COVID-19 Regional Coverage

A syringe is stuck into a tiny bottle that contains a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Report: Many parents hesitant to vaccinate young children against COVID-19

Kaleb Roedel

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.

A group of people standing together hold signs that read "no tunnel," "build the tunnel, kill the Delta," and I love Delta farms."

Local Stories

KUNR Today: COVID cases decrease in Washoe Co., California shares plan for scaled back water tunnel

Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to news headlines for Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Boxes of food fill the bottom and sides of the image. In the center is Mimi Krohn in a pink sweater, mask and blue gloves, picking up a box of food. Other volunteers behind her are standing in front of a table packing food.

Local Stories

KUNR Today: $500,000 in federal pandemic aid going toward Nevada food accessibility

Nick Stewart

Read or listen to news headlines for Friday, June 3, 2022.

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Republican candidates for Nevada governor challenge Lombardo’s conservative credentials

Bert Johnson

Read or listen to news headlines for Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Joe Lombardo filing, The Nevada Independent

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Free from donation limits, PACs pour millions into governor’s race

Nick Stewart

Read or listen to the news headlines for Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

A vote sign in the foreground with lines of people waiting among large orange cones to vote.

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Open primary, ranked-choice ballot measure raises $2.2 million in 2022 first quarter

Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to the news headlines for Thursday, April 28, 2022.

People mill around a high school while a man in the background holds a Bernie Sanders sign.

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Under DNC plan, Nevada may get better spot on 2024 presidential nominating calendar

Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Monday, April 25, 2022.

A shoreline with hundreds of dead fish washed up to the sand

Local Stories

KUNR Today: Wild Horse Reservoir in Elko Co. impacted by fish die-off, COVID cases low in Washoe Co.

Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to the news headlines for Thursday, April 14, 2022.

Public Health

Nev. National Guard soldier shares her experience as pandemic response mission comes to a close

Lucretia Cunningham

Gayle is standing outdoors and wearing a purple puffy coat, an orange safety vest and a black KN95 mask. Behind her are orange traffic cones, a storage-container-like structure and a few people walking around.

Public Health

Why one Reno woman left her corporate job to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

Lucia Starbuck

Throughout the pandemic, some public health leaders have exited the field due to incredibly high demands, while others left due to threats or harassment regarding their work. But there were some, like Gayle Erickson, who turned to the profession instead.