(Reno, NV) — The Washoe County School Board is updating terminology used during fourth and fifth grade sex education courses. At Tuesday’s meeting, board members voted to use terms like “boys and people with a penis,” and “girls and people with a vulva” during lessons about the human body and sexuality. The phrases were recommended…… MORE
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Human Remains Discovered on UNR Campus
(Reno, NV) — The body of a female was discovered Wednesday morning on campus at University of Nevada-Reno. Campus police say the human remains were discovered on the north end of the Quad between the Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering and Mackay School of Mines buildings around 7:10am. The discovery was made by campus workers. In…… MORE
Brush Fire North of Spanish Springs
A brush fire, now estimated at 1,500 acres, was reported near Winnemucca Ranch road off Pyramid Highway north of Spanish Springs around 7pm last night. Sierra Front is reporting 25-30 structures are threatened and it’s possible that number will increase to up to 200 structures threatened soon. Truckee Meadows Fire, BLM and Nevada Division of…… MORE
Reno Rodeo Kickoff Concert
Big thanks to our Rodeo concert sponsor: The Reno Rodeo and 780 KOH are kicking off the “Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West” with a concert in the Outdoor Rodeo Arena Wednesday, June 15 at 7 p.m. featuring Billy Currington, Canaan Smith and Rudy Parris. BUY TICKETS – CLICK HERE Currington is a Grammy-nominated and…… MORE
Senator tells Congress: “No budget? No pay!”
At least one U.S. Senator has been listening to voters and is willing to work for his paycheck. Nevada Sen. Dean Heller (R) has submitted “No Budget, No Pay” legislation as an amendment to one of his bills during the appropriations process. The bipartisan law requires Congress members to pass a budget and all appropriations bills before they get…… MORE
7-Eleven customer shoots, kills hatchet-wielding attacker
(CNN) — A customer drinking coffee at a Seattle 7-Eleven Sunday morning drew a pistol and shot dead a hatchet-wielding man who went after him and the store clerk, authorities said. Investigators haven’t yet identified the suspect, who’s believed to be in his 40s and was wearing a mask when he entered the store early…… MORE
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows
Click the poster below for your chance to win FREE tickets to the Crossroads Of The West Gun Show! America’s largest producer of gun shows, Crossroads of the West, returns to the Reno/Sparks Convention Center, Saturday October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd. Avoid the Ticket Lines. Buy Advance Tickets to Crossroads of the West Gun Show. The…… MORE
