Hospitality insiders hope the return to a mask-free Las Vegas will help usher the comeback of thousands of jobs and businesses that have yet to return.

It’s valentines day and the choices we’ve made either mean we’re with someone, we’re alone, or, now that we’re without masks and in Las Vegas, we’re people watching, either downtown, on the Strip, or for a few lost cases, in a strip club.

It’s valentines day and the choices we’ve made either mean we’re with someone, we’re alone, or, now that we’re without masks and in Las Vegas, we’re people watching, either downtown, on the Strip, or for a few lost cases, in a strip club.

A week before Christmas, I got the dreaded call from my physician: "Your COVID-19 test came back positive." It was my second time with the disease, so I thought I knew what came next. The physician recited the standard protocol for isolation. I asked if there were any medications I could take to help my sore throat, chills, and nasal congestion. Suddenly, the physician veered off script.

When governor Steve Sisolak announced masks were gone for the second time this pandemic, feelings were undoubtedly mixed.

Growing up, Susan Buckley heard a common refrain from her mother on family road trips: Don't even think about touching that minibar.

Today, February 14 Valentine's Day, which is celebrated with gifts such as red roses, heart chocolates and teddy bears, dates back to a festival celebrated in Ancient Rome in the 6th century BC.The unchanging symbol of February 14, which has passed through various stages and loaded different meanings over time, is love and love.

8 News Now’s Brian Loftus spoke with Dr. David Di John, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, to questions about the mask mandate that was lifted by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak Thursday.