The 10th annual Made in Nevada Holiday Marketplace is set to take over the Flag Store in Sparks this weekend. Eric Smith, vice president of the Flag Store, explains. Customers can discover authentic and unique art, gifts, food and other goods all produced and crafted by Nevadans in Nevada. Hundreds of products will be on…… MORE
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Man Who Killed Casino Employee Gets Life in Prison
A man who exploded after losing a casino bet, and grabbed his lost chips off the table then punched an Eldorado Shift manager who tried to stop him, has been sentenced to life in prison for murder. 65 year old Frederick Borden’s attack on 52 year old James Bryant, left him with a torn vertebral…… MORE
Big Opening Sales For Christmas Season in Nevada
Shoppers jammed stores and kept online retailers busy over the Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday to take advantage of deals and discounts, as the holiday shopping season entered its final month. In the Silver State, the Retail Association of Nevada (RAN) estimates that over 1.5 million people spent a total of $475.9 million on gifts,…… MORE
Reno City Council Rejects Housing Development, Granny Flats
The Reno City Council voted 6-1 Wednesday night to turn down the Daybreak development in southeast Reno, which would have brought 4,700 homes. The council seemed concerned the development was being built in an area prone to flooding. The master plan meant to guide redevelopment recommended not building on the flood plain. Other concerns included…… MORE
Local Business Owners Meet to Discuss The State of Digital Marketing
Local business owners met with Reno ad experts to talk about online advertising, at the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s 3rd Annual “State of Digital Marketing” event.… MORE
Carson City Board of Supervisors Approve Funding For Traffic Enforcement Program
The Carson City Board of Supervisors have approved funding to bring back the traffic enforcement unit at the Sheriff’s department, a team that was dissolved during the recession.… MORE
Grant Will Support Rape Kit Testing in Washoe County
Thanks to a grant from the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance, $360,000 in funds is going to Washoe County so District Attorney Chris Hicks can appoint a deputy DA, who will investigate untested rape kits under Nevada’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative. DA Hicks says he’s put DDA Darcy Cameron in to coordinate the funding, and…… MORE
Legal Marijuana Sales Continue to Beat Projections
Taxes from legal marijuana in Nevada were over $7 million in September, just short of the single-month record set in August. The industry brought in more than $7.49 million in September, which includes a 15 percent wholesale tax on medical and recreational pot and a 10 percent excise tax on recreational sales. The governor’s had…… MORE
Fire Displaces Residents in Sparks
A small fire at a Sparks apartment building caused enough electrical damage, to force residents of 20 residents out from their homes. The Red Cross is helping those residents with temporary lodging. Crews were called to the fire on the 1100 block of 15th Street about 1pm Wednesday. They found light smoke coming from a…… MORE
Police Want Casino Thief
Reno Police are looking for a man who snatched a backpack containing a large amount of money and casino chips. Just how much they won’t say. The backpack was stolen from a customer at the Eldorado in downtown Reno November 12th. The backpack was found at another casino, minus the cash. .… MORE
