Expect Closures on Sage Street in Reno Next Week

RTC is planning to close part of Sage Street in Reno near 4th Street for utility work from Monday through Wednesday. The closure will not affect through traffic on 4th Street, but people who use Sage Street to access Waste Management’s Transfer Station, or the City of Reno’s Corporation Yard on East Commercial Row will…MORE

Free Tree Removal Available For Seniors

If you’re a senior living on Lake Tahoe’s south shore, or anywhere else in El Dorado County, you could have dead or dying trees removed from your property under a program with CalFire and the Community Development Services, Housing Community and Economic Development Program. To qualify, you must be a home owner at or below…MORE

Two Juveniles Arrested For Burglary in Carson City

Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigators have arrested two juveniles in connection to the commercial burglary that occurred at the Fairview Market Wednesday January 10th. Investigators identified the juveniles from surveillance video from a nearby elementary school. The juveniles were located on the 1700 block of Myles Drive . Evidence from the burglary was recovered. A…MORE

Salvation Army Cuts The Ribbon on a New Store in Carson City

The Salvation Army cut the ribbon and opened the doors to its new Family Store at 3320 Research Way in Carson City Thursday morning. The 18,000-square foot store, part of what may be the first speculative warehouse space built in Carson City in a decade, offers greater floor space and a brightly lit interior for…MORE

Rosen Co-sponsors Vets Health Bill

Congresswoman Jacky Rosen is co-sponsoring a bill to improve access to health care and streamline payment for medical services to veterans, particularly those in rural states like Nevada. It’s co-sponsored by republican Walter B. Jones of North Carolina. The bill would improve the Veterans Choice Program, and allow vets to receive medical care from a…MORE

Ford Warns of Ranger Danger, Will Issue Recall

Ford is telling owners of about 2,900 Ranger small pickup trucks not to drive them after finding out that an exploding Takata air bag inflator killed a driver in West Virginia. The company determined that the truck’s inflator was made on the same day as one that exploded and killed a South Carolina man driving…MORE

Dems Blast AG Candidate and the Attorney General Over Legal Pot

The man who wants to be Nevada’s next attorney general is silent so far, on the threatened crackdown on Nevada’s legal marijuana industry. Democrats say republican Wes Duncan has had a week to speak out to defend an industry that has created 7,000 jobs and generated millions in tax revenue. They say the current attorney…MORE

Reno City Council Delays Making a Decision on Cold Springs Development

The Reno city council is holding off on making a decision on the StoneGate development in Cold Springs after the developer asked for more time. Council Member Paul McKenzie says work still needs to be done on parks agreement, landscape irrigation and transportation. The developers want to build 5,000 housing units over the next 20…MORE

They’re Getting a Tax Cut, Shouldn’t We Get a Rate Cut?

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt joined a bipartisan coalition of 18 states urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to take action to ensure that public utility companies pass along recent tax savings to consumers. The savings arise from the recently enacted federal tax reform plan that, reduced the corporate tax rate from 35 percent…MORE