Within 20 years, northern Washoe County may be the epicenter of persistent wildfires driven by increased temperatures and prevalent drought brought about by climate change. That prediction is among several grim conclusions based on an […]
Nevada and Washoe County last week experienced spikes in COVID-19 cases that health officials attributed to gatherings over the Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5th through 7th. And the state and county are gearing up to […]
The curtains of local performing arts theaters fell in March, but for the last six months their companies have been busy backstage and online creating, streaming, pivoting, restructuring, evolving. And, most importantly, making sure live […]
Former Reno News & Review news editor and reporter Dennis Myers, who died last year at age 70, has been inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame. The Nevada Press Association announced Sept. 24 […]
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a man holding an American flag and speaking through a bullhorn led a procession of children and adults on a short march in downtown Reno. The protestors, nearly all unmasked, […]
Some anti-human-trafficking activists quote jaw-dropping statistics to define the scope of the problem and publicize details of horrific individual cases involving children, to evoke outrage and inspire public reaction. The issue of sex trafficking and […]
Leon Malmed, a Holocaust survivor living in Reno, has for years been speaking about his World War II experiences at local schools and events. Audience members in recent years have asked him if he sees […]
Judith Schumer’s parents survived the Holocaust, the systematic murders of European Jews by the Nazis, by leaving Poland and going to Lithuania at the start of World War II. They then got a visa from […]
Five teenagers spent the summer of COVID-19 developing a product that is helping children diagnosed with autism continue therapy sessions at home during the pandemic. The high school students came together online as part of […]
“It’s my first Trump rally.” That’s what I tell the lady seated behind me when she asks, “when did you become a conservative?” She had already posed that question to a man behind me, who […]
Reno’s food and beverage industry is fighting its way out of COVID-19’s economic stranglehold. Washoe County’s on-again, off-again bar ban ends next week. And some downtown restaurants will be taking tables to the streets in […]
The Truckee River cleaned itself for 2 million years and did an outstanding job. Then came “civilization.” The waterway has needed help keeping up appearances – and maintaining its water quality — since the 1860s. […]
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