Washoe County students report higher levels of stress in recent academic years
According to the 2018 Washoe County School District climate surveys, students report higher levels of stress than in previous years. What is the district doing...
A Mother Reflects On Her Daughter’s Suicide
It’s been a year since Carla Ballesteros, a student at Damonte Ranch High School, died by suicide. KUNR’s Karina Gonzalez visited her family at her...
Prevention Programs Address Mental Health Among Washoe Youth
Nevada has recently seen more suicides in youth under the age of 18. Last year, there were 27 of these deaths, compared to 15 the...
Washoe County Experts Connect Food Insecurity to Mental Health
One in five children in Washoe County is food insecure and experts suggest this may contribute to the county’s high mental illness rate....
Subsisting on Subsidies – A Look into the Realities of SNAP in Nevada
A rise in enrollment in the SNAP program has contributed significantly to a decrease in the food insecure population in Washoe County and Nevada over...
Roughly 4,400 TPS Holders In Nevada Await Their Fate
Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is designated by the Department of Homeland Security. In late 2017, the Trump Administration announced it would terminate the program...
DACA Business Owners Still In Limbo
According to the latest data from U.S. Immigration Services, there are more than 2,500 DACA recipients living in Northern and rural Nevada. Since its inception,...
From Nevada To Mexico: Son Follows Deported Father
Escucha y lee esta historia en español. The narrative about deportation often ends once someone who is undocumented is detained and deported. There are also...
False Rumors Find an Eager Audience in an Immigrant Community on Edge
Falsehoods online spread six times faster than the truth, according to a recent MIT study. For a Hispanic community specifically, the falsehoods and “fake news,”...
Jonathan’s Journey
Jonathan Perez, from Manila, Philippines, has a wife and three kids he hasn't seen in more than 10 years since choosing to move to Reno,...