Yvette Fernandez
Regional Reporter, Mountain West News BureauYvette Fernandez is the regional reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau. She joined Nevada Public Radio in September 2021.
Before joining, she worked as a reporter in Los Angeles, the Bay Area and Phoenix in both radio and television. She has won awards including a regional Emmy for spot news coverage, a national award for investigative reporting from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and several others.
Yvette has also been a consulting professor with C.A. Specialized Training Institute, teaching first responders and public information officers how to conduct various types of interviews and prepare for news conferences in emergencies
Yvette is bilingual in English and Spanish and jokes she learned French in Mexico, having attended a trilingual school there. She earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism at Arizona State University. Yvette enjoys spending time outdoors with her dog, Maya.
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Mountain West News BureauWhen the rule was first enacted in 2001, the government held hundreds of public hearings that took nearly two years -
Environmentalists fear it could set a dangerous precedent -
Mountain West News BureauSome officials argue the cuts would “devastate” the state -
Mountain West News BureauResidents liken fight over data centers between small desert city and feds to “David versus Goliath”The case could set a precedent for data centers on federal lands -
Environmental groups say it’s a “threat” to National Forest lands -
Mountain West News BureauNew technology streamlines a complicated and cumbersome process -
Mountain West News BureauIn a letter to regulators, they ask if betting on tragedies is in the “public interest” -
Mountain West News BureauBlood donations have fallen to a four-year low as people face extreme heat, bad air quality and flooding -
Mountain West News BureauBoulder City appeals a decision by the Bureau of Land Management which approved a data center without its involvement -
Mountain West News BureauHeat is not distributed evenly, making older neighborhoods where people are most dependent on transportation an important priority
