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People stand in line with their backs to the camera in a brown and beige colored courtroom in front of a bench of five state supreme court justices.

Strong emotions surface around effort to commute all death sentences in Nevada

The Nevada Board of Pardons didn’t take any actions on Tuesday to reduce all death sentences in the state to life without parole after a district court judge struck it down; however, that didn’t stop public comment at the Supreme Court in Carson City, in Las Vegas and online.

Man wearing ski pants listens to some off camera, while the young women wearing headphones records the interaction.

KUNR Youth Media goes behind the scenes of Mt. Rose ski patrol

A ski patroller helps create a safe environment on the mountain and assists people as needed. KUNR Youth Media’s Kesley Morris is interested in pursuing this line of work, so she headed up the mountain to learn more about it.

Two people in business clothing are standing next to separate cocktail tables inside a gymnasium and speaking to small groups of people.

Reno Police chief finalists, union, community leaders envision the future of policing

A small crowd of city staff, community leaders and police officers gathered Thursday night to mingle with finalists for the Reno Police Department’s chief search.

A woman in black stands in front of the dais in the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees meeting room and speaks toward several microphones. In the background, there are student-made holiday cards attached to the wall.

27 Dilworth teachers call out sick after teacher injured in altercation with student

Dilworth Middle School was closed Friday after a teacher was injured in an altercation with a student the day before.

Two women with Down syndrome smile as they embrace each other’s shoulders. The woman on the left is wearing a hat and glasses, they both wear matching tie dye shirts.

Mother of identical twins with Down syndrome shares what she’s learned from her daughters

Annette Perry has two beautiful daughters with Down syndrome who have changed her life for the better. To learn more, KUNR Youth Media’s Ellie Mundt talked with her fellow Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation member Perry about how Down syndrome may be a bit more like “Up” syndrome.

A mountain range covered in a smoky haze. In the foreground, there is a stand of burnt-out pinyon pines. In the middle ground, there are rolling hills of cheatgrass, which borders patches of surviving pinyon forest.

Fire weather extremes make prescribed burns riskier, but more essential than ever

The U.S. Forest Service halted their prescribed burns this summer following an out-of-control burn in New Mexico that became the worst wildfire in the state’s history. Moreover, for Nevada land managers — including many with ties to local tribes — climate change is making it more difficult to put “good” fire on the ground.

A woman in blue stands in front of a man in a gray suit and administers him the oath of office. Two other people sit in the background and watch.

WCSD Board of Trustees unanimously select City of Reno’s Alex Woodley for District E seat

The Washoe County School District trustees unanimously selected the City of Reno’s director of parking and code enforcement, Alex Woodley, to join them on the board last week.

The right half of the image is of the gray moon in deep space. On the left, in the foreground, is a NASA spacecraft.

Mountain West companies are helping NASA go back to the moon

NASA’s first of several planned missions to the moon is on track to return to Earth on Dec. 11, and the space agency is getting help from dozens of companies across the U.S., including some in Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico and Colorado.

A teacher is sitting next to a high school student. The student is completing a written test and holding a pencil over a piece of paper.

Spanish Springs High using federal COVID-19 relief funding to offer additional support to students

The Washoe County School District received $77 million in the third round of federal school COVID-19 relief funding. In some cases, individual schools can spend some of that money as they see fit. For example, Spanish Springs High School has started an intervention program for students who need extra help.

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Nevada’s Economic Forum projects $11.4 billion in tax revenue, billions higher than prior forecast

Nevada Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo reiterated his pledge not to increase taxes after seeing the state’s tax revenue forecast on Monday.