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Cancer is the second leading cause of death among blacks in the U.S. As Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray reports a recent study is challenging some previous assumptions about cancer in this group. A University of Las Vegas study reveals the types of cancer and mortality rates of U.S.-born black are different compared to those who came from the Caribbean. Dr. Paulo Pinheiro is the lead researcher. “Up to now, we always classify blacks as being homogenous, and for the first time in this study,”

Many of Donald Trump’s comments about women made waves during this year’s presidential campaign. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick sat down with a local therapist who specializes in gender and human sexual issues to discuss Trump’s language on the campaign trail.

Dozens attended a panel held at the University of Nevada, Reno to discuss the future of undocumented students. Our reporter Sarah Parks was there to tell us more. Yesterday’s event comes on the heels of Donald Trump being named president-elect. He promised during the campaign to strengthen border security and conduct mass deportations; now it’s unclear what will happen next. A social justice advocacy group named PLAN hosted the event. The concerns they heard ranged from students not knowing how

Two low-performing Washoe County schools are no longer at risk of being taken over by the state next school year. Our reporter Sarah Parks explores why that won’t be happening anytime soon. The State Board of Education identified Natchez and Desert Heights elementary as two schools in need of improvement, and recommended them as candidates for state takeover through the Achievement School District Program. That program can only help six schools in any given year, and ASD leaders have determined

October’s Little Valley Fire destroyed 23 homes and burned more than 2,200 twenty-two-hundred acres across Washoe Valley. As Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick reports, local officials are now working to rehabilitate the charred landscape.

As Nevada’s approval of recreational cannabis has created more industry buzz, another medical marijuana company has entered the Nevada market. Our contributor Brook Bentley of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly reports.

The metamorphosis of a downtown Reno eyesore into classy urban apartments is nearly complete. Our contributor Brook Bentley of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly reports. Bentar Development and Basin Street Properties have been working feverishly to convert the long boarded-up Kings Inn into the 3rd Street Flats. The façade of the 94-unit apartment building is complete and workers are just finishing up the interior features and outdoor common areas. The building includes 9,000 square feet of

Some holiday thoughts from Dr. Rebecca Jankovich.

Robin looks at the new film written by Alvin McCraney.

Helping kids learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving.