Prepping for the 'Best Warrior Competition', the Nevada National Guard and His Majesties Armed Forces met this month to conduct a Subject Matter Expert Exchange’ (SMEE).
A civil support team with the National Guard are doing training exercises today and Thursday at the Nevada State Capitol building, according to the Nevada National Guard. Sgt. Mike Horton with Nevada National Guard Public Affairs office said the team, which has recently relocated from Las Vegas, is performing training on local government grounds.
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Listen to “A Year In The Pandemic,” a one-hour special hosted by KUNR s Anh Gray and Lucia Starbuck. This KUNR special first aired on Wednesday, March 3. A transcription of this special is available at the end of this story.
There have been close to 300,000 total cases in Nevada, with nearly 5,000 lives lost statewide. Seniors were particularly hit hard; nearly 68% of all COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County were among those 70 and older.
Darlene Dougherty is a Reno resident who lost her 84-year-old husband, Dave Randolph, in December. They had been married for 45 years. Dougherty and Randolph enjoyed antiquing and traveling together. Randolph started feeling sick around Thanksgiving and was eventually hospitalized at Renown Health in Reno. Due to hospital precautions, Dougherty could not visit her husband or be by his side when he died.