Rocio Hernandez
Rocio is coming to KUER after spending most of her life under the blistering Las Vegas sun and later Phoenix. She earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish at the University of Nevada, Reno. She did brief stints at The Associated Press, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Reno Public Radio. She enjoys wandering through life with her husband and their toy poodle.
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Updated 6:33 p.m. MDT 9/3/19A Salt Lake City activist has avoided deportation — for now — following protests against her removal last week, an immigrant…
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As Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Bahamas headed toward the Eastern Seaboard, 10 American Red Cross volunteers from Utah and Nevada arrived in the East…
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There are 31 U.S. states that give some sort of preference to veteran-owned businesses when awarding state contracts, according to a report presented at a…
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Trump Administration To Automatically Forgive Disabled Veterans' Student Debt After Letter From UtahThe U.S. Department of Education announced last week that it would automatically forgive student loan debt for any veterans who became totally and…
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Salt Lake City teachers today voted to ratify a 4.1% salary increase offered by school district officials. An overwhelming number of teachers voted to…
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Utah saw a jump in demand for mental health services over the last three years, according to a state Legislative Auditor General report discussed at an…
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For Marx Huancas, a Davis County father of two girls, mariachi music is more than a pastime. It’s a way to keep his family, who moved from Peru to Utah…
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The Utah System of Higher Education has kicked off an effort to put college advisors in the state’s approximately 150 public high schools by the 2021-22…
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The cost of higher education is a campaign issue for at least two of the 2020 presidential candidates, who are floating, proposals to wipe out some of the…
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The Department of Homeland Security may now fast-track deportations of certain immigrants in the country illegally, regardless of where immigration…
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Refugee resettlement numbers have been declining in the U.S. and Utah for the past three years. According to a recent report by Politico, the Trump…
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OGDEN — Sandra Nieto was 13 years old when she fled her home country of El Salvador and crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 1983. She and her 15-year-old…