Need Some Avalanche Training?

If you’ve always wanted to ski or board the back country, the North American Ski Training Center is offering a class this weekend to teach you how to avoid avalanches, and what to do if you’re caught in one.MORE

Reno Police Investigating Suspicious Death

The Reno Police Department is investigating a suspicious death. Shortly before 6 p.m. last night, officers responded to a report of a car that crashed into a tree on Sutro Street between East 9th Street and Carville Drive. Police found a man’s body inside the jeep, but his injuries do not appear to be caused…MORE

Nevada Sets New Record For Marijuana Tax Collections

Nevada has a new record for marijuana tax collections, $9.8 million in in October, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation. That’s the biggest total, since legal recreational sales began in July 2017, an increase of more than $1 million from September and nearly $1.6 million from the previous October. Nevada collects on a 15%…MORE

Former Substitute Teacher Sentenced For Having Sex With Student

An Ex-substitute teacher with the Washoe County School District has been sentenced to three months in jail and probation for having sex with a student at local motels. 41 year old Darrell Baldwin had been under investigation since last April, when a school counselor was told about the relationship. According to court documents, Baldwin met…MORE

Man Gets 20 Year Sentence in Fatal Hit & Run

A man who pleaded guilty in a Dayton fatal hit and run case, has gotten a 20 year sentence. 39 year old James Parisi has parole eligibility after seven years on one count of Duty to stop at the scene of an accident causing death. During the early morning hours of August 15th, 2019, Parisi…MORE

Reno Woman Sentenced For Having Sexual Relationship With Foster Son

A Reno woman has been sentenced to three months in jail for having sex with her 16-year-old foster son. 48 year old Lori Wilson, pleaded guilty to Statutory Sexual Seduction. Wilson’s husband contacted a social services foster care licensing worker in May of 2019 and admitted to lying during an initial investigation, and told the…MORE

Persistent Shoplifters Wanted By Sparks Police

The Sparks Police Department is asking for  the public’s assistance in identifying two shoplifting suspects. On Monday, January 6th a man and woman walked into the Old Navy Outlet at 1335 Scheels Drive and stole clothes. Police say the same parir shoplifted there before, in July of 2019. Anyone with information on the case is…MORE

Resort Association Comments on Proposed Tax Initiative

The Nevada Resort Association released a statement about the initiative petition aimed at raising gaming taxes, by one of the teachers’ unions. The Association says in part, “By targeting Nevada’s economic engine with a 44 percent tax increase, this proposal would be very damaging to the state’s economy, job creation, capital investment and future economic…MORE