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Purple Politics Nevada with Lucia Starbuck is KUNR’s weekly show about the Nevada Legislative Session. The name refers to how the state isn’t blue or red — it’s both. Friday marks the end of the first week of the 82nd Session with a Democratic-controlled legislature and Republican governor. This episode explores the health care gaps rural Nevadans are facing and what one rural lawmaker is looking to do about it.

Hospital administrators say they are losing money on their obstetrics programs. But many are keeping these wings open anyway to answer a dire community need.

Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.Climate change warming ski resorts faster than averageBy Bert Johnson, Mountain…

Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.UNR Reports First Confirmed COVID-19 Case Since Fall Semester StartedBy Noah…

COVID-19 hospitalizations have been steadily declining since early January. But, during their peak, many hospitals in Northern Nevada neared capacity and…

The news of a promising COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German company BioNTech is generating optimism this week.But in the…

The United States is seeing its highest unemployment levels since the Great Depression. And nurses, doctors and other health care workers are not immune…

Rural hospital closures are becoming more common, and that’s leading to longer response times for ambulances to reach the scene of an emergency,...