The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee has approved a $750M public funding plan for a Las Vegas Raiders stadium. The deal would be complete with developers investing 650 million dollars, and 500 million from the Raiders. A new economic impact study shows $620M in revenue and 450 thousand more visitors per year, if a stadium…… MORE
Repeat Offender Sentenced in Reno Court
Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan has handed down an eight to 20 year sentence for a repeat offender. Last November, Reno Police and detectives from the Northern Nevada Repeat Offender Program arrested Nathaniel Williams as part of a burglary investigation. Williams had broken into a home, stealing numerous items including multiple firearms. Leading to the…… MORE
Alcohol May be Factor in Motorcycle Crash
The Reno Police Department is investigating a motorcycle accident on Parr Boulevard near North Virginia that left the rider with life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred around 6 o’clock last night, and according to police, alcohol and drugs may be a factor. Police want to talk to anyone who saw the crash or spoke to the…… MORE
Evacuation Orders Lifted Near Willard Fire
The 26-hundred acre Willard fire burning near Susanville is 75% contained. All evacuations orders have been lifted, as well as all related road closures. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.… MORE
Justice Advocate Critical of Judicial Candidate
A local justice advocate says judicial candidate Shelly O’Neill threw her protest sign into downtown Reno traffic, and called her a trespasser last March. Tonja Brown has been dogging O’Neill for several years, claiming the lawyer committed perjury in a 1991 post conviction hearing for Brown’s brother, Nolan Klein. O’Neill at the time was Klein’s…… MORE
No Choices? No Penalty!
Nevada’s GOP house members, Amodei, Heck, and Hardy have introduced a new bill, that would exempt people in counties with only one health insurance choice, to opt out of the Affordable Care Act, without paying a penalty to the IRS. They say we were promised choices, but Congressman Joe Heck says Nevadans in 10 counties…… MORE
DRI & Renown Offer Free 23andMe Health Study
Renown Health and the Desert Research Institute announced a new collaboration with “23 and Me,” a leading personal genetics company, to launch one of the first community-based population health studies in the U.S., that will combine health, population and genetic information with environmental data and return “23 and Me,” genetic results to study participants. Funded…… MORE
City Council Settles With City Manager
The Reno City Council has approved the negotiated settlement for the departure of City Manager Andrew Clinger, but it was not unanimous. Some members say paying off an employee accused of wrongdoing is premature. Clinger remains under investigation for sexual harassment, but will walk away with six months salary, and funds to cover his legal…… MORE
Is Hockey Coming to Reno?
The Reno Puck Club is looking to bring an East Coast Hockey League franchise to Reno by next season. Ken Lehner of the Reno Puck Club tells KOLO 8, Reno is the largest city in the United States that doesn’t have any ice at present. So there’s an exciting opportunity to make that happen. The…… MORE
“Comedian” Amy Schumer Slams Reno
Amy Schumer isn’t making any friends in northern Nevada after she called the city of Reno “a dump.” In a promotion for “BBC Newsnight,” the comedian answered five quick questions. One of those: “What’s the worst place you can ever imagine being for a weekend?” Schumer replied with “Reno, Nevada…It’s a dump.”… MORE
