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 […]
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 […]
Since Dec. 21, about 500 people have signed up for Talkspace, a digital mental health therapy system provided by the City of Reno. That leaves about 200,000 residents also eligible for the free service. City […]
Mariah, 47, thought the substance abuse crisis she faced a quarter century ago was ancient history. “(As a young adult) I was a party girl,” said the Reno mother of three who didn’t want her […]
When the Nevada Legislature convenes Feb. 1, lawmakers will be walking on a budget tightrope, balancing efforts maintain state services, expand others and mold a plan for the Silver State’s presumed long and painful emergence […]
Lauren and Mike Dunne, the owners of Dragonfly Bath and Body store in Midtown, have an acute case of economic whiplash. “What a roller-coaster year for sales,” Mike Dunne said. “For January and February, we […]
Here’s a recipe for opening a restaurant during a pandemic: start with a popular local brand, add a long-term strategy, ladle in large portions of investment, a veteran staff, adaptations for safety and other innovations, […]
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 […]
UPDATE: Hours after this story was posted, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced that he is ordering a new moratorium on evictions through the end of March. That delays, but doesn’t solve, the problems described in the following story. […]
Who are you going to believe, the president or your lying eyes? Twitter users faced that dilemma Dec. 1 when President Donald Trump re-tweeted a Las Vegas blog’s assertion that Renown Regional Medical Center’s 700-bed […]
Never, ever trust a robot on the phone. That’s particularly timely advice this month. The number of so-called “robocall” scams have soared in Nevada as conmen hitch their come-ons to the COVID-19 pandemic and election […]
Vickie Smith of Reno drove past the Northwest Reno Library at 11 a.m. on the first day of early voting Oct. 17 and saw that the line of people stretched across the front of the […]
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