The Reno City Council voted Wednesday night to approve the $533.9 million budget for Fiscal Year 2017/2018. The budget has dedicated Public Works funds to repair potholes made by the extreme winter weather. The budget also allows for 5 officers and 1 sergeant to be added to Reno’s police force. Mayor Schieve says adding more…… MORE
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Community Helps Pay Washoe County School District Lunch Bills
Following an outpouring of community support, concern, and financial donations to cover unpaid lunch accounts for students, the Washoe County School District is expressing its appreciation. Unpaid lunch accounts currently total more than $66,000. Donations continue to arrive daily, the District has received about $3,000 so far, which will be directed toward specific schools if…… MORE
Two Local Men Missing, Believed to be Together
Sparks Police are looking for two missing men, who are believed to be together. May 8th, 52 year old Quentin Johnson, and 48 year old Ron Haigwood were reported missing to the Sparks Police Department. Haigwood last communicated with family April 23rd and Johnson with a friend April 24th. Then May 12th, the Pyramid Lake…… MORE
Marijuana Funding Passes Senate And Assembly Subcommittee
The funding to regulate Nevada’s new recreational marijuana industry has passed the Senate and Assembly Subcommittee on General Government. The bill includes 3.8 million over two years to pay salary and travel costs, and ten million dollars for local governments to regulate the businesses. $344,000 will also be used to enhance security at the Department…… MORE
Surveillance Video Used to Identify Car Thief
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a man suspected of stealing a car, then crashing it into shrubbery. The GMC Yukon was swiped from the parking lot of a Sun Valley Casino early Wednesday morning. They used surveillance video to identify the thief, and later in the morning, spotted an SUV that looked like…… MORE
One Woman Injured in Pedestrian Versus Vehicle Accident
Sparks police are investigating an early-morning accident that sent a woman to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say it looks like the 57-year-old woman was trying to cross against a light at Victorian Avenue and Rock Boulevard just before 5AM Wednesday. The driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police.… MORE
State Treasurer May Run for Gov, Says Laxalt Scandal is Serious
State Treasurer Dan Schwartz is considering a run for Governor. Schwartz says on Nevada Newsmakers with Sam Shad, he’s with Governor Sandoval, who isn’t dismissing the secret meeting with a gaming regulator on behalf of a major donor, as a political smear by democrats. Schwartz calls it a matter of integrity, says it’s serious, and reflects badly on the…… MORE
Unemployment in Nevada Continues to Decline
Nevada’s jobless rate continues to fall. The state’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, pegged the unemployment rate is at a seasonally adjusted 4.7 percent for April. It’s the 67th straight month of 1 percent-plus year-over-year declines to the unemployment rate. Nevada also added 17,000 jobs to payrolls during the month, a seasonally adjusted gain…… MORE
Cortez-Masto: Banks Should Be Able to Work With Legal Pot Business
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto was joined by senators from several other states, including Colorado, Oregon and Washington to introduce legislation to ensure that legal cannabis businesses can access banking services. Cortez Masto says, allowing lawful cannabis-related businesses access to the mainstream banking system will alleviate security concerns and create more regulatory certainty for Nevada dispensaries…… MORE
City of Reno Has Plants For Sale Thursday Morning
The City of Reno is inviting the public to its annual plant sale Thursday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its greenhouse, located at 190 Telegraph Road in Reno. People will have the opportunity to buy locally grown, pesticide-free plants, such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, lettuce and petunias. City of Reno Horticulturist Pamela Mecham-Bedard…… MORE
