Burning Man is underway in the Black Rock Desert, but weather conditions have already impacted the event.
The task force will address the increasing rates of fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Nevada.
For the calendar year, the casino win index is down statewide more than 36% and the Las Vegas Strip is down 43.6%.
The Hollywood Reporter reports Roy Horn, known for the show Siegfried & Roy, has died from complications of COVID-19. He was 75.
Treasure Island is making plans to reopen in three weeks - if the governor lifts his closure order involving the coronavirus outbreak.
Regulators are reporting a strong month of Nevada casino house winnings in August, up 4.3% compared with the same month a year ago.
The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles of terrain in the West.
Gambling regulators say April was down month for Nevada casino winnings compared with a year ago, coming in under $1 billion for the first time since January.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service, says there's been an expansion of a recall of ready-to-eat chicken because it was contaminated with extraneous materials.
Nevada gambling regulators say casinos again exceeded $1 billion in winnings during March, but the figure was relatively unchanged compared with the same month a year ago.