
Waiting for the virus variant
The COVID-19 variant that recently sent the United Kingdom into its third major lockdown hasn’t yet been detected in Nevada, but experts say it’s a question of when, not if, the faster-spreading form of the […]
The COVID-19 variant that recently sent the United Kingdom into its third major lockdown hasn’t yet been detected in Nevada, but experts say it’s a question of when, not if, the faster-spreading form of the […]
Dawn Elberta Wells, 82, the actress best known for her role as the sweet farm girl Mary Ann Summers on the TV series “Gilligan’s Island,” died Dec. 30 of complications of COVID-19. Wells was a […]
With the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in Washoe County, the end of the pandemic is in sight, but the road to that finish line is paved with long waits and continued precautions against virus […]
In 1846, a group of families, including dozens of children, spent December stranded in deep snow during one of the deadliest winters ever recorded in the Sierra Nevada. Even there, entrapped and on the edge […]
If the region’s intensive care hospital beds reach 90% occupancy over the holidays, a “scoring” system to determine which COVID-19 patients get what kind of treatment is ready to be activated. “We’re in a process […]
Essential national heroes America has a new set of national heroes. We knew of them already but today they are shining. They are the Americans that go to work every day under extreme conditions knowing […]
Welcome to Academic Literacy 101. Today we’ll be talking about the tedious process of getting a terminal degree, the highest degree possible in a given field. We won’t be wasting time negating Wall Street Journal […]
It’s no secret that streaming videos have eased (or, in some cases, exacerbated) the strain of pandemic lockdowns, but the lost art of reading also is enjoying a revival in quarantine. Nevada authors, meanwhile, have […]
The majority of Northern Nevadans protected from eviction through rental assistance subsidies were single mothers and their children who were already living on the brink of financial calamity prior to the pandemic, program data show. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rich Siegel, emeritus professor of political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he taught for 40 years, and a co-founder and leader of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada for […]
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