Reno drivers rank as the 19th safest in the nation, nine spots below 2016, according to a report by USA Today and Allstate. Reno drivers, on average, are 7.7 percent less likely to get into a collision than the national average, they go 10.8 years between accidents, and they experience 17.5 hard-braking events every thousand…… MORE
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Las Vegas Police Arrest Man Believed to Be Involved in Brutal Homeless Killings
A man who attacked a mannequin, that was staged to look like a homeless person under a blanket, has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. 20 year old Shane Schindler faces 8 to 20 years in prison. He attacked the decoy, set up by Las Vegas police with a four pound engineers hammer, after pacing around…… MORE
The First Tahoe Food Truck Weekend Has Been Cancelled
The first annual Tahoe Truck Stop Food Truck Weekend planned for July 14th through the 16th has been cancelled. Promoters of the event say the price tag to have the food trucks on hand and a planned concert later in the evening were just too high for organizers, and the lack of support in the…… MORE
Washoe County School District Closes The Budget Gap
Washoe County School District has closed it’s budget gap, with final approval of a 1.6 million dollar shift from contingency funds, and a five million dollar appropriation from the state. The district whittled down a 40 million dollar deficit with cuts, offering some teachers buyouts, increasing class sizes, and freezing some open positions.… MORE
More Americans Are Traveling For The Fourth of July
With the economy in recovery, Triple A is predicting the highest travel volume ever this Independence Day weekend. 44.1 million Americans are expected to travel nationwide, that’s a three percent increase from last year. Travel costs including airfare, car rentals and hotels are trending a little lower this year. More than 3.4 million Americans will…… MORE
Wildfire South of Battle Mountain Leads to Evacuations
About 100 Bureau of Land Management firefighters are battling a wildfire south of Battle Mountain, that started around 6 Wednesday evening, quickly blowing up into a 300 acre inferno. The fire is near Mill Creek Canyon which has led to the evacuation of the Mill Creek Campground. The BLM reports the fire does threaten private…… MORE
Sparks Police Release Photo of Vehicle Burglary Suspect
Sparks Police are looking for a suspect who entered a car parked outside of the AM/PM on Victorian Avenue and took a person’s wallet. Police say the suspect entered the silver GMC Yukon just before 1 o’clock Wednesday.… MORE
Public Opinion Turns Against GOP Health Bill
A new nationwide survey finds eight in 10 Americans would oppose a health care bill if it includes deep cuts to Medicaid and 71 percent oppose moving the program to a lump sum or per-capita payment structure when they find out that structure would prohibit states from responding to the real-time needs of their residents.…… MORE
Fireworks Illegal in Tahoe and Reno, even “Safe and Sane”
The Fourth of July holiday is a great time to celebrate our country’s independence, and also a great time to get together with family. But don’t forget fireworks are illegal in the Tahoe Basin and much of the surrounding area. This includes sparklers and firecrackers. Even sparklers burn hot enough to cause third-degree burns. The…… MORE
House Panel Votes to Push for Yucca Mt. Nuclear Dump
Senator Dean Heller reacted to the passage of by the House Energy and Commerce Committee of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which names Yucca Mountain as the country’s sole nuclear waste repository. Heller says this legislation is dead on arrival in the Senate. Heller says we owe it to the American taxpayer to move past…… MORE
