Two Nevada firefighters remain hospitalized with severe burns they suffered when flames burned over their engine while responding to a wildfire that started after a helicopter crashed 15 miles north of Battle Mountain over the weekend. The Sheep Creek fire has burned 89 square miles of sage brush and cheat grass since starting Saturday afternoon.…… MORE
Renown Health Gets Support For New Addiction Clinic
Renown Health just received a big check from the Nevada Attorney General’s office to help pay for the new Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health and Addiction Institute opening on Kirman Avenue this year.… MORE
Great Reno Balloon Race Coming September 7th – 9th
The Great Reno Balloon Race is back and bigger than ever September 7th through the 9th, with lots of new balloons making their first appearance here in the Truckee Meadows.… MORE
Sparks Post Office Hosting Passport Fair This Weekend
Planning a vacation outside the United States this summer? To help accommodate passport applicants, the Sparks Post Office will offer a special passport fair Saturday, at the Sparks Main Post Office at 750 4th Street from 9 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.… MORE
Fire Restrictions in Place in The Lake Tahoe Basin
Fire restrictions on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin are in place through November 15. Warm temperatures and dry vegetation combined with numerous wildfires burning in our region prompted the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit to implement restrictions. Fire Management Officer, Steve Burns says “Over 90 percent of unwanted…… MORE
Community Meeting Tonight For Residents Near Sheep Creek Fire
A Community Meeting is planned for Wednesday at 7 p.m., at Battle Mountain High School, 425 Weaver Street, where fire managers will provide an update on the Sheep Creek fire. That’s the fire that started after the crash of a helicopter north of Battle Mountain and has grown to more than 59,000 acres. There are…… MORE
Third Drug Company Joins Effort to Halt Scott Dozier’s Execution
The third pharmaceutical company that objects to state use of its drugs for executions, is being allowed to join two other firms in Nevada state court hearings. A judge in Las Vegas Tuesday let Sandoz Inc. join drugmakers Alvogen and Hikma Phamaceuticals USA in a lower-court case on the stalled execution of Scott Dozier. Clark…… MORE
How Does a Winter Job With N-DOT Sound?
The Nevada Department of Transportation is looking ahead and preparing to keep state roads clear when winter snow flies. NDOT is hiring temporary highway maintenance workers to help keep winter roads clear, including snow plow and anti-icing operations and assisting in highway emergency response, among other duties. Through Sept. 8, applications are being accepted for…… MORE
Judge Agrees With Laxalt, No Expanded Background Checks
Fatally flawed and can’t be enforced. A Las Vegas judge has echoed the criticism of the voter approved background check initiative, of Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. Judge Joe Hardy ruled proponents of the measure should have known the law would require the FBI to take on background checks for private sales, and that they…… MORE
Nevada State Vet Says Hands Off The Bats
To date this year, the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) Animal Disease Laboratory has confirmed six positive rabies cases, all in bats in Washoe and Clark and Washoe Counties. Rabies is common in bats throughout Nevada, and bat activity tends to increase between the months of May and October. Dr. JJ Goicoechea, NDA state veterinarian…… MORE
