Road Work on I-80 East of Sparks Starts This Weekend

If you travel on I-80 east of Sparks, especially in the overnight hours, prepare for slow and go traffic beginning Sunday, as the Nevada Department of Transportation will have crews out on the highway clearing the median. NDOT’s Meg Ragonese talks about the work they’ll be doing. Expect some lane closures between 7pm and 5am.…MORE

RTC Cutting Some Transit Fares and Adjusting Schedules

RTC of Washoe County will change its transit fares and implement minor adjustments to weekday schedules beginning Saturday, October 6. The changes include lower prices on some bus passes and fares as part of the RTC’s initiative to spur new ridership and provide passengers with reliable and on-time service. Transit riders can recycle their old…MORE

NHP Trooper Saves Mans Life With Narcan

A Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper is credited with saving a man’s life using the anti overdose drug Nalaxone. Wayne Dice was waved down by a bus earlier this month along highway 95 near Laughlin, when he boarded he saw a man doing CPR on the victim, realized it was an overdose, and that the man…MORE

Savage and Son Celebrates 125 Years in Business

It’s almost impossible to fathom, a local family business has been operating successfully in Northern Nevada for 125 years. Savage and Son was started in 1893, and may be the only business in state history that’s been operating continuously that long. They had a big party to celebrate at the Reno Sparks Convention Center, that…MORE

Reno City Council Votes to Continue Lime Bike Agreement

The Reno City Council voted unanimously to continue its franchise agreement with Lime through the pilot agreement which runs until January 31, 2019. The city says it will reevaluate its partnership with Lime at that time. The partnership hit a snag when electric scooters were deployed without the city’s approval. Lime says it hopes to…MORE

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Looking For Arson Suspect

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person who intentionally set a fire Sunday in James Lee Memorial Park in northern Douglas County. The sheriff’s office say they found a smoldering pile of paper in the corner of a bathroom stall, near the baseball diamonds. The fire spread to interior walls, causing thousands…MORE