The Carson City Fire Department will be given the Golden Rotor award from Care Flight, in recognition of the lifesaving practices performed by Carson City’s firefighters and paramedics. The award will be presented to Fire Chief Robert Schreihans. The Golden Rotor Award is given to agencies that perform lifesaving rescues that are considered above and beyond…… MORE
SUV Crashes Through Reno Apartment
An SUV crashed through the side of an apartment, and through the garage of one of the Manhattan Place Apartments at 10th and Butler in Reno, Monday. The driver tried to run, but was caught a few blocks from the scene. He was taken to Renown with minor injuries. Alcohol is likely a factor in…… MORE
Solar Group Files Lawsuit
A group called the “Alliance for Solar Choice” has filed suit to try to overturn a decision by the state Public Utilities Commission, that raised the rate rooftop solar customers pay NV Energy. They say the ruling unjustly applies the new rate structure, which went into effect Jan. 1st, to some 17,000 existing solar customers.…… MORE
Huge Bear Caught in Incline Village
The Nevada Department of Wildlife has caught a whopper. A 450-pound black bear was caught in a trap early Monday morning in Incline Village. Chris Healy says NDOW had not handled it before. Healy says the size of the bear makes them think it didn’t hibernate over the winter and instead ate from the garbage…… MORE
Crews Knock Down Circus Circus Fire
Some scary moments at Circus Circus in downtown Reno, after a boiler in the basement caught fire Monday afternoon. Firefighters contained the blaze shortly after it broke out just after 2:20 pm . The fire caused minor damage and the building is fully operational. There were no injuries. Cause of the fire is under investigation.… MORE
Nugget Avenue Project Officially Underway
An $800,000 upgrade of Nugget Avenue gets underway today. NDOT is repaving and reconstructing a one mile section between Pyramid and McCarran, through the end of spring. If you travel that roadway, keep in mind that eastbound traffic will be closed during the project. Westbound travel remains open, and access will be open to businesses…… MORE
Sparks PD Investigating Weekend Shooting
Sparks Police are investigating an incident in which one man was stabbed and another was shot Saturday night. Officers were called to a location in the 1400 block of South Rock Blvd. shortly before 9:00 Saturday night. They found one man with a stab wound to his arm and another man with a gunshot wound…… MORE
Stolen Car Found in Sparks Marina
A Sacramento couple’s Reno vacation turned into a nightmare when their car was stolen and found at the bottom of the Sparks Marina. The couple left their Lexus with a valet at the Grand Sierra Resort on Friday. They were unable to find it anywhere the next morning. Meanwhile, Sparks police received reports of a submerged vehicle Friday at the…… MORE
Brothel Owner To Run For Nevada Assembly
Brothel owner Dennis Hof has filed to run as a Libertarian in a rural Nevada Assembly district. The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office says the star of the HBO series “Cathouse” filed paperwork Friday in Carson City to run for Assembly District 36. The district includes Pahrump, the southern Nevada town where his Love Ranch…… MORE
Reward Offered For Cemetery Vandals
Vandals have struck the historic Comstock cemetery on Virginia City’s north side. They toppled and broke a large marble gravestone that marks the last resting spots of 10 year old Maggie Stack and her one year old brother Daniel, who were buried in the 1880’s. Cal Dillon and the Comstock Cemetery Foundation are looking for…… MORE
