Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made several stops through Reno Sunday afternoon, introducing his platform as Nevadans prepare for the caucuses in February. Sanders hosted a roundtable with local union leaders, and then spoke at a public town meeting at the Reno Ballroom. Sanders says he wants to create jobs by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. He…… MORE
The Solar Battle Continues
The battle over how NV Energy should handle solar panel subsidies is not over. The Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection is asking regulators to put a hold on a controversial new rate structure for customers with rooftop solar panels. Nevada Consumer Advocate Eric Witkoski filed the request on Thursday, two days after the Public Utilities…… MORE
KTMB’s Tree Recycling Program Adds Locations
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful will be hosting its 25th annual Christmas Tree Recycling program, and has partnered with the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District to include many more drop-off locations throughout the Truckee Meadows. All Christmas Tree Recycling drop-off locations are for residents only and will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., every…… MORE
NV Consumer Advocate Seeks Pause on Solar Rate Changes
The battle over how NV Energy should handle solar panel subsidies is not over. The Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection is asking regulators to put a hold on a controversial new rate structure for customers with rooftop solar panels. Nevada Consumer Advocate Eric Witkoski filed the request on Thursday, two days after the Public Utilities…… MORE
Standoff In Reno Ends Peacefully
An armed man who barricaded himself in a downtown motel came out without incident. The situation began around 4:15pm on Wednesday, at Cheryl’s Motel and Apartments on Evans Ave. Officers were responding to a report of a civil problem between neighbors when one of the neighbors, 67 year old Graham Bishop, came to the door…… MORE
Solar Company To Stop Selling in NV
SolarCity, a rooftop solar installation company, says it will stop selling and installing panels in Nevada, after energy regulators decided to change the rate structure for solar customers. SolarCity issued a statement saying the Nevada Public Utilities Commission “effectively shut down” the rooftop solar industry with Tuesday’s decision, which will raise costs over a five-year…… MORE
Ski Holiday in Full Force
Powder hounds who asked for deep snow for Christmas will get their wish. One of the largest storms in several years has dumped more than five feet of new snow on Sugar Bowl Resort and even more is on the way, allowing the resort to begin opening the entire mountain for a week of deep…… MORE
Hit & Run Driver Arrested
Washoe County deputies have arrested a Reno man on charges of DUI, hit and run, resisting a police officer and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. NHP Sgt. Eddie Bowers reports Ryan Patrick Mack ran a red light and crashed into two other vehicles at Pyramid Way and Eagle Canyon Road in Spanish Springs just…… MORE
Series of Quakes Shake Northern Nevada
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck south Reno at 10:46 p.m. Tuesday night; the strongest of a cluster of at least ten quakes centering in the area of the Arrowcreek Country Club. The swarm of temblors began a half hour earlier with the first shaker registering 1.9. At least four…… MORE
Winter Storms Bringing Moisture
The National Weather Service estimates that more than 6 billion gallons of water have poured into Lake Tahoe in less than two days, as the lake recovers from four years of drought. Since midnight Monday, the lake level has gone up 1.92 inches, the equivalent of 6.39 billion gallons of water. The water comes as…… MORE
