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Read or listen to news headlines for Tuesday, August 16, 2022.Bởi The Associated Press, Shelby Herbert, Mountain West News Bureau

Read or listen to the news headlines for Monday, August 15, 2022.Bởi Lucia Starbuck, Gustavo Sagrero, Jose Davila IV, Maria Palma, The Associated Press

The school districts in Washoe County and Carson City are dealing with bus driver shortages ahead of the first day of school. Report for America’s Jose Davila IV sat down with KUNR’s Michelle Billman to break everything down.Bởi Jose Davila IV

Read or listen to the news headlines for Friday, August 12, 2022.Bởi Maria Palma, The Associated Press, Mountain West News Bureau

Imprisonment rates are markedly higher in communities of color across the U.S., according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit group that advocates for criminal justice reform. And its work to spotlight what it calls “the geography of mass incarceration” has recently focused on parts of the Mountain West.…

Read or listen to news headlines for Thursday, August 11, 2022.Bởi Lucia Starbuck, Jose Davila IV, Maria Palma

Read or listen to news headlines for Wednesday, August 10, 2022.Bởi Lucia Starbuck, Maria Palma, Jose Davila IV, Shelby Herbert, Mountain West News Bureau

There are new recommendations for hospitals to help them be better prepared to respond to mass shootings after a study looked at Las Vegas’ response to the 1 October massacre.Bởi Lucretia Cunningham

The Washoe County School District recently released standardized test results from the 2021-22 school year that showed positive growth, but only 35 percent of schools have now met or exceeded their pre-pandemic scores.Bởi Jose Davila IV

Read or listen to news headlines for Tuesday, August 9, 2022.Bởi Danna O’Connor, Lucretia Cunningham, Jose Davila IV, Gustavo Sagrero, Mountain West News Bureau, The Associated Press

A Nevada workforce training initiative focused on rural and Indigenous communities is among a handful of workforce programs in the Mountain West receiving millions of dollars in funding through the Biden administration’s Good Jobs Challenge.Bởi Kaleb Roedel

Read or listen to news headlines for Monday, August 8, 2022.Bởi Shelby Herbert, Madelyn Beck, The Associated Press, Mountain West News Bureau

A local nonprofit called Envirolution recently won a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Northern Nevada to support sustainability training for teachers.Bởi Jose Davila IV

The Washoe County School District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Procter R. Hug High School in Sparks, Nev., Tuesday. It’s the first time in almost two decades that the district has opened a new high school campus.Bởi Jose Davila IV

A new report reveals the U.S. cities with the highest rates of home sellers dropping their asking prices, and many of those markets are in the Mountain West.Bởi Kaleb Roedel

One of two emergency shelters for victims of domestic violence in Washoe County has been ordered by a judge to close later this month. KUNR’s Jose Davila IV sat down with Lucia Starbuck to learn more.Bởi Lucia Starbuck

Read or listen to news headlines for Wednesday, August 3, 2022.Bởi Lucretia Cunningham, Jose Davila IV, Mountain West News Bureau, The Associated Press

With the first day of school just over two weeks away, the Washoe County School District is facing staffing shortages across multiple departments and students still recovering from the pandemic.KUNR’s Jose Davila IV sat down with Susan Enfield, the district’s new superintendent, to discuss her goals and the challenges facing local students.…