The Arctic is very sensitive to climate change. In the last 40 years, the region has warmed much more rapidly than the Earth as a whole, a new study finds.
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KUNR Public Radio has received several honors from the Public Media Journalists Association and Radio Television Digital News Association for work aired and published in 2021.
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Imprisonment rates are markedly higher in communities of color across the U.S., according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit group that advocates for criminal justice reform. And its work to spotlight what it calls “the geography of mass incarceration” has recently focused on parts of the Mountain West.
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The Washoe County School District recently released standardized test results from the 2021-22 school year that showed positive growth, but only 35 percent of schools have now met or exceeded their pre-pandemic scores.
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A Nevada workforce training initiative focused on rural and Indigenous communities is among a handful of workforce programs in the Mountain West receiving millions of dollars in funding through the Biden administration’s Good Jobs Challenge.
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KUNR Today: Nevada communities can apply for wildfire defense funds, More human remains at Lake MeadRead or listen to news headlines for Monday, August 8, 2022.
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A new report reveals the U.S. cities with the highest rates of home sellers dropping their asking prices, and many of those markets are in the Mountain West.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making a major investment to expand high-speed internet access in rural areas, including parts of the Mountain West.
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A new Kaiser Family Foundation report reveals that 43% of parents with children under 5 don’t plan to get them vaccinated against COVID-19.
What topics or issues do you want to hear about from candidates in Nevada running in the 2022 elections? The KUNR newsroom is fielding responses to inform our election coverage over the coming months.
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