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ArticleNovember 17, 2025

When a Seat Magically Empties: The Senior Advisory Board’s Transparency Problem

Something strange is happening at the Washoe County Senior Advisory Board — and seniors deserve to know exactly what’s going on. At the October 8, 2025 meeting, the board discussed moving current District 5 representative Pam Roberts into the suddenly vacant District 1 seat. On paper, that looks li

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ArticleNovember 14, 2025

Washoe County’s Senior Strategy: Volunteer… So They Don’t Have To Work

Washoe County seems to have cracked the code on “senior engagement.” Spoiler alert: it’s called volunteerism. Yep — somewhere in the Human Services Division, someone must have decided that seniors don’t need fun, stimulation, or community. Nope. What they really need is to stuff envelopes, run erra

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