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It's almost been one year since the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ campus shooting. One professor taught some mindfulness techniques to help cope.

Feeling a little out of sorts as you read this? Take several deep breaths, slowly inhaling and exhaling. Move your shoulders up and down. Focus on being present in the moment.

The number of homeless veterans in Nevada has decreased by 41% since last year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced last week. The VA, joined by other agencies, counted 644 veterans experiencing homelessness during one night in January, down from 1,094 in its 2023 count.

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Tourist Safety Institute launched an eight-week emergency responder resilience program in August, designed to help Nevada State Police Highway Patrol officers improve their social and emotional wellness. The training focuses on mindfulness, emotional regulation, attention control, and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships to help officers manage the stresses of their profession.

A new program designed by the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Tourist Safety Institute is helping Nevada Highway State Patrol employees focus on their social and emotional wellness. Law enforcement officers are learning skills in mindfulness, emotional regulation, attention control, and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships. The goal is to help them improve their health, operational performance, and abilities to manage challenging situations as first responders.

James Watts, a third generation Las Vegan, and his partner, Lauren Tuvell, just fulfilled a dream that currently might feel out of reach for many long-time Nevada residents. They bought a house. But their purchase was hard-fought. Watts said they would tour a house, only to learn that somebody had already put an offer on it without ever having even seen it.

The rising number of unhoused and the lack of affordable housing are problems that many cities and states struggle with. It’s not an issue that comes up a lot when politicians hit the campaign trail, maybe because it seems so difficult, and because it’s controversial.

Kendra Still’s career as a Nevada state trooper unexpectedly ended after 14 years when she was injured in a crash with a wrong-way driver on the 215 Beltway. Still, now the Nevada Department of Public Safety’s wellness program manager, is helping institute a new resiliency training program designed for the highway patrol. The first session of the program, developed by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Tourist Safety Institute and the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, was hosted Wednesday by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professors Steven Pace and Nicholas Barr.