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The Reno-Tahoe area has been undergoing significant change and growth since the Great Recession. And now regional tourism officials are hoping a new multi-million dollar brand campaign can help keep the momentum going. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick reports. Ambition. Grit. Adventure. These are all themes that make up the new Reno-Tahoe brand, called “Great Contrast.” It’s all part of a $4.4 million campaign funded by the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, which tourism officials

Housing prices continue to rise in the greater Reno-Sparks market, with new listings and sales of homes down from this time last year. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick reports. April’s median price for a home in the Reno-Sparks area was more than $323,000, up 10 percent from a year ago. That’s according to the latest report from the Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors. Reno Sparks Market Report April 2017 by KUNR Reno Public Radio on Scribd The organization, which tracks and releases monthly

Reno’s first soccer team already has a loyal and growing fan base. Our reporter Stephanie Serrano, with Noticiero Móvil , explores why. A sea of blue and yellow stops traffic down Virginia Street as fans bang drums, wave flags and chant at the top of their lungs. Once in the stadium, they find their designated seats but they don’t sit down; the atmosphere is contagious. “It’s that feeling of being a family that really makes it amazing," says Laura Moreno, a self described soccer fanatic and a

Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to "die with dignity." Senate Bill 261 gives doctors the ability to prescribe drugs designed to end the life of a patient with less than six months to live. Supporters call the proposal a blessing for those people left without treatment options. Opponents argue that the measure is a slippery slope that would give doctors permission to kill.

After voting last week in favor of the new Republican-backed health care law, Nevada U.S. Congressman Mark Amodei is offering another option for Congress to consider: single-payer health care.

Where did we get the idea that in order to help children do better, first we have to make them feel worse?

Does your partner use double standards? Do they impose one standard for you and a different standard for themselves?

With less than a month left in Nevada's 2017 Legislative Session, lawmakers still have to pass nearly 400 bills and an eight billion dollar state budget. Democrats have touted success in the passage of many of their priorities, but for Republicans, the session has been the most partisan in recent memory. Assembly Minority Leader Paul Anderson caught up with our political reporter Paul Boger about the final month of the session. "We've got less than 40 days left to close a budget, to close issues

Controversial therapies that are meant to turn young gay people straight could soon be banned in Nevada. A bill outlawing psychotherapists and social workers from providing what's called "sexual conversion therapy" to patients under 18 could soon make its way to the governor's desk. Senate Bill 201 was passed by lawmakers in the Assembly, Tuesday after a 31-8 vote. Speaking in favor of the measure, Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod of Las Vegas says the controversial therapy has been shown

The Nevada department of taxation Monday approved temporary regulations that open the door for marijuana establishments to begin selling recreational pot July first.