Thirty-two percent of newly diagnosed people in 2020 identified as Hispanic, according to data published by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. 

They came toting easels, sketch pads, pencils, paints and brushes, which they set up in individual work stations overlooking downtown Reno.

The Clark County School District operates what officials say is the largest mariachi program in the country, exposing thousands of students to a traditional part of Hispanic culture.

Julie Kent Rios' love and grief for her husband, Eduardo Rios, is echoed across the Latino community in Reno, where Rios spent decades as a DJ and broadcaster for Spanish radio stations.

Nevada lawmakers passed legislation this spring that made Nevada the 12th state to offer protections at places of employment and in schools based on hair texture attributed to African ancestry.

The pandemic, related economic consequences, climate concerns and political atmosphere have collided in a way that has caused people to re-evaluate where they want to live.

Nevada is preparing to resettle 50 people evacuated from Afghanistan in Southern Nevada and 100 in Northern Nevada as part of the federal Afghan Placement and Assistance Program.

State and local leaders joined Latino and Mexican community members this week for celebrations across the state commemorating the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Why are people choosing to call Nevada home? It’s a query applicable to the third-generation rancher just as much as it is to the recent California transplant.

Two weeks after thousands of South Lake Tahoe residents fled their homes, the flames of the Caldor Fire threatening to consume the tourist destination, Stephanie is relieved to be back in her house again.

After the county clerk’s office issued roughly 73,000 marriage licenses in 2019 and 56,000 in 2020, Goya said her office is on track to issue nearly 80,000 licenses this year.

The City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission chose Barrientos earlier this summer for a year-long appointment created to recognize artists in the community.

During many weeks of meetings, Dang and hundreds of other Nevadans have told government officials about the ongoing aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The shop’s wide variety of vegetarian and plant-based food and drink options are a novelty in the remote Nevada desert, said Andrea Martinez, an enrolled member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe.

Though Latinos make up a third of Nevada’s population, they account for 36 percent of the COVID-19 cases in the state 26 percent have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

While COVID-19 continues to hit adults far harder than it does kids, public health experts say the fact the virus is simply better at spreading than it used to be means kids are at more risk for catching it now than they have been at any other point in the pandemic.

The latest ban from the CDC is meant to give renters time to catch up with the payments using the billions of federal rental assistance dollars that have been allocated, but are trickling out slowly.

Mi Familia Vota is best known for its get-out-the-vote work, but it redirected its door-to-door know-how toward a new goal — spreading awareness of COVID-19 vaccine availability amid stagnating inoculation rates. 

Garcia Perez spoke to The Nevada Independent about what he’s looking forward to in his upcoming journey, why it’s important for him to be the first in his family to attend college and more. 

The July 28 event at the Winchester-Dondero Cultural Center theatre in Las Vegas marked the bicentennial Peruvian Independence Day. Peru achieved its independence from Spain 200 years ago.