Home for the holidays
The week of Christmas is forecast to bring both heavy snows and subfreezing temperatures to the valley floor. For the city’s homeless population, solutions like the warming tent at the Volunteers of America Shelter, 315 Record St., may be their only option for finding a warm bed at Christmas. The warming tent was opened in November to accommodate overflow from the main shelter and will be open until March of 2020. The tent can hold 60 occupants, and is manned by volunteer personnel every night. However, the VOA still struggles with capacity issues even now.
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Santa cause
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The write stuff
Jessica Bruder, winner of the 2019 Laxalt Distinguished Writer Award, spoke about her 2017 book Nomadland to a crowd at the University of Nevada Reno campus.
Published on 11.21.19