A looming decision on whether or not the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees would honor their plans to return to in-person learning in the fall was determined late Tuesday night. Students, teachers and supporting staff will be going back to school in person this fall. For weeks now, the Washoe County School District… [Read More]
Food insecurity grows in Northern Nevada months into the pandemic
Several months into the pandemic, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada is seeing record numbers of people using their food assistance services. With many food pantries housed in schools, food availability over the summer is different than during the rest of the year. Before the pandemic, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada served about 91,000 people a… [Read More]
NSHE policing services, students discuss de-escalation techniques
Conversations about police brutality and systemic racism are continuing after the killing of George Floyd. The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is responding by making modifications to its campus policing and having conversations about discrimination on university campuses. During a NSHE town hall on these matters, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said the time… [Read More]
Trump threatens legal action after Nevada approves bill to expand election mail-in voting, ballot collecting
President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism over Nevada’s move toward a mostly mail general election during a press conference Monday, saying he expected a lawsuit would drop Tuesday against a bill that passed the Assembly and Senate on party lines over the last few days and was signed into law on Monday. Trump’s… [Read More]
UNLV medical students work to bridge language gaps
An existing language gap between patients and healthcare workers is being further exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and University of Nevada, Las Vegas medical students are working to close communication challenges in the university’s simulation lab. In Nevada, 31 percent of people speak a language other than English in the home. That’s according to a… [Read More]
Lawmakers finish special session by passing major budget cut bill with deep cuts to education, state services
Nevada Lawmakers finalized hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to state agencies on Sunday, adjusting a budget that is set to lose a quarter of the revenue previously projected because of the pandemic and wrapping up a protracted session marked by false starts and delays. Despite significant animus between Democrats and Republicans throughout the… [Read More]
Proposed public health cuts worry Nevada medicaid recipients, lawmakers
Nevada spends about one-third of its general fund on public health programs like Medicaid and mental health services. But, in order to address a massive budget shortfall created by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers must cut around $233 million from public health services. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck looks into how this will impact Medicaid… [Read More]
ICE detainees are three-quarters of infected inmates at Nye County Detention Center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees make up 23 of the 30 COVID-19 cases reported in the Nye County Detention Center this week, an ICE spokesperson has confirmed. The cluster means the jail – which houses county inmates and immigration detainees – has more cases among inmates than have been reported in the entire state prison… [Read More]
Washoe County law enforcement officials discuss reforms after results of study
Top law enforcement officials in Washoe County spoke during a town hall on Monday, June 22, about some of the steps their agencies are looking at to improve community policing as the national discussion on law enforcement reform continues to unfold. The discussion was centered on a 2018 study examining policing in Washoe County, including… [Read More]
Washoe County School District announces proposals for the reopening of schools
During a nine hour marathon of a school board meeting, the Washoe County School District approved plans for the reopening of schools in the fall. Those proposals now head to the Nevada Department of Education for final approval. KUNR’s Stephanie Serrano breaks down the details. The school board voted to start the 2020-2021 school year… [Read More]
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