We are experiencing signal outages on 91.7 in Reno/Verdi and 91.9 in Susanville. We are looking into the cause and hope to have the signal restored soon.
Clark County School District’s COVID reporting hotline has been inundated with calls since starting the new semester. As omicron continues to surge, hundreds of families report difficulty getting through.
Nevada System of Higher Education staff members are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but students aren’t. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck spoke to people on several campuses to see how they’re feeling.
Nationally, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, and in Nevada, it ranks 8th. KUNR’s Nick Stewart spoke with Misty Vaughan Allen, the state’s suicide prevention coordinator, about how the pandemic is impacting mental health and what the closure of the West Hills Behavioral Health Hospital means for Reno.
Over the summer, Nevada launched a historic campaign to incentivize residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck checked in with Heidi Parker, the head of Immunize Nevada, to look back on what they learned from the initiative.
A federal fund that compensates people sickened by radiation from nuclear weapons testing in the West is set to expire next year, but a new proposal would both extend and expand it.
The omicron variant of COVID-19 has already made its way to California and health officials in Washoe County say it’s only a matter of time before it will arrive in Nevada. Mountain West News Bureau reporter Bert Johnson spoke to Dr. Mark Pandori to learn more about the state’s level of preparedness. Pandori is the director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
Multiple large wildfires burning in California are blanketing communities in Northern Nevada with smoke and ash. U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto spoke…
Lee en español. As COVID-19 vaccinations in Northern Nevada plateau, community leaders are trying a different approach. Local public health and medical…
Karolina Kabat/Flickr Creative CommonsClark County School District’s COVID reporting hotline has been inundated with calls since starting the new semester. As omicron continues to surge, hundreds of families report difficulty getting through.
A local nonprofit is looking for input from the public on a project that places restrooms at parks along the Truckee River.
