Monthly Archives: November, 2021
Mental health emergency phone number coming next year
A new three-digit phone number -- 988 -- is coming next year.
Officials push for hiring new employees at Cares Campus after report highlights ‘serious issues’ (updated)
Washoe County and Volunteers of America are working to hire more employees to improve safety and security at the Nevada Cares Campus.
Carson supervisors eye redistricting as key to filling Sen. Kieckhefer’s vacant seat
Members of the Carson City Board of Supervisors today selected Robert Weise as their pick to fill the seat for Senate District 16.
Living with Fire releases new podcast on the history of fire ecology in Nevada (sponsored)
The guests on the latest episode of the Living With Fire Podcast “Regime Change: History of fire ecology in Nevada,” explain why fire is an important process in Nevada.
Special Olympics Nevada hosts ‘Bowl for the Gold’ (sponsored)
Bowl for the Gold fundraiser will help support SONV programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Union: ‘Third strike is imminent’
Teamsters Local 533 today told This Is Reno a third bus strike is imminent.
Hundreds of prison staff submitted religious exemptions ahead of vaccination deadline
More than 12% of Nevada prison staffers have requested exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine, the vast majority of them citing religious beliefs.
Child tax credits brings Nevada families more than $600 million since July
Nevada families have received more than $600 million from expanded child tax credit direct payments since the program began in July.
County hosts ‘Stuff-a-Bus’ winter clothes drive for adoptive, foster children on Friday
Washoe County Human Services Agency this Friday, Nov. 5, will host a “Stuff a Bus” drive-by donation drive to collect new winter clothes for children in foster care or who’ve been adopted.
COVID-19 vaccinations soon available for children, county still seeing ‘very high’ cases
The Truckee Meadows risk meter is back in the “very high” range because of nearly full hospitals and the continued spread of the coronavirus disease.
