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Free Fishing Day Returns This Saturday

Free Fishing Day is your one chance during the year to get hooked for free. During the annual Free Fishing Day Saturday, anglers can fish in any public water in the state without a fishing license.MORE

Reno Air Race Pilot Forced to Make Emergency Landing on Pyramid Highway

A Reno air race pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on Pyramid Highway last night. Andy Findlay is in Reno for the annual pylon racing seminar at the Reno-Stead Airport. He was on a photo mission when his Aircraft experienced electrical failure. He rerouted to the airport in Stead when the malfunction got…MORE

Reno Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

A Reno man has pleaded guilty to possessing thousands of images of child pornography. 50-year-old Daren Phillips admitted to keeping more than 5,000 images and videos of child pornography on his laptop from 2016 to 2018. He also admitted to possessing child pornography on his laptop before moving to Nevada from Georgia. Phillips faces a…MORE

Silver Springs Man Sentenced to Life in Prison For Triple Murder

A Silver Springs man has been sentenced to life without possibility of parole, in the murders of his girlfriend and her parents. 50 year old Scott Baskette pleaded guilty to the three counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of Rebecca Driver, and Frank and Coral Evans in a crime that happened in…MORE

Reno Crews Respond to Fire, Homeless Camp May be to Blame

A fire in northeast Reno yesterday evening spread from a ditch to a field before Reno Fire Department crews knocked it down. The fire was in a field behind Tripp Drive south of Hug High School and was reported just after 6pm. The Reno Fire Department says it started along the Orr Ditch and spread…MORE

A Lesson in Fire Sprinklers at City Plaza

Reno, Sparks, and Tahoe Douglas firefighters demonstrated the impact sprinklers make in a fire situation by burning two mock up rooms at City Plaza in Reno.MORE

Get Your Utility Bills Paid For a Year

The Nevada Rural Housing Authority Home At Last program is celebrating National Homeownership Month by giving everyone the chance to get their utility bills paid for a year.MORE

NDOT Repairing The Concrete Barrier Rail on Interstate 80, Lane Closures Planned

NDOT has begun safety repairs replace median concrete barrier rail on Interstate 80 in downtown Reno damaged after being struck by a semi-truck. During the weekend of March 23, two separate commercial vehicle truck crashes damaged I-80 concrete median barrier rail; one section near the Virginia Street downtown Reno exit and the other east of…MORE