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Care worker Irma Luz López, or Malu, braids the hair of her now-former client, Diane Wohlman, in her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 21, 2026.

La cuidadora Irma Luz López, conocida como Malu, le trenza el cabello a Diane Wohlman, quien fue su clienta, en su casa en Las Vegas, Nevada, el 21 de junio de 2026.

As Nevada ages, demand for care workers has soared as people stay in their homes longer. The second installment of KUNR's series, “The Undervalued Shift: Caregiving in Nevada,” looks into one historic barrier that continues to create roadblocks to building this workforce: pay.

Dozens of community members, including a disability advocate, received an update on the Hawk Fire from elected officials during a meeting Monday night.

Community members in the Silver Knolls neighborhood gathered at a closed intersection along Stead Boulevard waiting to go home after four days of being evacuated due to the Hawk Fire. National Guard members were still blocking the road on Tuesday, but eventually opened it around 2 p.m.

Cuidadores y sus seres queridos hacen ejercicios de estiramiento durante su práctica semanal de baile como parte de “Dance With Me” (“Baila conmigo”), organizada por Dementia Friendly Washoe County, en Ballroom of Reno, el 29 de abril de 2026.

Care partners and their loved ones stretch during weekly dance practice as part of “Dance With Me,” hosted by Dementia Friendly Washoe County, at the Ballroom of Reno on April 29, 2026.

Residents in the badly burned Horizon Hills neighborhood at the bottom of the north side of Peavine finally returned Wednesday afternoon. One couple recounted their harrowing experience evacuating.

A Hawk Fire burn site behind Peppermint Drive in Reno, Nev., on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.

Burn scar from the Hawk Fire from Rick Arrate’s yard on the north side of Peavine Mountain on Sept. 3, 2026, along with the burn scar in the distance from the Bug and Freds Mountain fires that also burned in August north of Reno and eventually merged.