine website adds new live chat feature

By Scott Sonner May. 05, 2021 06:28 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has added a live chat feature to the state’s main COVID-19 vaccine web site as part of its latest effort to reach out to more people...

FILE - In this May 21, 2020 file photo chairs are spaced out for social distancing at a temporary coronavirus testing facility at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas. Health officials in Las Vegas say they hope to administer more than 1,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine a day to area residents once a big drive-thru COVID-19 shot clinic opens Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. (AP Photo/John Locher,File)
All Nevada counties now have local COVID-19 control

By Scott Sonner And Ken Ritter May. 03, 2021 05:25 PM EDT

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak speaks during a news conference about the state's response to coronavirus Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Washoe's new plan would keep social distancing until June 1

By Scott Sonner Apr. 29, 2021 06:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2016, file photo, attendees are silhouetted as the structure of the "Man" burns during Burning Man at the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev., north of Reno. Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday, April 27, 2021, they are canceling this summer's annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert

By Scott Sonner Apr. 27, 2021 03:03 PM EDT

Residents socially distance on a soccer field as they stand with bags of food donated by the local NGO "G10 Favelas," amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Capao Redondo area of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
The Latest: S Korea to send medical items to help India

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 02:48 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2021, registered nurse Sofia Mercado, right, administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event for workers at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nevada health officials are redoubling efforts to make it easier to get COVID-19 shots — with new drive-thru clinics in working-class neighborhoods in Las Vegas and expanded outreach to Reno's Hispanic community — to try to reverse a decline in vaccinations statewide. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Nevada trying to reverse decline in vaccinations statewide

By Scott Sonner Apr. 26, 2021 01:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 21, 2016 file photo, Dancers at Girls of Glitter Gulch, 20 Fremont St., sit while waiting for costumers in Las Vegas. Topless dancers can shed coronavirus restrictions next weekend in Las Vegas and get face-to-face with patrons again under rules accepted Thursday, April 22, 2021, by a state COVID-19 task force. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Topless clubs among businesses that can reopen in Vegas

By Ken Ritter Apr. 22, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, people receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Las Vegas. Lawmakers in Las Vegas are linking plans to fully lift capacity and distancing restrictions beginning May 1, with vaccination rates in the state's key tourism region, while Reno-area businesses could soon have no capacity limits and voluntary distancing rules. County lawmakers in the state's two most populous areas approved separate plans Tuesday, April 20, for consideration Thursday by the state's COVID-19 Response Task Force appointed by Gov. Steve Sisolak. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Vegas links COVID-19 plan, vaccinations; variants up in Reno

Apr. 21, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2002 file photo the sun rises behind a wood and neon statue, the center piece of the annual Burning Man festival north of Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man organizers are considering requiring attendees to prove they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 if they move forward with plans to hold this year's counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert. But they have backed off an earlier announcement that they'd already decided to make shots mandatory, and won't decide for sure until the end of the month whether the event that was canceled last year due to the pandemic will even take place. (AP Photo/Debra Reid, File)
Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August

By Scott Sonner Apr. 21, 2021 01:29 PM EDT

Vegas vaccine site closing due to demand drop; new cases up

By Scott Sonner And Ken Ritter Apr. 16, 2021 11:24 AM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Citing a drop in requests for COVID-19 vaccination appointments despite a rising number of new cases in Nevada, health officials in Las Vegas...

Rural Nevada counties want to reopen well ahead of June 1

By Ken Ritter And Scott Sonner Apr. 15, 2021 03:33 PM EDT
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Officials from several rural Nevada counties told a state coronavirus task force Thursday they're ready to relax restrictions and reopen...