Two children were hospitalized after being rescued Wednesday morning from an apartment fire that broke out just before 11am at a complex on Pheasant Drive. Carson City Fire Chief Sean Slamon Damage estimates on the complex are in the 250 to 300 thousand dollar range, cause of the fire is under investigation. Crews from East…… MORE
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Nevada Voters May Get a Chance to Weigh in on “Sanctuary Cites” After All
The state supreme court says the current language in the ballot initiative that would ban sanctuary city policies in Nevada is unconstitutional. They say the initiative doesn’t describe impacts passing the initiative would have. But the state’s high court is sending it back to district court in Carson City, and wants supporters of the initiative…… MORE
Nevada’s Catherine Cortez-Masto Introduces “Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act”
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia introduced the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018. The bipartisan bill would hold fraudulent substance abuse treatment programs and recovery centers accountable, by empowering the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to bring enforcement actions to combat such scams.…… MORE
Carson City Sheriff’s Office Searching For Missing Boy
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office asks for the public’s help finding a missing 11-year-old boy Brendan Hubbs-Whitney is described as 4 feet tall, 90 pounds and wearing a blue shirt, a navy blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and black boots. The boy was last seen when he returned home from school at about 2:30pm. He was…… MORE
Nevada Jobs Still Going Strong
Nevada’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund ended the first quarter with a balance of at least $1.1 billion, while the state added 4,300 jobs and unemployment remains unchanged at 4.9 percent, according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s April economic report. The report also notes that the total number of employers participating in the…… MORE
Nevada Plant Will Turn Garbage Into Aviation Fuel
Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced the start of site construction for Phase 2 of its first waste-to-fuels project, the Sierra BioFuels Plant, with a groundbreaking event at the plant site in McCarran, to celebrate this milestone. Sierra will be the nation’s first commercial-scale plant converting household garbage, that would otherwise be landfilled, into a low-carbon, renewable…… MORE
City of Reno Plant Sale is Saturday May 19
The City of Reno invites you to its annual plant sale Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its greenhouse, at 190 Telegraph Road. Attendees will have the opportunity to buy locally grown, pesticide-free plants, such as tomatoes, geraniums, peppers, and assorted annual flowers and vegetables. City of Reno Horticulturist Pamela Mecham-Bedard says proceeds…… MORE
Parks Department Votes Against Moving Historic Homes to Evans Park
Reno’s Recreation and Parks Commission voted against moving 12 historic homes near the University of Nevada, Reno to Evans Park. The commission members say they don’t want to lose the park space and are suggesting the homes be moved to Lake Street.… MORE
Works Begins on New Elementary School in The South Meadows
Workers have started construction on the latest school to be built in the Washoe County School District, Nick Polikidas Elementary.… MORE
The Search is on For Some Missing Cows
50 cows, and their calves, were stolen from Paradise Valley in Humboldt, Nevada sometime between February 15th and March 29th. Ranch owners made the discovery when they moved the herd to a new pasture and found the Hereford and black Angus crosses missing. The cows all have the number 96 on their left hip and…… MORE
