KVMR's Shannon Harney explores how local Public Health departments contribute during an emergency.

Lydia Thomas reports on the TRUTH act, Shannon Harney continues our National Pubic Health Week coverage with a story about emergency preparedness.

Learn more about Nevada County Public Health and the parenting resources they offer on their website.

This week is National Public Health Week and KVMR's Shannon Harney has produced a series that shines a light on some of the work that Nevada County public health staff is engaged in locally. Shannon starts the series by looking at how our pubic health workers bring dental care to local schools.

Millions of Americans took to the streets on April 5th as part of the Hands Off protests. Nearly 1000 people participated locally.

This week is Public Health Week and KVMR's Shannon Harney has produced a series that highlights some of the work our public health staff is engaged in locally.

On this week's Friday Evening News Magazine, KVMR News Correspondent Lydia Thomas brings us a tale of two cities with a look at how Nevada City and Grass Valley’s respective city councils broached the passing of ceasefire resolutions. Lydia brings us an examination of the symbolic nature and history of small towns weighing in on global conflicts. Then an excerpt from the second episode of the new series, “Fresh Voices of the Foothills”, spearheaded by Graham Gardemeyer, a 2024 KVMR Youth News Corps graduate and current junior at Nevada Union High School. He’s joined by two fellow NU students to discuss this week’s topic tobacco and nicotine use. And to close it all out, an essay by Nevada City poet Molly Fisk in her ongoing Observations from a Working Poet series. This week, some strong words about Molly’s feelings towards a particular condiment.

KVMR News Correspondent Lydia Thomas brings us a tale of two cities with a look at how Nevada City and Grass Valley’s respective city councils broached the passing of ceasefire resolutions. Lydia brings us an examination of the symbolic nature and history of small towns weighing in on global conflicts.

In this second episode of “Fresh Voices of the Foothills”, Graham Gardemeyer, a 2024 KVMR Youth News Corps graduate and current junior at Nevada Union High School, is joined by two fellow NU students, Baylee Johnson and James Thomas Griffin III to discuss tobacco and nicotine use.