Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency, Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities, and Truckee Meadows Tomorrow have collaborated to present an informational meeting this week about affordable housing, and to come up with a strategy for the next 10 years.… MORE
Are You Doing Enough to Protect Yourself From Internet Fraud?
A new survey suggests many of us are unwittingly exposing ourselves to internet fraud – but the keys to protecting identities might also be online. The AARP report finds more than half of people use the same password for more than one online account.… MORE
Street Vibrations Rolls Into Reno & Virginia City This Week
Be mindful while driving in the coming days, as we see a large influx of riders in town for Street Vibrations, the annual fall bike rally that’s going on starting Wednesday, September 26th thru Sunday, September 30th. More than 300 vendors, including custom bike builders and motorcycle accessory dealers will take over downtown Reno and…… MORE
Two Teens Severely Injured After Shooting In Sparks
Sparks Police officers responded to a shooting early Saturday morning in a parking lot on Oddie Blvd. Officers discovered multiple fired shell casings and witnesses claimed that there had been an altercation where several subjects had fired handguns in the parking lot. There were no victims at the scene, but an 18 year old male…… MORE
UNR Awarded Grant To Study Snowpack
The University of Nevada, Reno is being awarded $4.97 million thanks to a grant from the USDA. University scientists will be joined by the Desert Research Institute, Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University to study how changes in the mountain snowpack affect industries like agriculture. Over the next five years, the team will look…… MORE
Target Shooters Blamed for Two Fires, Now Contained
The Chimney Fire north of Sun Valley Regional Park is fully contained after growing to 184 acres. The fire was reported shortly after noon Thursday. Firefighters say the cause of this fire, was target shooting. No structures were threatened. The Duck Hill Fire, which also started Thursday, burned on the east side of Washoe Lake,…… MORE
Crews Stop Progress on Wildfire North of Sun Valley
Multiple crews are on the scene of a 120-acre brush fire burning north of Sun Valley. The Chimney fire broke out around noon on BLM land. Officials have not release an estimate for containment, but say they have stopped forward progress of the fire. The cause is under investigation, no homes are currently threatened. Crews…… MORE
President Trump Visits Las Vegas For Heller
President Donald Trump and Nevada Senator Dean Heller appeared together at a rally in Las Vegas yesterday. Heller was once a critic of Trump who drew his ire last year while holding up GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They’ve since become allies. The president will also appear at a veterans’ event and…… MORE
Washoe District Court Judge Reprimanded For Comments
A Washoe District Court judge has been reprimanded, fined $2,500, ordered to write letters of apology and attend training over a comment he made at a meeting of the Washoe County Domestic Violence Task Force. Judge Chuck Weller was at the meeting as an unofficial liaison with family court and made the comment during a…… MORE
Vandal Busted in Reno
The Reno Police Department has a suspect believed to be responsible for 522 separate counts of graffiti in the city of Reno. The estimated value of damage to property is more than $63,000. Nevada Revised Statutes allow for separate incidents of graffiti to be consolidated and elevates the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony.…… MORE
