A woman is accused of breaking into a home with a gun. Reno Police say 40-year-old Latoya Webb kicked in the front door of a home in the 500 block of E. Moana Lane Tuesday. The 64-year-old victim told police Webb was armed and pointed a gun at him. Webb left the home in an…… MORE
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Hazmat Situation at South Reno Walmart
The Reno Fire Department says a Hazmat situation inside the Walmart store on Kietzke Lane in south Reno turned out to be a pipe leaking refrigerant. Fire officials say just before 8pm they received reports of a white fog in the refrigeration room. When HAZMAT team arrived on scene, they discovered that a faulty pipe…… MORE
Reno Council Advancing RGJ Building Purchase
The Reno City Council agreed to move forward with a plan to buy the Reno Gazette Journal Building and move police headquarters there. Critics of the purchase call it a bailout of a failing newspaper. Washoe County Assessor Mike Clark isn’t a fan, he says the best use for a prime riverfront property is in…… MORE
Pack Picnic Tonight
Watch the sunset at University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Education and Nevada Alumni Association’s Pack Picnic on the Quad this evening from 6pm until 8pm. Everyone’s invited to throw a blanket on the lawn and enjoy a picnic dinner while listening to live music by Tim Snider. The event will also have face painting, …… MORE
Missing Fernley Girl Sought
The Fresno County, Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s assistance to find a Fernley teenager. A representative of the Fresno Sheriff’s Department says they were contacted by a case worker from the NV Dept. of Health and Human Services, and asked to be on the lookout for 17 year old Angela Ferguson. She was…… MORE
Local Fire Crews Knocked Down a Series of Wildfires Tuesday
Firefighters had a busy day Tuesday… Reno Fire crews stopped a small brush fire near Rattlesnake Mountain and Alexander Lake Road. It burned nearly two acres just before 5am. Investigators call it “Suspicious.” A fire that started about 1:45 yesterday afternoon was stopped in it’s tracks off Apple Blossom Drive in Sun Valley. Truckee Meadows…… MORE
Body of Missing Two Year Old Found in Fallon Irrigation Canal
A 2-year-old reported missing in Fallon was found dead in an irrigation canal. Churchill County sheriff’s office responded to the area of Rice Road around 8:30PM Monday night. Several agencies began searching for the child including the Fallon Police Department, Fallon Churchill Fire Department, the dive team, search and rescue, and family and neighbors. About…… MORE
BLM Resuming Pine Nut Horse Gather Next Week
The Bureau of Land Management Sierra Front Field Office is resuming the Pine Nut Mountain HMA wild horse gather near Carson City beginning July 29th. The first gather in February had to be postponed due to the weather. The agency plans to gather 148 wild horses, with the goal of removing around 109. Some mares…… MORE
Road Work on U.S. 50 From USA Parkway to Silver Springs Will Change Traffic Pattern
Beginning Wednesday through November, both directions of traffic on U.S. 50 will be shifted to new westbound lanes from the USA Parkway junction to Silver Springs as part of a Nevada Department of Transportation project to widen the highway. Traffic is already shifted to westbound lanes between Stagecoach and the USA Parkway intersection.… MORE
Motorcyclist Being Treated For Life-Threatening Injuries
A motorcyclist is being treated for life-threatening injuries after police say he hit another vehicle. It happened Tuesday around 1:15 at Wrondel Way and E. Grove Street. Reno Police say the rider was speeding in the southbound lane when he hit a vehicle making a turn from northbound Wrondel into a driveway. The 18-year-old motorcyclist…… MORE
