Former Washoe County Library Director Jeff Scott made headlines when he abruptly resigned just before a Library Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday.

Congress is on a two-week recess, and Republican Mark Amodei is spending time in his Northern Nevada district. So, he sat down with KUNR’s Bert Johnson to discuss the latest news out of Washington.

Nevada’s Secretary of State, Francisco Aguilar, is launching what he calls an “active listening tour” to meet with all 28 of the state’s federally recognized tribal nations.

The donation is part of a larger effort to return bison to Indigenous lands and stewardship.

Nearly 300 Nevada bills died without a vote after missing a key deadline, stalling reforms on health care, criminal justice, and more. Explore the full list in our interactive chart.

For example, Utah’s Zion National Park has four days annually on average above 92.4 degrees – its 99th percentile temperature. That could jump to 21 days, or even higher.

Justices have until mid-August to decide on the future of reproductive rights in the state.

En este episodio, informamos acerca de un mapa que muestra las zonas más calurosas de Reno-Sparks, el sistema de reserva de Sand Harbor State Park y más.

Un nuevo proyecto cartográfico muestra cómo algunas zonas de Reno-Sparks atrapan más calor que otras. El esfuerzo de recopilación de datos proporciona a los miembros de la comunidad, legisladores y científicos mapas detallados de la isla de calor urbana de la región.

¿Qué pueden hacer los legisladores estatales para proteger a los inmigrantes que viven en Nevada? El fiscal general del estado y el próximo líder del Caucus Legislativo Latino de Nevada han dado su opinión.

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.

Nevada’s public universities are now granting collective bargaining rights to graduate student workers and faculty, empowering them to negotiate wages and workplace protections. However, graduate workers have reported unsafe conditions, harassment, and low pay, asserting that current university policies fail to safeguard them.During a recent hearing, dozens of graduate workers stood in solidarity, sharing testimonies about mistreatment and job insecurity. Despite a supermajority signing authorization cards, the university has refused to recognize their union, instead directing them to Human Resources and Title IX.The graduate workers await the reviewing of the bill and plan to rally to demand recognition from the Board of Regents.

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.

In the midst of a Tahoe blizzard, student Autumn Novotny does a guided cold plunge into Donner Lake, with the help of a Reiki master.

Visit Carson City will pay two lucky hikers to hike the PCT on the new Capital to Tahoe Trail.

Pirates once ruled the seas — even the Great Lakes — but never Lake Tahoe. Despite that, a pirate-themed store in South Lake Tahoe has been thriving for more than 20 years.