News
The Truckee’s blighted banks
A woman’s birthday wish to provide food to unsheltered people along the Truckee River last month evolved into an ongoing effort to remove mountains of trash from the river’s edge before the rushing waters of […]
Month: March 2021
Essays
An indigenous river
Born amid an uplift of mountains millions of years ago, the Truckee River still flows 125 miles from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. It carries life from the Sierra Nevada to the Great Basin Desert, […]
nevada history
Nevada HerStories: The good fight
In 1973, Maya Miller, a champion of the voiceless and the poor, was nearly banned from the Nevada Legislature for “littering.” Miller’s offense? She threw the fast-food wrappings of legislators on the floor because she […]
News
Lockout orders: ‘It feels like bullying’
A Reno couple who did everything right when they filed for protection under last year’s federal and state eviction bans still had to fight repeated eviction attempts by their landlord over the last six months. […]
News
Evictions: A scarlet letter ‘E’
Opponents of a bill that would seal the records of Nevadans evicted for nonpayment of rent during the pandemic conjure up images of deadbeat tenants taking advantage of the eviction moratoriums and living rent-free while […]
Essays
Life of the Party
To say that the 2021 leadership contest for the Nevada Democratic Party has been anything less than dramatic would be a grave understatement. It was a fight between uneasy teammates – the progressives and the […]
Education
Getting back to Urban Roots
What’s more fun for a kids than getting their hands dirty while growing something yummy for their family to eat? Stay-at-home garden kits that also teach children lessons in science, math and healthy eating habits. […]
The arts
Free Reno Film Festivals
The Reno News & Review invites readers to two, drive-in, film festivals Saturday, March 27, for free. The inaugural Nevada Short Film Festival in Reno and the Reno Comedy Film Festival feature short films that […]
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Nevada HerStories: Sports and civic duty
The genesis of some of Nevada’s most popular sports, the preservation of its historic sites and the founding of a regional hospital are interwoven with the accomplishments of women who made headlines long ago, but […]
Letters to the Editor
More March mail
Cult becomes a religion As I drive around Northern California and Nevada, I notice Trump and American flags flying happily together. It kind of reminds me of a religion. I believe the Trump thing has gone beyond […]
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Nevada HerStories
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Reno News & Review is profiling some of the women who made their marks on the history of Nevada. This installment features a prospector from Nicaragua who struck […]
COVID-19
Nevada tribes protect members
A year ago, as the COVID-19 contagion spread across the country like a swift, rolling storm and Americans hunkered down, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony prepared for a battle. “We started our Facebook Live updates weekly […]