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Students are about to go on Spring Break. But a lot of students go on family vacations throughout the year. Lesly Virgen-Mariscal of Reno Youth Radio recently went on vacation and it had her wondering what kind of burden that puts on her teachers. I had a great time visiting my family in Mexico recently. It was for a family party where my grandparents celebrated their 50 year anniversary and renewed their vows. I spent time in my hometown, a small pueblo in the Central Western Region of Jalisco.

Crews continue to work on flood mitigation and recovery in Lemmon Valley more than two months after the first round of severe storms hit the region. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick reports that while progress is being made, many residents are upset with what they say has been a slow response.

Obamacare mandated that small businesses with 50 or more full-time employees offer health insurance to their full-time workers. Tray Abney with the Chamber of Commerce of Reno, Sparks and Northern Nevada says that was tough for some local companies. “You either have to raise prices depending on who you’re competing with and what kind of industry you’re in,” Abney explains. “You either hire less people, or you play people less in order to provide health care coverage for them. Or you don’t have

Throughout the nation, community health centers are providing care to low-income people. And with the overhaul of the Affordable Care Act being debated, Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray tours one local facility to learn how it’s been serving as a health care safety net for many in Northern Nevada. Nearly two dozen people, young and old, are waiting in the lobby of Community Health Alliance —or CHA—on Wells Avenue in Reno. CHA is a Federally Qualified Health Center . Chuck Duarte is the CEO. “A

A Northern Nevada lawmaker says he may file an ethics complaint against a fellow legislator who was recently outed as a foreign agent for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Sanctuary State...it’s a term that’s cropped up in the months since President Donald Trump took office. With promises from the administration to ramp up deportations, some states hope to protect their undocumented residents by prohibiting their local law enforcement from working with federal immigration officials, and Nevada could become one of the first states to pass such a law.

Squaw Valley recently hosted the Alpine Skiing World Cup. It’s an international event requiring intense preparation. Reno Public Radio’s Alexandra Mosher looked into what it takes to create a world class race course. People love to watch ski races, like this one at Squaw. But a lot goes into sculpting a quality course, like Red Dog. Racer Georgia Sege just went speeding down it. “It’s good. It felt really fast; it’s pretty straight at the top and then it has some turns at the bottom, but it’s

Robin looks at the new King Kong movie.

Every time you think you have solved a problem, it pops up somewhere else. Parents need perseverance and grit to get by.

Sleep deprivation is a direct cause of anxiety, irritability, poor decision making, and trouble focusing.