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When former Steelers center Mike Webster passed away at the age of 50 from a heart attack, one pathologist took a leap of faith to make one of the most significant discoveries in brain health in recent years. Dr. Bennet Omalu's unearthing of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE, highlighted the inherent danger of impact sports, especially American football. "The NFL is a corporation," Omalu said. "They have the right to do what they're doing but if I were to advise them as a consultant, I

For the last dozen years, Washoe County voters rejected all education ballot measures. That streak came to an end yesterday when WC-1, the initiative to hike the sales tax to fund school infrastructure projects, passed. The initiative will raise the sales tax about half-a-percent, making the county’s new sales tax rate of 8.265 percent the highest in Nevada. The county anticipates raising $781 million in bonds over the next decade. The money will be used by the Washoe County School District to

Many voters are glad to see this election come to an end. But as Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray discovers at one polling site on Election Day, an audience thousands of miles away has found the process quite gripping. At a polling site at Reno High School, I ran across a foreign correspondent from Sydney, Australia. Charles Miranda says Sydney's newspaper The Daily Telegraph sent a dozen reporters to the U.S. to cover the election. “We are obsessed about the Clinton/Trump election. For so many

Catherine Cortez Masto has won a nail biter Senate race and will keep the seat of retiring Sen. Harry Reid in Democratic hands. Our News Director Michelle Billman has the story. The two-term former Nevada attorney general triumphed over three-term Republican Rep. Joe Heck. Political analyst Precious Hall says it came down to Heck's decision to drop his support for the now president-elect, Republican Donald Trump. Heck did so after video footage emerged of Trump discussing how he had groped and

Democrats and Republicans in Washoe County have employed different methods of engaging with Latino voters this election season, and we'll soon see how effective they've been. Our contributor Krysta Scripter with Noticiero Movil has more. In Washoe County, Latinos make up nearly a quarter of the population. Miguel Ayala, communications director for Hillary for Nevada, has helped organize multiple statewide outreach initiatives, including the Abuelas program. “We have organized the Abuelas program

Nevada is shaping up to be a key battleground state that could determine the outcome of the Presidential race, as well as a key Senate seat. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick spoke with political analyst Precious Hall about where Nevada stands heading into this year’s election. NG: Early voting have been released. Where do we stand on early voting? What have you seen so far? PH: “Nevada is unique in that we’re one of the few states that pre-releases the early voting numbers, which some people argue

This election season there has been an increase in fake news posted to social media to confuse voters. Our reporter Sarah Parks has more on the issue. The hoaxes are often driven by partisanship as a way to intentionally sway votes. “There is a hoax that is going around right now that you can text in your vote for Hillary, and it is completely not true. If you convince people that they can vote by texting, then they don't go to the polls and they don't cast their real vote.” That’s Mignon

Medical marijuana dispensaries have been popping up across Nevada. Those businesses are eagerly waiting to see if the ballot initiative to legalize recreational pot will pass in the state this election. Our contributor Brook Bentley of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly has been covering the medical cannabis industry and shared what she’s been hearing with our news director Michelle Billman. KUNR: Brook, we don’t know what the exact economic impact could be if recreational marijuana is approved

Robin looks at the latest film based on a book by Dan Brown.

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