AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign has spent the last three days Northern Nevada educating the public about the hazards of texting and driving during what they call the 100 deadliest days for 16 to 18 year olds.… MORE
Police Identify Man Found Dead in Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe Police have released the name of a 21-year-old California man found dead in Lake Tahoe. Ramneek Singh Bains of Yuba City was reporting missing after jumping from a boat August 4th near the south end of Lake Tahoe. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says he was found a quarter mile off shore…… MORE
Missing Texas Girl Found Safe in Verdi
A 9-year-old Texas girl reported missing last week has been found safe. Her biological mother has been arrested. Haskell, Texas Police Chief Ken Barnett tells KOLO 8, Urijah Livingston was found late August 6th in the Verdi area. According to the Washoe County jail, her mother, 39 year old Desiree Ward, is in custody, charged…… MORE
The Governor is Getting Married This Weekend
Governor Brian Sandoval is getting married. He’ll tie the knot this Saturday with Laurelyn McCarthy of Las Vegas. The Governor’s Office released the following statement Tuesday afternoon: “Governor Sandoval is engaged to Ms. Lauralyn McCarthy of Las Vegas and will be married this Saturday. The happy couple requests privacy for themselves and their families during…… MORE
Funding And Upgrades Announced For AlertTahoe Network
Funding for upgrades and new cameras for the 26-camera AlertTahoe network, which tracked more than 100 fires for firefighters in 2017, was announced by the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Seismological Lab Director Graham Kent in a presentation at the annual Lake Tahoe Summit. The camera network helps to detect and monitor wildfires in and…… MORE
Attorney’s General From 15 States Support Dozier Execution
Nevada is getting support for carrying out the execution of Scott Dozier, from Attorney’s General of 15 states. They filed briefs as “Friend of the Court,” to try to clear the way for the delayed execution Scott Dozier has requested, calling on the State Supreme Court to reject the arguments of drug companies, who don’t…… MORE
Musk Talking About Taking Tesla “Private”
Elon Musk says going private is the “best path forward” for Tesla. He stunned investors on Tuesday with a tweet saying he had already lined up funding, and he told employees that it would relieve the company of the “enormous pressure” of Wall Street’s expectations. “As a public company, we are subject to wild swings…… MORE
Wells Fargo: Small Business Optimism Up
Small business optimism is at an all-time high in the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, conducted in July. The survey, had an overall Index score of 118, 12 percentage points higher than last quarter and the highest level in the survey’s 15-year history. The news comes as the economy grew 4.1 percent in…… MORE
Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto Stops in Reno
Washoe County school students returned to school Monday, and Superintendent Tracie Davis was on hand at North Valleys High School with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto touring classes, and welcoming the teens back to campus. Cortez Masto says we need to keep working to build a better education system here in Nevada, so we can One…… MORE
Nevada Dept of Veterans Services Looking For Families of Fallen Veterans
The Nevada Department of Veterans Services is looking for family of fallen Nevada veterans, so they can attend the dedication ceremony for the Battle Born: Memorial to Nevada’s Fallen Military coming up in November.… MORE
