It was a shock to many customers when Smith’s stores stopped accepting Visa card payments seven months ago, especially when they got to checkout with a full shopping cart. Now that’s over, all Kroger and Smith’s stores are taking VISA Cards again. The stores stopped taking them because of the fees charged to retailers, the…… MORE
Crews Knock Down Fire Caused by Illegal Burning
The Reno Fire Department says a homeowner caused a fire Tuesday in the area of Neil Road and Riley Avenue. They say the homeowner was illegally burning debris in his yard when wind blew it into a tree. Crews were able to control the fire before it could damage any homes. A fence was destroyed,…… MORE
Reno City Attorney Facing Scrutiny Over Efforts To Move The Wild Orchid
Reno City Attorney Karl Hall is facing scrutiny over his offices effort to convince the city to run strip clubs out of downtown Reno. The Reno Gazette Journal is reporting Hall owned an office building near the Wild Orchid Men’s Club, that was mentioned in disclosure forms, but they report, he didn’t disclose it in…… MORE
Construction Crew Finds Human Remains in Lyon County
Human remains were found Monday in the 200 block of Dayton Valley Road. Lyon County authorities are investigating. A construction crew found the remains. Lyon County Major Crimes Unit responded and confirmed the remains were human. Few other details have been released.… MORE
Nevada Gov Announces Investigation of State Board of Pharmacy
The Governor’s office has announced an investigation of the State Board of Pharmacy for allegedly failing to do background checks on pharmacy wholesalers. Governor Steve Sisolak says since 2007, the State Board of Pharmacy has been collecting fees, but has not been doing background or fingerprint checks as required by a law passed in 2005.…… MORE
WCSD Releases Statement After The Death of a Wooster High School Student
Interim Superintendent Dr. Kristen McNeill and the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees issued a statement about the death of a student hit by a vehicle near Wooster High Tuesday. McNeill says she wanted to express our heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the family of our student who died under such tragic circumstances. We…… MORE
Battery Case is Now a Homicide Investigation
A case of battery is becoming a murder case. A Reno man who was battered with a blunt object on the 300 block of Evans Avenue, the afternoon of October 24th, has died of his injuries. He was 42 year old Clancy Christopher of Reno. The suspect in the case is Zafferine McGilbra, who was…… MORE
Want to Ski For Free This Winter? Get a Tahoe Plate
Want to ski for free this winter? Beginning this Friday, when you buy a Lake Tahoe license plate at the DMV, you can get a free lift ticket. The “Plates for Powder” campaign sends cash directly from your license plate purchase to help restore the Tahoe Basin. In exchange, you get to ski free at…… MORE
Get a Halloween Themed Portrait of Your Pet And Support The SPCA
The 11th Annual Halloween Photo Fundraiser for the SPCA of Northern Nevada is going on today from 2 until 6pm. It’s a chance to bring your dog, cat, ferret, or baby goat out for a Halloween themed photo session. The SPCA’s Laura Van Antwerp says they’re raising money for a new motorhome that’s used to…… MORE
Nevada Wild Horse Advocates Are in Washington DC This Week
Members of the Pine Nuts Wild Horses Advocates are in Washington DC this week, to try to persuade the Bureau of Land Management to consider some of their ideas for herd population management.… MORE
