Fugitive Sex Offender Apprehended in Sacramento

The California Department of Corrections and the Correctional Safety Fugitive Apprehension Team arrested 25-year-old Alexander Childs in Sacramento. Childs was a parolee-at-large as his parole had been suspended for absconding and a warrant was issued for his arrest on May 19th. El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies and other South Lake Tahoe area law enforcement had…MORE

New Details Released in Fatal Crash Near Cave Rock

The woman killed in a head on crash at Cave Rock Monday afternoon, was 52-year-old Sranthon Bunnag of Thailand. NHP says preliminary investigation indicates a VW Passat was being driven eastbound around a curve, and the driver crossed over the double yellow lines and into westbound traffic. The driver hit a Chrysler minivan that was…MORE

Report Says Reno Drivers Are The 19th Safest in The Nation

Reno drivers rank as the 19th safest in the nation, nine spots below 2016, according to a report by USA Today and Allstate. Reno drivers, on average, are 7.7 percent less likely to get into a collision than the national average, they go 10.8 years between accidents, and they experience 17.5 hard-braking events every thousand…MORE

The First Tahoe Food Truck Weekend Has Been Cancelled

The first annual Tahoe Truck Stop Food Truck Weekend planned for July 14th through the 16th has been cancelled. Promoters of the event say the price tag to have the food trucks on hand and a planned concert later in the evening were just too high for organizers, and the lack of support in the…MORE

Washoe County School District Closes The Budget Gap

Washoe County School District has closed it’s budget gap, with final approval of a 1.6 million dollar shift from contingency funds, and a five million dollar appropriation from the state. The district whittled down a 40 million dollar deficit with cuts, offering some teachers buyouts, increasing class sizes, and freezing some open positions.MORE

More Americans Are Traveling For The Fourth of July

With the economy in recovery, Triple A is predicting the highest travel volume ever this Independence Day weekend. 44.1 million Americans are expected to travel nationwide, that’s a three percent increase from last year. Travel costs including airfare, car rentals and hotels are trending a little lower this year. More than 3.4 million Americans will…MORE

Wildfire South of Battle Mountain Leads to Evacuations

About 100 Bureau of Land Management firefighters are battling a wildfire south of Battle Mountain, that started around 6 Wednesday evening, quickly blowing up into a 300 acre inferno. The fire is near Mill Creek Canyon which has led to the evacuation of the Mill Creek Campground. The BLM reports the fire does threaten private…MORE

Public Opinion Turns Against GOP Health Bill

A new nationwide survey finds eight in 10 Americans would oppose a health care bill if it includes deep cuts to Medicaid and 71 percent oppose moving the program to a lump sum or per-capita payment structure when they find out that structure would prohibit states from responding to the real-time needs of their residents.…MORE