Legislation introduced by Congressman Joe Heck, the “Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act” passed the House as part of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act. Heck’s bill ends the flawed Department of Housing and Urban Development policy of counting the aid and attendance benefit for low-income, disabled veterans as regular income. Doing that unfairly reduces the…… MORE
Embezzler Gets Five Years in Prison
A former Reno mortgage broker has been sentenced to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, 150 hours of community service, and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling $260,000 from a Reno company’s employee pension plan. Marcilin Anne Benvin, currently a resident of Alaska, pleaded guilty last September to one count of embezzlement…… MORE
Rollover Closes Kietzke For Two Hours
Police are investigating a rollover crash on Kietzke Lane, between Galletti Way and Victorian Avenue. According to police, 38 year old Katrina Galima hit a concrete barrier causing her Toyota truck to flip just after 10 o’clock Tuesday night. Galima was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police believe alcohol may have been a…… MORE
Police Release Name of Man Killed in Crash
Police have released the identity of the man killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Reno. Susanville resident John Abraham was driving south on 395 approaching the North McCarran overpass when he lost control, crossing the travel lanes and hitting a light pole before going down an embankment between 395 and the southbound 395…… MORE
Man Arrested in Carson Hit And Run
The Carson City Sheriff’s Department have arrested a man in connection with the hit & run death of a man found unconscious along-side the roadway January 27th. Gustova Garcia-Valdes was walking on Brown Street, just off of Highway 50, when he was likely struck by a passing car. The driver of the vehicle, Juan Rios,…… MORE
Traci Davis on The State of Education
Washoe County Schools Superintendent Traci Davis Gave her annual State of the School District Speech last night. While Nevada is once again ranked last in education, the WCSD proves it is outperforming other school districts in, test scores, attendance and graduation rates. Davis’ goal is to reach a 90% graduation rate by the year 2020. …… MORE
Dan Mason: Lessons From Iowa
The Iowa caucuses are now behind us, and a record Republican turnout saw Ted Cruz come from behind in the polls to defeat Donald Trump. Finally, we have some actual results to talk about…… MORE
Culinary Union Does Not Endorse Dem
The powerful Culinary union, representing about 57,000 Las Vegas casino workers, has decided to not endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary. The group backed Barack Obama in his heated race with Hillary Clinton in 2008. Obama won Nevada’s delegate count that year but Clinton won the popular vote.… MORE
Snowpack Continues to Improve
Heavy, snow-filled storms mean the northern Nevada snowpack is improving, with the February 2016 survey showing 125% of normal on Mt. Rose. That’s a big improvement over the January survey, showing 110% of normal. And it’s a huge increase over January 2015, when the snowpack was 60% of normal.… MORE
Solar Companies Argue Grandfathering
NV Energy and Nevada solar companies will offer arguments on whether, and how, to “grandfather” existing rooftop solar customers into older, lower rates. Regulators on the Nevada Public Utilities Commissioners say they didn’t have enough information and asked interested parties to answer a list of questions. NV Energy says it’s planning to propose grandfathering existing…… MORE
