While many people wake up in the morning to drive to work, some wake up and wait for the day’s work to come to them. Along the calm, trickling river at Fisherman’s Park, the hustle and bustle of warehouses and auto repair shops, a group of people wait for people to pull over and offer… [Read More]
Dental And Medical Outreach Clinic Sees High Demand In Yerington
A mobile dental service is improving access to care for underserved communities. Drop-In Medical recently visited Yerington, in Lyon County, for the first time. It’s one of the several rural counties in the state grappling with a shortage of dental providers. KUNR’s Natalie Van Hoozer made the trip out there to learn more about the… [Read More]
Nevada was the fifth-fastest growing state over the last decade according to new census data
Nevada had the fifth-highest population increase between 2010 and 2020, according to initial results of the 2020 census released Monday, but the Silver State will not get a new seat in Congress. Nevada is now the 32nd most populous state, up from 35th in 2010. The state’s more than 404,000 new Nevadans who moved to… [Read More]
NSHE announces draft plans to mandate COVID vaccinations for students
The Nevada System of Higher Education announced late Thursday that it was in the process of drafting a mandate for COVID-19 vaccinations for students returning to college campuses this fall “with some limited exceptions.” NSHE’s surprise announcement follows a string of decisions to mandate coronavirus vaccinations at colleges and universities across the country. That includes the… [Read More]
UNR will continue to fund coordinator position key to supporting immigrant students
As the daughter of immigrants who were displaced from El Salvador during the 12-year civil war that ended in 1992, being the first to attend college and graduate with a bachelor’s degree in 2015, and then earn a master’s degree, were big accomplishments for Jahahi Mazariego. But her moment in the sun was clouded by… [Read More]
The year the music stopped for quinceañeras
On June 6, 2020, Montserrat Vasquez Ruiz would have been walking into a ballroom full of glittery lights and roses. The Beauty and the Beast inspired decorations would have filled the venue. She would have worn a burgundy ball gown with delicate lace flowers all over it. However, what was supposed to be a day… [Read More]
What it’s like to be an international student in a pandemic
Before the pandemic, the United States was welcoming more than a million international students each year. However, the pandemic along with an increase in the number of student visa delays, and a difficult political environment has caused a historic decline nationally. Noticiero Móvil’s María Palma spoke with several international students from the University of Nevada, Reno… [Read More]
COVID-19 shots reaching Latinos’ arms
Juanita Ruiz, 99, wasn’t nervous about getting jabbed with a needle to protect her from COVID-19 as long as her son, Jose Garcia, was close by. “My mother will turn 100 in June,” Garcia said. “When my wife told me there was going to be this first-come, first-served vaccine clinic, I got mom over here… [Read More]
Nevada Assembly votes to abolish death penalty in historic move
Members of the Assembly voted on party lines Tuesday to advance a bill abolishing the death penalty, pushing the concept further than ever in the state even though its prospects are in question in the Senate. AB395 was approved on a 26-16 vote, with all Republicans opposed. While abolition bills have been introduced in 2001, 2003,… [Read More]
Nevada to open at 100 percent capacity by June 1
Gov. Steve Sisolak is lifting a statewide social distancing requirement on May 1 that he says will enable every county in Nevada to reopen to 100 percent by the beginning of June. Final decisions about whether to go to 100 percent will, however, remain in the hands of counties as the state prepares to hand the pandemic… [Read More]
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