Sparks Police are looking for two men suspected of stealing a car from the Nugget parking garage. According to police, the suspects arrived at the garage Monday in a pickup truck with plastic covering the rear window. The suspects looked at several vehicles until they found a hidden key on the victim’s vehicle. One of…… MORE
Officer Involved Shooting Under Investigation
A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot a man armed with a shotgun in Carson City. It happened during a confrontation at the Senator Apartment complex Tuesday morning. NHP spokesman Duncan Dauber says the suspect didn’t obey verbal commands from a Carson City sheriff’s deputy and a trooper, and the trooper shot him. No names…… MORE
New Nevadans Are on Their Way
Nevada could grow by 425,000 people by 2035, if all the major economic development plans now underway are fully implemented. That would mean a state population of nearly 3.3 million, based on a growth rate of point-six percent. Washoe County could see an increase of 83,926 during that same time frame through 2035. Carson City,…… MORE
Car Fire Extinguished in GSR Parking Lot
A car fire erupted in the west parking lot of the Grand Sierra Resort last night. The driver was sleeping in his car with the heater on when the fire started just after 8 o’clock. Investigators say the fire sparked near the engine and was most likely started by an electrical problem near the fuel…… MORE
Three Injured in Highway 50 Crash
A crash on Highway 50 in Dayton sent three people to hospitals yesterday. Around noon, the driver of a GMC Yukon was headed east on 50 at Enterprise Way in Dayton, with her juvenile daughter. She turned left in front of a westbound Mercury sedan and they collided. Some lanes of Highway 50 were closed…… MORE
New Information in Weekend Scheels Robbery
Four people are in custody in connection with an armed robbery at Scheels Sunday. 23-year-old Dalton Frederick was arrested at the Peckham Gardens Condominiums on Neil Road just after 3:30 Monday morning. Police now say 23-year-old Tiffany Hiller is NOT a suspect, instead police are now looking for Nicole Fisher of Reno. Sparks Police say…… MORE
Downtown Kings Inn to Become Apartments
One of downtown Reno’s biggest eyesores, the Mustard Colored Kings Inn, is being reborn as “3rd Street Flats,” a 94 unit apartment building. Northern Nevada Business Weekly is reporting, pre-leasing for those units began last week. Mike Williams of Basin Street Properties says they’ve had over 600 signups on their website. The apartments are expected…… MORE
Geothermal Company Settles Lawsuit
Reno geothermal power companies will pay $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two former employees that the companies illegally received millions of dollars in clean energy grants. The government reached the agreement with Ormat Technologies, Inc., and companies Ormat owns. Ormat does not admit liability. The whistleblowers say the company tapped into stimulus…… MORE
Dentists Want to Buy Your Halloween Candy
Pitts Orthodontics and Brosy Family Dentistry have teamed up for the 4th annual Halloween Candy Buy Back program, and they will pay you for your candy. Kids will be paid one dollar for each pound of unopened Halloween candy to send to troops through Operation Gratitude’s Halloween Candy Buy Back program. Last year, the team…… MORE
Reid: “James Comey May Have Broken The Law”
Senator Harry Reid says FBI Director James Comey “may have broken the law” by showing favoritism to Republicans in announcing new investigative steps regarding Clinton’s use of a private email server. The Nevada senator charged that Comey is withholding sensitive information about Russian meddling in the U.S. election but “rushed to publicize” what Reid deems…… MORE
