Jimmy Romo-Buenrostro
Indigenous Affairs Producer/ReporterJimmy Romo-Buenrostro joined Nevada Public Radio in 2025 as an Indigenous affairs reporter and producer. Previously, he worked at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the UNLV Scarlet and Gray. He has two dogs and a cat, Jasper, who supervises Jimmy while he works on his cars or house.
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Despite declining sales, the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe is looking to expand its cannabis business. -
The Las Vegas Paiutes were the first in the cannabis space in southern Nevada. The tribe has announced its push into the growing and wholesale market. -
A bill that passed the Nevada Senate on Tuesday could acknowledge that sovereign tribal nations are on the same level as municipalities in matters of environmental notice. -
Powwows are important cultural events for Indigenous tribes, and a notable one is coming to UNLV this weekend, called Powwow for the Planet. -
The northern Nevada town of Owyhee is on the Duck Valley Reservation in Elko County. It has one combined school that’s 70 years old and in deep disrepair, as it sits on contaminated land. -
Nearly 70 miles north of Las Vegas is the Lost City Museum, where members of local Paiute tribes recently shared their history and dances with the public. -
A U.S. senator looks to improve tribal water issues, Native healthcare scholarships, and missing or murdered Indigenous persons databases through legislation. -
The Bureau of Land Management is gathering community input on a potential 20-year mineral withdrawal for more than 300,000 acres of land.
