(KOH) – Sparks Police are asking for your help in finding a vehicle burglary suspect. About 8:20 this morning, the victim parked his vehicle at the back of the FoodMaxx store at McCarran & Prater to make a delivery. When he came back, some of his belongings were missing. The suspect is pictured in surveillance photos.…… MORE
Mogul Fire in West Reno 100% Contained
Truckee Meadows Fire says the Mogul Fire burning off 4th Street near Somersett in west Reno is 100% contained. It burned around 124 acres. One heat-related injury was reported.… MORE
Pyramid Will be Closed at McCarran Over The Weekend
The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County wants everyone to know that they’re on the tail end of the Pyramid/ McCarran widening project, and to expect some delays and detours beginning at 9pm tonight through Sunday. To access Spanish Springs between 9pm Friday through Sunday, you can take Sun Valley Boulevard to Highland Ranch, or…… MORE
Couple of Rural Northern Nevada Fires Contained
The Bureau of Land Management says the Micro Fire is fully contained after burning about 1,560 acres southwest of Silver Springs and southeast of Stagecoach. It broke out near Churchill Butte about 4:30PM August 22. The Argosy Fire burned about 76 acres of grass east of Prairie Dog Court off North Red Rock Road in…… MORE
Fallon’s Cantaloupe Festival Back This Weekend
Fallon’s Cantaloupe Festival & Country Fair, one of Nevada’s longest running agricultural festivals in the silver State, is back this weekend. Enjoy the famed Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe, that saw their start in the Swingle Bench area of Churchill County in 1911, with the careful experimentation of crossbreeding by a local man, O.J. Vannoy who…… MORE
Missing South Lake Tahoe Girls Found Safe
Two South Lake Tahoe sisters reported missing after an eclipse festival in central Oregon have called their parents, and are headed back to California. The Crook County Sheriff’s Department says that 18-year-old Melissa Lea and her 7-year-old sister stayed longer than planned at the Symbiosis Festival in the Ochoco National Forest near Prineville, and when…… MORE
One Person Has Died From The West Nile Virus in Washoe County
Over 60 mosquito tests have returned positive for West Nile Virus in Washoe County, and one person has died from the virus, according to the Washoe County Health District. The virus also infected five others, several birds and one horse in the district. Health officials will increase insecticide fogging throughout the county in the areas…… MORE
Tourist Struck by Lightning in The Sierra Nevada
An Austrian tourist who was hiking with his girlfriend and a friend in a remote wilderness area of the Sierra Nevada was rescued after surviving a lighting strike. Mathias Steinhuber, had major burns throughout his body and was struggling to walk when a helicopter crew rescued him Tuesday from the remote wilderness area near Donner…… MORE
Residential Solar is Becoming Affordable Again in Nevada
New laws have made residential solar affordable again, and the industry is booming in northern Nevada. Reno-based Sunworks has seen a big boost in business and the company would like to hire more than two dozen people by the end of the year. And if you’re thinking about installing solar, Sunworks’ Casey Coffman tells KOLO-8…… MORE
Reno City Council Considering Anti-Vagrancy Ordinances
Reno City Council is being asked to consider a host of new anti-vagrancy ordinances designed to discourage less-than-desirable behaviors. They include spitting on public property, sitting or lying down on the ReTrac Plaza, and sleeping on public or private property without permission. Violating any of these would be a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine and possibly…… MORE
