Nevada

The president has long hit out at mail-in voting, going as far as suggesting a delay to the presidential election amid the coronavirus pandemic.

An eyewitness, who was on a boat nearby with her husband and daughter when the lightning struck, said it was the "scariest thing" she had ever experienced.

"I wish you good luck with disturbances and lewd behavior, since those are just some of the recent calls my office has assisted you with in the past," the sheriff wrote.

"John Roberts has abandoned his oath," Cruz tweeted Saturday, along with retweeting a photo of Justice Neil Gorsuch's dissenting opinion.

Mississippi saw the largest jump in the country over the last 14 days.

Gov. Steve Sisolak said half of the reopened bars in the state were not complying with guidelines.

A Nevada man was reportedly ordered to wear a face mask in public and banned from casinos, after he was arrested on Saturday for trespassing at a casino when he refused to wear a mask or leave the property.

Despite the secrecy and rumors surrounding this top-secret U.S. military facility in the Nevada desert, here are some things we do know about Area 51.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board issued a new notice Wednesday, ordering casinos across the state to require patrons to wear protective face masks.

Las Vegas continues to reopen with The Bellagio and Caesars Palace poker rooms opening today for the first time in three months.

"We continue to encourage all Nevadans to maintain good hand hygiene, wear a face covering in public and observe 6 feet of social distance," the state's health department said.

"I don't think you're going to find a safer place to come than Las Vegas by June 4," Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak said on Tuesday.

Despite "glaringly empty" evidence of voter fraud following his administration's investigation, Trump warned that "the Democrats are trying to rig the 2020 election."

Lake boat rentals are open and available on Memorial Day, just in time for the unofficial start of summer.

Gov. Steve Sisolak said the strip could potentially open as soon as June 4.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck about 40 miles from Tonopah, Nevada, on Friday morning.

"We respectfully submit that the restrictions on in-person church services are more burdensome than they need to be in order to accomplish our shared goal of preventing the spread of COVID-19," the letter read.

Upon its completion, estimated for 2022, the Gemini Solar Project could be the eighth-largest solar facility in the world, the U.S. Department of the Interior said this week.

Half of the legendary Las Vegas magic duo died on Friday following complications from COVID-19.

Restaurants and drive-in movie theatres are allowed to reopen in Las Vegas today, with casinos hoping to reopen by Memorial Day.

Nevada and Rhode Island are both set to begin "phase one" of plans to reopen their economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday.

The gambling regulator in the state says there should be limits on people in casinos, and how many can gather around a table.

Around 350,000 Nevada residents have filed for unemployment benefits since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, doubling jobless numbers seen during the Great Recession and setting an all-time state record.

The leading union in Nevada also said it did not want its workers to be "part of an experiment" when they returned to work.

Carolyn Goodman said she aimed to "get our people back to work" as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nevada rose.

"The longer we wait to do this," Mayor Carolyn Goodman said, "the more impossible it will become to recover."

"Given the painful reality of COVID-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do," said a Friday statement from the Burning Man Project.

Social distancing lines are drawn around homeless people as they sleep in a Las Vegas parking lot.

"My ultimate goal here is to come together as Nevadans to save lives," Governor Sisolak said. "We don't have time to waste."

Ashley Cope is thought to have caught the infection during a cosmetic procedure.