The first in a series of overnight full road closures on State Route 28 south of Incline Village, will begin Monday, as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs bridges on the State Route 28 shared use path. Both directions of SR 28 will be closed between Lakeshore Boulevard in southern Incline Village near Tunnel Creek…… MORE
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Carson Aquatic Facility Will be Closed Next Month For Improvements
The Carson Aquatic Facility will be closed from November 3rd to January 2nd for infrastructure enhancements. An approximately $550,000 investment into the facility’s infrastructure will be made during the two month closure. Improvements include re-plastering the 50 meter pool, painting, re-tiling, and other much needed improvements to the locker rooms and throughout the facility. Funding…… MORE
Sheriff’s Office Offering Free Halloween Candy X-Ray Screening
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office will offer free Halloween candy X-ray screening at the Washoe County District Courthouse entrance on Court Street, until 9:00 p.m. on Halloween night, and during regular business hours on the Thursday and Friday following Halloween. The X-ray machines will detect metal objects only. Parents who believe candy has been tampered…… MORE
Postal Service Hiring in Northern Nevada, South Tahoe
The Postal Service is looking for more than 200 employees to help serve residential and business customers in Truckee, Sparks, Reno, Carson City, and So. Lake Tahoe. To expedite the process, recruiters will be on-hand to personally guide prospective employees from the application process all the way to on-the-spot interviews at a Rapid Hiring Event…… MORE
Hoover Dam is Turning Purple
As national Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to an end, one of America’s most iconic landmarks will glow purple in honor of efforts to raise awareness about this common crime. Hoover Dam will be transformed in an exceptional display from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday, October 29. With approval from the Bureau of Reclamation, The…… MORE
Nevada Day Parade is Saturday in Carson City
This years Nevada Day Parade is Saturday October 27th. Nevada Day celebrates the admission to the union, and is the most celebrated statehood event in the country. The parade is from 10 am to 2 pm in Carson City, and there are numerous other family friendly events, including a hot air balloon launch, free admission…… MORE
Nevada Keeps Growing Jobs, Unemployment Continues to Fall
All of Nevada’s metro areas saw declining jobless rates in September. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate across the state was 4.5 percent, with the highest among the bigger cities at 4.7 percent in Las Vegas. Elko area unemployment was lowest at 3 percent. Rural areas are seeing positive job growth, but labor forces in rural…… MORE
Honor Flight Nevada to Return Sunday
Another “Honor Flight Nevada,” returns from a trip to Washington D.C. and the Reno Tahoe Airport is inviting you to help welcome those veterans home Sunday. Forty veterans from World War II, Korea and Vietnam Wars; their friends, family, Honor Flight Nevada organizers, along with community supporters from the Nevada Guard, Civil Air Patrol, Blue…… MORE
Inmate Walks Away From Eastern Nevada Conservation Camp
A 25-year-old man sentenced in Reno to 40 months to 100 months for robbery, walked away from an eastern Nevada conservation camp. Gregg McGruder arrived in prison on July 3rd and was transferred to the Ely Conservation Camp south of Ely on October 15th. He walked away from the camp about 10:25 a.m. Wednesday. He…… MORE
Shoplifter Threatens Security Guards With a Taser
A man suspected of shoplifting from the Sportsman’s Warehouse in Reno pulled a Taser on security guards before running from the store. 28-year-old Kyle Brandon Bouteiller was booked into the Washoe County jail on suspicion of robbery, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police say he was seen shoplifting items from the store…… MORE
