KUNR

Uh, we had an open mic debate, uh, last week as well, uh, where the League of Women Voters, um, um, put this on.

The nonpartisan League of Women Voters put this on with KUNR, um, and I think a few other sponsors.

Uh, not only did he decline to, uh, participate, he actually had his, uh, allies try to scuttle the entire thing, uh, by intimidating League of Women Voters, having them remove their names as a, a host because it, it was only gonna be an even empty podium debate.

Uh, he tried to get us kicked out of the location that we were gonna have the debate.

Uh, nonetheless, we were able to per- persevere.

We had a, a great, uh, discussion with KUNR, uh, and, uh, the people should r- refer to that because, again, it demonstrates what our platform is, uh, and it shows the distinction that makes a great difference between a Joe Lombardo who folds and runs and hides, uh, and an Aaron Ford who stands before you, willing to stand up and fight.

Now, one of the aspects that I presume, uh, Joe Lombardo doesn't wanna answer for is the high prices that are plaguing Americans right now, specifically high gas prices.

Nevada has some of the highest gas prices in the country.

Milo Bear, how was it roughing it in the woods? But he looked at the mic and turned away, possibly still too traumatized to talk about it.

Who'd have thought that smelling like a skunk would be Milo Bear's best protection from other wild animals? That story by Emilio Milo comes to us from the Mountain West News Bureau via KUNR in Nevada.

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Hundreds of thousands of Nevadans are caring for a loved one, but many of them don't see themselves as a family caregiver.

For the third and final installment of this series, The Undervalued Shift, Caregiving in Nevada, KUNR's Lucia Starbuck explores what this looks like for one longtime Reno family.

A handful of dance partners turned friends practice choreography together in a sunroom before their big recital.

They're inside the 70s-style home of Angie Benedict, surrounded by vintage cookware, a large collection of records, and family photos.

The two sisters performed alongside their mom and new friends at their summer dance recital.

And now they're already preparing for the Christmas showcase.

Lucia Starbuck, KUNR News, Reno.

This story was published with the aid of the Journalism and Women's Symposium Health Reporting Fellowship, supported by the Commonwealth Fund.

As Nevada ages, demand for care workers soars as people stay in their homes longer.

For the second installment of this series, the undervalued shift, caregiving in Nevada, KUNR's Lucia Starbuck looks into one historic barrier that continues to create roadblocks to building this workforce.

Pay.

62-year-old Debra Larson suffered a traumatic brain injury in a major car accident.

I just fell in love with that moment.

She says this pay increase allows her to continue doing the job she loves without worrying about providing for herself or her family.

Lucia Starbuck, KUNR News, Reno.

When Ron Husband was a football scholarship student at UNLV in the early 1970s, he was simply trying to get good enough at art to make a living.

I did.

I worked at KUNR in Reno, Nevada.

Yeah, it takes you back, I guess, probably.

definitely i remember doing