Nevada added 3,800 jobs in January and 53,300 jobs over the past year, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s latest economic report. The 53,300 jobs over last year was the largest annual increase in more than a dozen years. The state’s unemployment rate in January 2019 was unchanged over the month,…… MORE
Nevada Attorney General Pushes Back on Robocalls
Attorney General Aaron D. Ford urged the U.S. Senate to enact the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence or “TRACED” Act, legislation to curb illegal robocalls and spoofing. AG Ford, along with a coalition of 53 other attorneys general, sent a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation supporting…… MORE
Reno-Sparks Home Sales Down, But Prices Still Rising
The Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors released its February report on existing home sales. The report listed the median sales price for an existing single family residence in Reno-Sparks in February 2019 at $370,950; no change from February 2018 and a 3 percent increase from January. The median sales price of existing condominium/town homes in Reno-Sparks…… MORE
Are You Ready for Some Softball?
Registration for the City of Sparks adult spring softball league concludes on March 9th. Games will be held one night per week for 10 weeks Monday-Friday, April to June, between 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the Golden Eagle Regional Park and Shadow Mountain sports complexes. Registration for the adult softball program is held at…… MORE
Nevada A.G.: Online “Quizzes” Are Risky to Your Privacy
Have you ever taken one of those free “Quizzes” on Facebook or other social media? Attorney General Aaron Ford cautions, these quizzes could include links that secretly share the quiz-takers data, or may ask questions similar to common security questions, such as your mother’s maiden name, high school mascot, or street where you grew up.…… MORE
WCSD Superintendent Says She Has no Plans to Resign
Two petitions are circulating to get Washoe County School District Superintendent Traci Davis out of office, but Davis is standing firm, and has no intention of stepping down.… MORE
Get a Free Flu Shot at The Community Health Fair Thursday
The Washoe County Health District is seeing an uptick in flu cases. Phil Uliberri says they thought the virus was on the downturn, but stats from 12 reporting locations in Northern Nevada are seeing almost twice the number of cases as we should be seeing right now. We should be around 2.3 percent of everyone…… MORE
NTSB Releases Final Report on Fatal 2016 Plane Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the September 11, 2016 crash of a small airplane in a parking lot at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The crash killed 34 year old Ronnie Hernandez, a prisoner being taken back to California. 46 year old Ed Mumbert, of Santa Cruz, was the bail bondsman.…… MORE
Forest Service Gives The Greenlight to Snow Bridge Plan
The U.S. Forest Service has tentatively greenlighted a plan to build two chairlifts and a snow bridge across Mt. Rose Highway, to expand access at Mount Rose Ski resort to 11 proposed trails proposed farther down the mountain. The draft record of decision approving the resort’s expansion involves 112 acres north of the Highway. The…… MORE
Latest Snow Survey Released
The latest snow survey on Mt Rose says the depth was 13.5 feet as of Tuesday. Hydrologist Jeff Anderson says in the Truckee and Tahoe Basins last month 8 stations set new records for adding snow. The water content of the snow was also measured at 53%, that’s 160% of average, but still less than…… MORE
