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Food Bank of Northern Nevada Need Your Help Stocking Shelves For The Holidays

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is stocking the shelves for the holiday season, and they need your help. Their donation truck will be set up at the Sam’s Club on Kietzke in Reno on Thursday collecting non perishable food for low income residents, and they’ll even unload the items from your car for you.…MORE

Joining Forces Campaign Begins Friday

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, and other local Nevada law enforcement agencies, are ramping up for Nevada Day Weekend with a joining forces campaign on our roadways. If you’re planning on a night a out with friends and family, make sure you have a designated driver or take the bus, so you can get home…MORE

Reno Swat Conducting Training Exercise Downtown Today

Don’t be alarmed when you see a high volume of law enforcement downtown this afternoon. The Reno Police Department’s SWAT Team is conducting a training exercise in the area of Virginia and Commercial Streets, so their team’s ready in the event of an emergency. They’re practicing a critical incident situation in a high rise structure…MORE

Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center is Getting Its Own Zip Code

Congressman Mark Amodei, working with Storey County officials, have secured a new a zip code for the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. The hub for Tesla, and others, is the largest industrial center in the world in square miles, and home to more than 100 companies’ warehouse-logistics and fulfillment centers. Citing rapid growth and development in Storey…MORE

Assembly Candidate Dennis Hof Dead at 72

The world’s most famous pimp and Nevada Assembly candidate, Dennis Hof, notorious for his HBO show “Cathouse,” died today in Southern Nevada. Nye County Sheriff’s David Boruchowilz has the details of what happened around 11am this morning. The author of “The Art of the Pimp” was running as a Republican this year for a Nevada…MORE

One Person Injured in Downtown Stabbing

Reno Police are investigating a late night stabbing that sent one person to the hospital. Police say a fight broke out between a man and a woman and the suspect inside the Little Nugget casino in downtown Reno around 11 o’clock last night. That fight led to the stabbing. One man was transported to a…MORE

Reno Police Investigating Fatal Pedestrian Versus Vehicle Crash

The Reno Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that happened just south of the intersection of North Virginia Street and North McCarran Boulevard last night. Just before 7:30, they responded to reports of a vehicle versus pedestrian crash. When they arrived, they found a 72-year-old pedestrian in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at…MORE

Two People Displaced After Trailer Fire in Sparks

Two people have been displaced after the trailer they lived in caught fire in Sparks. The Sparks Fire Department says the fire broke out just after 5:30 p.m. Monday in the back of the trailer. The trailer was in the area of Victorian Avenue and Nichols Boulevard. The cause is under investigation. No injuries were…MORE