TV ads for the Nevada U.S. senate race are nearly impossible to avoid. The Reno Gazette Journal reports that Nonprofit groups, candidates and political parties spent about $25 million on TV ads through the end of August; $13 million spent to advance Republican Congressman Joe Heck and more than $11 million backing Democrat Catherine Cortez…… MORE
Demolition Begins on Two Downtown Properties
The City of Reno is set to begin demolition of two vacant, blighted motels today. The Heart o’ Town and Golden West motels, have been closed and vacant for nearly eight years. The funding to demolish the motels comes from the City’s $1-million dollar Blight Initiative fund. As a stipulation of the demolition agreement, the…… MORE
Plane Crashes at South Lake Tahoe Airport
A small plane single engine crashed at the South Lake Tahoe Airport early yesterday afternoon. A spokesman for the FAA says a Cessna 182 with two people on board crashed, reportedly while attempting a landing at the airport. One of the two people on board was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, while there…… MORE
Rib Cook-Off Winners Announced
Rasta Joe’s from Indiana, has won the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off for 2016. Second place goes to 2015 champion Bone Daddy’s. The 2016 People’s Choice Award winner is Montana Q Bar-B-Que, and Best Sauce goes to the Checkered Pig from Virginia.… MORE
Shots Fired East of UNR Campus
No injuries have been reported after two separate incidents of shots fired occurred yesterday in a neighborhood east of the UNR campus. The first report in the area of Beech Street and Highland Avenue was just before 5:40pm. Reno Police say another shooting was reported about four hours later. Investigators have not confirmed if the…… MORE
Six Horses Test Positive For West Nile
Six horses in Northern Nevada have tested positive for West Nile virus. According to the Elko Daily Free Press, the Nevada Department of Agriculture’s Animal Disease Lab says the Elko County horses tested positive for the virus within the past couple of weeks. The American Association of Equine Practitioners says the West Nile Virus in fatal in about…… MORE
Labor Day Closures Around Washoe County
Today is Labor day and that means everything is closed… here is a list of many of the closures taking place across Washoe County… The DMV, Colleges, universities and county schools along with All federal, state, county and city government offices except for emergency services like police and fire will be closed. Federal, state, county…… MORE
Attic Fire in Reno
A fire broke out at a house in Reno Sunday morning. Officials with the Reno Fire Department said crews responded to the home on Harding Circle near Sunray Drive at about 9 a.m. Firefighters found the flames in the attic space. They quickly knocked down the fire and were able to confine it to the…… MORE
Bye Bye Burners
The burners are leaving. Expect a busy couple of days at Reno Tahoe International airport, as they bid goodbye to 17 thousand people, who attended the Burning Man festival. Burning Man is the single biggest event each year at Reno-Tahoe International and the attendees have a positive economic impact on the airport and the region.…… MORE
Wolf Pack Star Arrested
Former Wolf Pack basketball star Tyron Criswell was arrested for DUI early Saturday morning. Reno police received a call about a vehicle driving erratically on Interstate 580 and officers spotted the vehicle in the 1200 block of South Meadows Parkway at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. A field sobriety test was conducted and Criswell failed and…… MORE
