With school starting in the Washoe County School District, parents and teachers have been getting the school supplies they need for the year. Several community organizations are stepping up to help families and teachers keep their costs down. Maria Aguayo estimates she spends between $150-$175 on back-to-school shopping for each of her kids. As a… [Read More]
‘Gang Affiliation’ Cited as Reason for Cancellation of Latin Cultural Festival
What promised to be one of the first events of the sort in Reno, Fuego Latin Cultural Fest was suddenly cancelled by J Resort, KOLO 8 TV reported Thursday. Rafael Pineda, the event organizer and owner of the Oak Room and Lounge in Sparks, told KOLO 8 that J Resort sent him an email canceling… [Read More]
The Lady Tamales in Carson City celebrates 20th year in business
Behind the counter at The Lady Tamales restaurant in Carson City, the first dollar that Fidelina Suarez ever earned hangs on the wall in a wooden frame. The date, from August 2003, is written in black ink on the bill. In the years since, Suarez has won awards and media attention for her cooking –… [Read More]
Lombardo proposes using $3.2M in federal COVID dollars to fund Opportunity Scholarships
Gov. Joe Lombardo is proposing to use more than $3 million in federal COVID-19 aid dollars to help backfill funding for the state’s Opportunity Scholarship program, setting up another battle with Democratic lawmakers over the program’s future after they rejected a proposal for increased funding for the private school scholarship program in the 2023 legislative… [Read More]
What do we know about Disney’s alleged ‘rejection’ of the ‘Sound of Freedom’ movie?
If you only have a few seconds, read these lines: On Factchequeado’s WhatsApp we received a screenshot that claims that the movie “Sounds of Freedom” was “rejected” by Disney and that, because of this, it was “paralyzed” for 5 years. This statement is attributed to the film’s producer Eduardo Verástegui. Verástegui, in a YouTube video,… [Read More]
Kantu Inka: Teaching Peruvian culture through music
For more than 20 years, a Peruvian-American couple has been teaching Peruvian culture in northern Nevada through a collection of Andean string, wind and percussion instruments. On July 13, the Andean folk duo Kantu Inka performed at the McKinley Arts and Culture Center in Reno as part of this year’s Artown programming. People of all… [Read More]
Many Nevadans on Medicaid could lose insurance as pandemic-era coverage policy ends
Roughly 200,000 Nevadans’ health care coverage is likely to be affected by the March 31 end of a pandemic-era federal policy requiring states to keep Medicaid recipients continuously enrolled in the health care program for low-income people. It’s a change that will take place over the next year and one that officials warn if done recklessly could… [Read More]
Addressing mental health challenges for Latino communities
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of the KUNR series Mental Health in the Silver State. In the coming months, we’ll continue to explore how mental health impacts the lives of Nevadans. Jaime Gonzalez-Aguirre started working when he was very young, either helping his immigrant father with a taco truck or mowing lawns. When… [Read More]
How the Reno Phil’s Kids Program Aims to Have a Lasting Impact on its Youngest Performers
On a cloudy Spring afternoon in the auditorium of the Bernice Mathews Elementary School, students from grades three to five showed off their newfound knowledge of the violin. These students are a part of the Reno Philharmonic Kids Association (RPAK), a childrens’ program whose mission is to provide free resources to students who would otherwise… [Read More]
High school classes could start later under proposed regulation
Start times at public high schools are the target of guidelines in a new regulation the State Board of Education is preparing to draft. State Board of Education members met Wednesday to discuss creating the regulation that would bring some high school start times closer to recommendations from experts who found that early start times… [Read More]
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