A Year In The Pandemic: Nevada Timeline

KUNR Public Radio | By Michelle Billman,

Anh Gray, Lucia Starbuck, Jayden Perez, Crystal Willis, Olivia Ali

Published March 5, 2021 at 4:52 PM PST

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The image composition above includes six moments from 2020-21: (1) school closures, (2) state press conferences, (3) Nevada Legislature special sessions, (4) 2020 elections, (5) Renown's alternate care site and (6) Nevadans receiving the vaccine.

(Top row, from left) Molly Carnell / The Hitchcock Project; Lucia Starbuck / This Is Reno; David Calvert / The Nevada Independent; (Bottom row, from left) Paul Boger / KUNR; Lucia Starbuck / KUNR; Lucia Starbuck / KUNR

Nevada announced its first two presumptive positive COVID-19 cases on March 5, 2020. A year into the pandemic, the state has reported nearly 300,000 cumulative cases, and more than 5,000 Nevadans have died. The timeline below encapsulates events and themes from the past year that have impacted Nevadans.

Nevadans have experienced various types of challenges over the past year. To hear how community members endured pain and loss but persevered and stepped up to help one another, listen to KUNR’s hour-long special “A Year In The Pandemic.”

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Michelle Billman

Michelle Billman is a former news director at KUNR Public Radio.

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Anh Gray

Anh Gray is a former contributing editor at KUNR Public Radio.

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Lucia Starbuck

Lucia Starbuck is an award-winning political journalist and the host of KUNR’s monthly show Purple Politics Nevada. She is passionate about reporting during election season, attending community events, and talking to people about the issues that matter most to them.

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Jayden Perez

Jayden Perez is a former web producer and student reporter at KUNR Public Radio.

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Crystal Willis

Crystal Willis (she/her/hers) is a digital editor at KUNR Public Radio and manages the station’s digital offerings.

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Olivia Ali

Olivia Ali is a senior at the University of Nevada, Reno majoring in journalism and minoring in history. She is also the editor-in-chief of The Nevada Sagebrush. Prior to working at KUNR, she interned at the Reno Gazette Journal as a reporting intern and at the Sacramento SPCA as a digital marketing analyst intern through the Dow Jones News Fund. After she graduates, she hopes to work in audience engagement or digital media. Outside of journalism, Olivia loves to travel, learn as much as she can and watch reality television when she gets a spare moment.

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