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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Since the 2020 election, officials across the country have imposed more requirements to insure voter eligibility. It's an issue that is on the ballot in some states in our region. -
Voters 50 and older represent the strongest voting bloc and a new AARP poll shows they overwhelmingly say they are “extremely motivated” to cast their ballot. So, they will be a significant determining factor in the upcoming election. -
Crisis pregnancy centers have become more prevalent, and lawmakers want to investigate their fundingCrisis pregnancy centers, which are largely places that convince women not to go forward with abortions, have increased since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Some Democratic lawmakers want to see how much federal funding these centers are getting. -
Election officials in several Western states and tribes have joined forces with a nonpartisan organization to discuss strategies in responding to potential election-related obstruction or violence. -
The Navajo, Hopi, and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are one step closer to being guaranteed access to some water in the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin and funding for water infrastructure projects. -
Indigenous voters represent a fraction of the total voting population, but their vote could be pivotal in battleground states such as Nevada and Arizona. But actually voting is a different story for most Native people – registering to vote and casting a vote is made difficult by distance and a lack of access. -
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) wasn’t renewed by Congress earlier this year. Many people are still dealing with the health and financial effects of nuclear testing, and several Tribes traveled to Washington, D.C., in September to let lawmakers know about their concerns. -
Some of the issues driving Latinas to the polls include reproductive rights and economic concerns. -
Members of several Native tribes will travel to Washington, D.C. in an attempt to get lawmakers to revive a program aimed at helping them afford healthcare due to toxic poisoning. -
Vending machines selling ammunition already exist in places such as Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas. A few may come to Colorado later this month. It makes some people nervous in Las Vegas, which marks the seventh anniversary of the worst shooting in U.S. history on Oct. 1 and is still dealing with the trauma of that event.
