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Thousands of Nevadans living in rural communities and underserved areas have limited access to healthcare. The remoteness can also make it difficult for primary care providers treating people with opioid-use disorders. Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray reports that teleconferencing could help bridge the gap. About ten specialists in Reno have gathered to provide mentorship to primary care providers. What’s different here is that those providers are scattered across the state and they’re communicating

More than 150 people met in Incline Village Monday to discuss the economic challenges facing the Tahoe Basin. As Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick reports, much of the attention was on housing.

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt recently received bipartisan approval for a nearly $2 million opioid initiative . Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray reports. About one Nevadan dies each day from a drug overdose. Laxalt’s office has outlined a plan to address the opioid epidemic. Priority areas focus on law enforcement concerns and prevention. To dispose of drugs that have been seized or gathered during medication collection programs, the state will purchase and install five drug disposal

The Trump Administration declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency last week. There are millions of people in the U.S. struggling with an opioid-use disorder. Effective treatment can help people with opioid addiction get clean. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports it’s critical to expand access to evidence-based programs that provide behavioral therapy in combination with medication. Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray explores how that works. Opioids are substances that

Last month, University of Nevada, Reno, police made a controversial traffic stop during which an officer joked about shooting a graduate student. Now that student is speaking out. Our reporter Jacob Solis has the story. In a statement released Tuesday, graduate student Kevin McReynolds, who is black, says the university is “more concerned with the appearance of diversity rather than” ensuring the safety of minority students. Adam Wilson, the UNR police officer who made the comment, remains on

Nevada’s Republican Senator Dean Heller may be in the political fight for his life. Political pundits have named him one of the most vulnerable members of Congress, and now he faces a challenge from within his own party. Our News Director Michelle Billman sat down with our political reporter Paul Boger to get the latest on Senator Heller’s reelection campaign. Paul, let’s start off with why we’re speaking to each other instead of airing an interview with Senator Heller. Well, that simple. We

Political pundits from across the country have named Senator Dean Heller as one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress. And before he can even think about campaigning in a general election, he first has to make it past the primary where he’s facing opposition from the right. Reno Public Radio sat down with Heller’s challenger, Danny Tarkanian, to find out why he’s running against the incumbent. Why run for this? Why challenge a sitting Republican? Well, I ran for Congress in District

As northern Nevada continues to grow and expand its urban core, one local scientist is looking to see what impacts that could have on wildlife.

An effort to recall three state Senators from Las Vegas, two Democrats as well as a Republican-turned-independent, could swing the balance of power in the Nevada legislature. Reno Public Radio's Paul Boger spoke to Michelle Rindels -- a reporter with the Nevada Independent -- to get the latest on the petitions. Can you give us a little background on the petition process itself? How does it work, and how do you actually recall an elected officials in Northern Nevada? What they’re trying to do is

The American West has long been a crossroads for immigrants from across the globe. Historian Alicia Barber highlights one of these cultures in this segment of Time and Place . The Basque Country hugs the North Atlantic coast at the border of northern Spain and southwest France. Basque immigrants began to arrive in the western U.S. in large numbers after 1900. Many of those who found work tending sheep or in other industries boarded at one of the region’s Basque hotels, where meals were served at