A woman from Nevada was among four people killed in a head-on collision on U.S. 93 near Wickenburg, about 50 miles northwest of Phoenix. The state Department of Public Safety says two of the people killed in the wreck late Tuesday night were 58-year-old Debra Jean Johnson of Fernley, and 36-year-old Keayona Marie Horn of…… MORE
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Protesters Gather Downtown Against Trump
More than a hundred people gathered at City Plaza in downtown Reno last night for a rally to protest the results of the Presidential election. Reno Police were on sight during the protests, there were no arrests.… MORE
Driver Involved in Arch Crash Pleads “Not Guilty”
The driver who hit a woman with his truck, breaking her pelvis during a protest under the Reno Arch, pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing in Reno Municipal Court. 18 year old Nicholas Mahaffey was charged with provoking an assault after ramming through a crowd of protesters. Two of the protesters face misdemeanor battery…… MORE
Voter Turnout Falls Short of 2012 Numbers
Voter turnout of nearly 77 percent statewide in Nevada, and nearly 79% in Washoe County fell short of the 81 percent figure for the presidential election in 2012. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske reports that more than 1.1 million of the state’s nearly 1.5 million active registered voters cast ballots in the election.… MORE
Officer Involved Shooting Ruled Justified
The shooting of a man who pulled a gun during a 2015 confrontation with Reno police, was justified, according to Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks. The DA says Arthur Dell Richardson Jr had threatened others with the gun outside a downtown casino. He was shot by police as he backed away from them, then…… MORE
Catherine Cortez-Masto Upsets Joe Heck
Catherine Cortez Masto is the first Latina to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first woman elected to the senate from Nevada. Cortez Masto, the former state attorney general defeated three term congressman Joe Heck. She will replace Harry Reid who is retiring from elective office as the Democratic Minority Leader. Outside groups…… MORE
Dems Take Control of Nevada Assembly
Control of the Nevada Assembly appears to be going back to the democrats as some Republican incumbents lost seats they’d held in Democratic-majority districts. Democrats took seats from Shelly Shelton, Victoria Seaman, Brent Jones, and Derek Armstrong. Liberatarian John Moore was also defeated. Several democrats held off challengers in Northern Nevada. The contest between incumbent…… MORE
Amodei Sails into Easy Reelection
Congressman Mark Amodei has cruised to an easy re-election win over challenger Chip Evans. No democrat has ever won election in Nevada’s 2nd congressional district and Amodei easily kept that streak alive. Evans had never run for elective office, and tied his hopes to a democratic wave, that didn’t materialize nationally. Amodei gets credit from…… MORE
Problems at The Registrar of Voters Office
Washoe County Registrar of Voters Luanne Cutler says there’s a problem counting 509 ballots. The problem could affect some races, so it could be several days until there is a final count, Cutler said. The problem involves 509 ballots from three voting terminal cartridges that are not transferring to the reporting software, Cutler said. If…… MORE
New Faces Join The School Board
Some new faces are joining the Washoe School District Board of Trustees. The board is dramatically different from the group hit with open meeting law violations and other controversies. Joining the board is Debra Feemster, who won the seat from district “C” in North Washoe County. The former longtime Washoe County Manager Katy Simon Holland…… MORE
