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‘Super shelter’ isn’t enough

February 28, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 2

With a $16.8 million Reno “super shelter” scheduled to open in April, Truckee Meadows officials are planning a regional approach for tackling the homeless problem. Meanwhile, the proliferation of homeless encampments around Reno continues to […]

The arts

The art of moving low and slow

February 27, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

Carlos Lopez, 23, can’t remember when he wasn’t surrounded by classic American cars in various stages of being customized into lowriders. It’s a family tradition. “My great-grandfather used to race Chevy Impalas way back,” he […]

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Pandemic Chronicles: Post-vax dos and don’ts

February 26, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 1

Sara W. of Sparks is 73 and received her two COVID-19 vaccines. She’d really like to spend some time with her school-age grandchildren, and, God forbid, hug them. Should she? Mark and Anne B. of […]

The arts

Nomadland: a road after Empire

February 24, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 1

Reporters witness events unfolding in snapshots of time, then they pass on those glimpses of people and places to audiences. The chroniclers, recording history in a hurry, rarely see what happens to the subjects of […]

City life

People count more than numbers

February 21, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

Natalie Handler, a Reno community activist who has been assisting homeless people over the last year, has some advice for public officials who want to do the same thing: Listen. “That’s what the work is, […]

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Homeless swept from Sparks park

February 19, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 1

In the 48 hours before the City of Sparks evicted about 25 homeless people from a three-months-old tent community in Gateway Park on Feb. 17, one couple living in a tarp-draped shelter along the Truckee […]

Essays

Blockchains’ city: The Next Bullfrog County?

February 18, 2021 C. J. Lindsey 0

In 1987, the Nevada Legislature fashioned a new county– called Bullfrog County– out of the 144 square miles of Nye County that surrounded the proposed nuclear waste site known as Yucca Mountain. The county had […]

News

Smart city, company town

February 15, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 1

The company planning to build a gleaming, high-tech city of the future about 20 miles east of Reno wants to carve a new county out of the high desert hills and run the local government […]

City life

Cancelling cancel culture

February 14, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

A former Reno resident lost her job as a fictional bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away after a remark she made on social media intensified an ongoing campaign to “cancel” her — and […]

Health

Health care enrollment extended

February 13, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

Nevada’s health insurance exchange has opened an extended enrollment period for Nevadans to sign up for 2021 coverage starting Feb. 15 and ending May 15 . More relatively low-cost health care options are available in […]

COVID-19

Pandemic Chronicles: Shots keep coming

February 11, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

Nevada is still lagging behind some states in the per capita distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations, federal data show, but the Silver State’s standing has improved from third-to-last in the nation last month to being ranked […]

City life

The Helpers: Printer makes an impression

February 8, 2021 Frank X. Mullen 0

When the Pinehaven Fire roared across 500 acres in southwest Reno Nov. 17, destroying five homes and forcing the evacuation of 1,200 other residences, Kurt Hoge watched the conflagration on television. “That was the neighborhood […]

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