Thanks to the Farm Bill funding signed in 2018 that allocates 20 percent of all monies towards telemedicine to combat opioids in rural areas, technology is now bringing counseling, therapy, and other mental health services to opioid addicts living in outlying parts of Nevada. We look at telemedicine in part two of our five part…… MORE
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Nevada State Fire Marshal Division Announces Arson Hotline
The Nevada State Fire Marshal Division now has an arson hotline number that you can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to report human caused fires.… MORE
Washoe County School District in Need of Substitute Teachers
Washoe County School District has a serious shortage of substitute teachers for the remainder of the school year. On average, WCSD uses more than 400 daily with a shortage of approximately 80 guest teachers daily. The District is prepared to discuss the situation and provide information to the community and those interested in becoming a…… MORE
Armed Guards Being Hired For Reno’s Record Street Homeless Shelter
After several instances of violence, armed security guards are being hired for Reno’s Record Street homeless shelter, and outreach monitors for the organization that operates shelters, Volunteers of America, will be on hand for the first week of the month long pilot program. There have been assaults including a stabbing in the past several months,…… MORE
Public Meetings Being Held to Discuss The Future of Burning Man
The Bureau of Land Management held a public meeting Monday night on the future of the Burning Man Festival. Organizers are looking into a permit that could expand the festival to 100,000 people. There were alternatives for the permit proposed by the BLM including keeping the number of festival attendees and staff at 85,000 people,…… MORE
Nevada Inmate Admits Threatening Judge
48-year-old David Paule of Indian Springs has pleaded guilty to threatening a federal judge. The U.S. attorney’s office for the eastern district of California says Paule faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The actual sentence will be determined at the discretion of the court. Paule is a Nevada…… MORE
Fire Marshall Looking for Arsonist in Fernley
The Nevada State Fire Marshal is asking for the public’s help identifying a man who intentionally started a recent fire in Fernley. This happened around 1:30 a.m. March 12th. Security cameras recorded the man at the City of Fernley Shop and Garage at the Out of Town Park. The State Fire Marshal says the man…… MORE
Fire Started by Smoking, Fed By Medical Oxygen
A fatal April 3rd fire in Reno on Silver Sky Parkway started on a bed from lit smoking materials, and was fueled by medical oxygen used in the bedroom. The fire took the life of 61 year old M’Lissa Cassidy. Tray Palmer, Reno Fire Marshal, said this is the first fire-related fatality in Reno since…… MORE
Hear Part One of Our Five Part Series, “A Prescription for Addiction – The Opioid Crisis One Year Later”
Last year we brought to you our ten part series “A Prescription for Addiction-The Opioid Crisis in Northern Nevada.” We wanted to revisit the topic this year to look at advancements in policy and procedures to combat the rampant rise in addicts, and to see how a couple of the people facing addiction that we…… MORE
Training Sessions Planned For Those Interested in Becoming Foster Parents
If you’ve thought about becoming a foster parent, there’s a series of training sessions coming up beginning next week that will get you the information you need in Carson City… MORE
