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Carson High Seniors become published illustrators. Dan Davis has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-031221-DAVIS-Seniors%20Published.mp3 More at; carsoncityschools.com

Seventy-three percent of Nevadans say they will get the COVID-19 vaccine in a UNR survey. That’s up nearly 10 percent from the month prior, showing that as time goes on confidence in the vaccine is rising. Experts say we’ll need 85 to 90% of the population to get the vaccine to meet herd immunity.

Washoe County hits a key milestone in its reopening process. The county’s 14-day positivity rate reached 5% — that’s a metric the World Health Organization wants to see ahead of reopening. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports it also shows a significant improvement from early December when the positivity rate was over 20-percent…or 1 in 5 tests … Read more

The Nevada Police Union is backing a bill that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from requiring peace officers to meet quotas for arrests and citations. Thy say it also pressures police to unfairly target drivers near the end of a quota period, and that quotas encourage more aggressive than effective policing

Crawl Reno – which puts on various bar crawls around different holidays, says it will return with events once the state is fully open. Nevada opens at 50 percent starting Monday. Crawl organizers anticipate the Zombie Crawl in October may be their first event in more than a year.

A Sparks hospital is celebrating. News 4 reports Northern Nevada Medical Center discharged its last two COVID-19 patients on March 9th-nearly a year after the pandemic first hit. They called it a significant milestone though they remain prepared to admit new COVID patients.

More homes are coming to Reno. Reno City Council approved the Canyons housing community above Damonte Ranch in a vote 5-2 Wednesday. Mayor Hillary Schieve says the project is needed to add housing options for the city’s growing population. Critics say the area already floods and they worry about the protection of wild horses that … Read more

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a stolen tractor and backhoe. They say it was taken from a construction site near Johnson Lane in Minden earlier this month. They say the backhoe arm has the name “De Ja Vu” written on it.

The daughter of immigrants who worked in the Peace Corps is honored by a tech giant. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-031121-HANCOCK-Tech%20Women.mp3

Rich Hancock reports on a daughter of immigrants who worked in the Peace Corps, honored by a tech giant; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-031121-HANCOCK-Tech%20Women.mp3