If you’re a senior living on Lake Tahoe’s south shore, or anywhere else in El Dorado County, you could have dead or dying trees removed from your property under a program with CalFire and the Community Development Services, Housing Community and Economic Development Program. To qualify, you must be a home owner at or below…… MORE
Two Juveniles Arrested For Burglary in Carson City
Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigators have arrested two juveniles in connection to the commercial burglary that occurred at the Fairview Market Wednesday January 10th. Investigators identified the juveniles from surveillance video from a nearby elementary school. The juveniles were located on the 1700 block of Myles Drive . Evidence from the burglary was recovered. A…… MORE
Salvation Army Cuts The Ribbon on a New Store in Carson City
The Salvation Army cut the ribbon and opened the doors to its new Family Store at 3320 Research Way in Carson City Thursday morning. The 18,000-square foot store, part of what may be the first speculative warehouse space built in Carson City in a decade, offers greater floor space and a brightly lit interior for…… MORE
Rosen Co-sponsors Vets Health Bill
Congresswoman Jacky Rosen is co-sponsoring a bill to improve access to health care and streamline payment for medical services to veterans, particularly those in rural states like Nevada. It’s co-sponsored by republican Walter B. Jones of North Carolina. The bill would improve the Veterans Choice Program, and allow vets to receive medical care from a…… MORE
Ford Warns of Ranger Danger, Will Issue Recall
Ford is telling owners of about 2,900 Ranger small pickup trucks not to drive them after finding out that an exploding Takata air bag inflator killed a driver in West Virginia. The company determined that the truck’s inflator was made on the same day as one that exploded and killed a South Carolina man driving…… MORE
RPD Instructs Property Owners on Illegal Activities
The Reno Police Department’s Motel Improvement Team held a meeting Thursday for motel and hotel owners to teach them how to keep illegal activity out of their locations.… MORE
Dems Blast AG Candidate and the Attorney General Over Legal Pot
The man who wants to be Nevada’s next attorney general is silent so far, on the threatened crackdown on Nevada’s legal marijuana industry. Democrats say republican Wes Duncan has had a week to speak out to defend an industry that has created 7,000 jobs and generated millions in tax revenue. They say the current attorney…… MORE
Reno City Council Delays Making a Decision on Cold Springs Development
The Reno city council is holding off on making a decision on the StoneGate development in Cold Springs after the developer asked for more time. Council Member Paul McKenzie says work still needs to be done on parks agreement, landscape irrigation and transportation. The developers want to build 5,000 housing units over the next 20…… MORE
They’re Getting a Tax Cut, Shouldn’t We Get a Rate Cut?
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt joined a bipartisan coalition of 18 states urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to take action to ensure that public utility companies pass along recent tax savings to consumers. The savings arise from the recently enacted federal tax reform plan that, reduced the corporate tax rate from 35 percent…… MORE
Local Contractor Arrested
The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office has arrested a man based on a warrant from the Nevada Contractors’ Board. Richard James Eaton was booked Tuesday for obtaining money under false pretenses. He bailed out shortly after being booked. Eaton is the man accused of taking money after agreeing to do work for a Reno woman,…… MORE
