RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Students are back in the classroom in the more than 100 schools in the Washoe County School District.

As with any sports program, there are unexpected obstacles at first-year Debbie Smith CTE. Like finding volleyball poles just weeks before the season.

Debbie Smith CTE Academy, a $135 million renovated school in Reno, offers courses in culinary arts, engineering, and more.

CTE stands for career and technical education academy, making it a bit different from traditional high schools.

The public attends the ribbon cutting and enjoys a tour of the new Debbie Smith CTE Academy in Reno on Aug. 5, 2025.

The Washoe County School District (WCSD) celebrated the grand opening of the Debbie Smith Career and Technical Education (CTE ...

A degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other head trauma common in military combat and contact sports, CTE has been diagnosed in more than 100 former NFL players and ...

The 2015 Will Smith film “Concussion” detailed the pioneering efforts of forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, whose diagnosis of CTE in Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame center Mike Webster was ...

What is CTE, and did it factor into the NYC deadly shooting? CTE cannot be definitively diagnosed before death A 2023 Boston University study showed CTE in people under 30 Shane Tamura said he was ...

A gunman blamed the NFL for a brain disease before killing 4 in Midtown, including an NYPD officer. What we know about his past and chilling note.

In a 2023 study, Boston University CTE Center found that 345 out of the 376 former NFL players investigated had CTE, a brain disorder related to head injuries.

The gunman accused of walking into a Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan and killing four people suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often ...