A Northern Nevada lawmaker is advocating to expand paid family and medical leave to more workers in the state. The bill was introduced in Carson City on Monday.

A second hantavirus-related death has been confirmed in Mammoth Lakes, according to Mono County Public Health.

Nevada lawmakers reintroduced a bill to lower prescription drug costs on Wednesday afternoon in Carson City. The legislation would adopt the prices negotiated by Medicare federally for everyone in the state, regardless of insurance.

Every two years, lawmakers and lobbyists from Las Vegas pack up their lives and move more than 400 miles to Carson City for the Nevada Legislative Session – and it’s a mad dash to find a place to live.

En este episodio de Al Aire con KUNR, la reportera Maria Palma informa acerca de un proyecto de ley que protegería a los niños de familias mixtas de la custodia si son separados por autoridades de inmigración, y más.

Two Nevada lawmakers are teaming up on a bipartisan bill to prevent suicide by gun.

In recent decades, wildfires have gotten larger and more intense, and community-destroying blazes are an increasingly common occurrence. But new research looking at centuries of wildfires shows that compared with fires in the 19th and earlier centuries, today’s blazes pale in comparison – at least in terms of size.

El secretario de Estado de Nevada, Francisco Aguilar, realizará lo que ha definido como “una gira de escucha activa” para reunirse con las 28 naciones tribales reconocidas por el Estado, con el objetivo de estrechar relaciones, aumentar la representación de sus miembros, y asegurar acceso a servicios gubernamentales.

Los legisladores de Nevada buscan hacer más fácil deshacerse de vehículos abandonados, tanto en terrenos públicos como privados.

El proyecto añadiría algunos alimentos de venta en la calle a la lista de productos hechos en casa que son preparados y vendidos fuera de una cocina comercial. Esta lista incluye mazorcas, aguas frescas, fruta fresca en trozos, alimentos populares en México y el resto de Latinoamérica.

As the 2025 Nevada Legislative Session enters its second month, KUNR hosted a live, in-person event on March 4 featuring Republican Minority Leader Sen. Robin Titus and Democratic Assemblymember Erica Roth to discuss the important issues facing lawmakers. Watch a recording of the event.

A bill in the Nevada Legislature would limit the speed of watercraft on Lake Tahoe near the shoreline.

Tribal judges in Nevada face threats and harassment but lack the same legal protections as state and local judges—primarily those living off-reservation who rely on local law enforcement. Assembly Bill 150 (AB150) seeks to close this legal gap by criminalizing threats and intimidation against tribal judges, increasing penalties for assault and battery, and providing confidentiality protections to safeguard their personal information.

Learn how man's best friend is helping keep the mountains of the Tahoe region a safer place.

A runaway floating dock spilled tiny Styrofoam beads onto two Incline Village beaches.

One person was killed in an avalanche at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort, Palisades Tahoe, on Jan. 10, 2024. National data shows, over the past decade, an average of 25 people died in avalanches each winter.