The County Department of Business License is providing guidance and support to local businesses to help them navigate their reopenings, including providing a special hotline for business owners with immediate concerns. In addition, the County Departments of Business License and Community and Economic Development created a resource guide that includes checklists to help … [Read more...] about County Providing Guidance, Support to Local Businesses Through Reopening
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Downtown Summerlin to open Saturday … mostly
In keeping the governor’s edict on Thursday that open-air malls can open on Saturday, Downtown Summerlin announced on Friday that it will be open as well. With a couple of caveats. First, individual retailers and restaurants in the mall will make their own decisions on whether to open or not. Some, that have been deemed essential all along, will remain open while others … [Read more...] about Downtown Summerlin to open Saturday … mostly
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Let's get started By Kirk Kern So, for the last month, most of us have spent time sequestered at home looking for something to do. Some were able to work their regular jobs remotely, many others lost their job completely. That was my case. I had been running a company that published six newspapers in rural Nevada communities. It was a business that was already … [Read more...] about From the publisher
Summerlin Rotary makes donation to non-profits that benefit at-risk kids and seniors
“In this time of need the Summerlin Rotary Club created a special Community Resource Fund to support the area’s at-risk teens and seniors,” said Glenn Ritt, club president.” The club then presented $2,000 checks to Nevada Partnership for the Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Meals on Wheels. The nonprofits were selected by polling the club’s … [Read more...] about Summerlin Rotary makes donation to non-profits that benefit at-risk kids and seniors
Even before COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada’s withered unemployment insurance system struggled to handle workload
By Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels/The Nevada Independent Cecilia Gonzalez made her first call to Nevada’s unemployment office last Friday at 7:59 a.m., hoping that she might snag an open line the minute the agency opened to resolve a sticking point in her claim about her work history and eligibility. But she would have to make more than 100 attempts over the next two … [Read more...] about Even before COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada’s withered unemployment insurance system struggled to handle workload