Published in #NevadaVote·Nov 9Residents in Nevada and the Rest of the Country Wait for our ResultsAriel Smith reports on students among the many voters and residents impatient to know when important Silver State races will have definitive winners. — Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day in Nevada and received through Saturday can still be counted, which means final, definitive results for close races in Nevada, including for the House, Senate and governor might have to wait until early next week.Nevada3 min readNevada3 min read
Published in The Reynolds Sandbox·Nov 9UNR Campus Gets Hit by Snow, Classes End EarlyJalen Robinson reports on winter weather coming early for students this Fall semester. — A light snowstorm hit Reno last weekend, and many students were quick to assume the snow would be done with for now. But on Election Day, Nov. 8, the University of Nevada, Reno campus was hit with a whiteout. As hours moved along, there were fewer and fewer students on…Students Of Reno2 min readStudents Of Reno2 min read
Published in The Reynolds Sandbox·Nov 9Voting Goes On at UNR, while Classes Close Due to SnowPauline Coombs reports on a busy day at the voting center at UNR on Election Day 2022. — Although open to the public, many of the voters at the voting center at the UNR campus on Nov. 8 were students. Voting continued into the early evening even though classes were stopped after four p.m. due to snow. If you didn’t bring your mail-in ballot, the line to vote…Nevada2 min readNevada2 min read
Published in #NevadaVote·Nov 8Long Lines, White Out Conditions Mark Voting Across Northern NevadaAs our Nevada Vote team reports, despite heavy snow across the region, lots of voters were casting ballots on Election Day, including younger and first time voters, with polls showing extremely competitive races for governor, Senate and other important elected posts. — Snow fell heavily across the northern Nevada region Tuesday, perhaps impacting turnout for highly competitive races in the Silver State’s 2022 midterms, which include an electoral contest between incumbent Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt.Nevada Vote3 min readNevada Vote3 min read
Published in The Reynolds Sandbox·Nov 8Barren Shelves Before the StormsBinge buying before an upcoming storm about to hit northern Nevada has some supermarket employees feeling a little deja vu from early 2020 and the pandemic days of near hoarding. — Over the 5th and 6th of this month, Whole Foods Market in Reno experienced significantly higher volumes of customers and almost $10,000 more in sales each day. …Economy3 min readEconomy3 min read
Published in The Reynolds Sandbox·Nov 7ASUN Tries to Help Make Elections Less Stressful and More AttainableAlyssa Doyle reports on the UNR student body organizing a series of events before, during and after Election Day. — Elections can be stressful, with the country’s balance of power on the line, negativity in advertisements, waiting for the uncertainty of results and friends on opposing sides of the political divide getting angry at each other. ASUN, the student body at UNR, is marking Election Day Nov. …Nevada Vote2 min readNevada Vote2 min read
Published in #NevadaVote·Nov 5Floodgates Will Soon Mercifully Close for 2022 Election AdsAlejandra Rubio gets the community’s input on the inundation of political flyers and postcards taking over their mailboxes. — In recent weeks, northern Nevada residents have been swamped by ads online, text messages directly to their phones and doorbell rings at dinner time. And then, there has been the ever mounting mailbox fill of candidate advertisements and endorsements. An estimated $9 billion is being spent on political ads this…Nevada Vote2 min readNevada Vote2 min read
Published in #NevadaVote·Nov 3Native Women in Nevada Give Their Reasons to VoteAlejandra Rubio interviews four Indigenous women on why they believe it’s important to participate in the electoral process during the 2022 midterms. — Bethany Same is a Standing Rock Sioux Tribal member and Kuizadika Paiute. She is the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Public Relations Officer. For Bethany, voting is crucial because it could help preserve her language and culture. “Education, healthcare, mining, sacred or ceremonial use areas, taxes, and anything the bill supports that…Humans Of Reno3 min readHumans Of Reno3 min read
Published in The Reynolds Sandbox·Nov 2“Anywhere From Here” Ski Film Premieres Locally at Palisades TahoeSami Lampe reports on the local screening of a festival award winning film. — Palisades Village was lit up on a recent October night, as skiers and boarders of all ages gathered to watch Anywhere From Here, a coming of age story mixed with skiing exploits from across the globe. The first showing at Palisades was sold out with an estimated 300 people attending…Film2 min readFilm2 min read
Published in #NevadaVote·Nov 1Indigenous Candidate Seeks Upset in Nevada’s Congressional District 2Alejandra Rubio profiles Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, a teacher, trying to defeat longtime Republican incumbent Rep. Mark Amodei. — Elizabeth Mercedes Krause, an Oglala Lakota, is listening as she runs for Congress, to herself, to people close to her, and to people she meets on the campaign trail. She connects and reconnects as she had to do herself with her own past. Growing up in Las Vegas, she says…Nevada Vote4 min readNevada Vote4 min read
