Uncertainty over the Senate’s Health Care bill is being blamed for the withdrawal of all insurance carriers offering Affordable Care Act subsidized health plans, in most of rural Nevada’s counties including Carson and Douglas. Governor Sandoval released a statement saying the reduced insurance footprint will leave more than 8,000 Nevadan’s with no coverage, and he…… MORE
Fugitive Sex Offender Apprehended in Sacramento
The California Department of Corrections and the Correctional Safety Fugitive Apprehension Team arrested 25-year-old Alexander Childs in Sacramento. Childs was a parolee-at-large as his parole had been suspended for absconding and a warrant was issued for his arrest on May 19th. El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies and other South Lake Tahoe area law enforcement had…… MORE
New Details Released in Fatal Crash Near Cave Rock
The woman killed in a head on crash at Cave Rock Monday afternoon, was 52-year-old Sranthon Bunnag of Thailand. NHP says preliminary investigation indicates a VW Passat was being driven eastbound around a curve, and the driver crossed over the double yellow lines and into westbound traffic. The driver hit a Chrysler minivan that was…… MORE
Report Says Reno Drivers Are The 19th Safest in The Nation
Reno drivers rank as the 19th safest in the nation, nine spots below 2016, according to a report by USA Today and Allstate. Reno drivers, on average, are 7.7 percent less likely to get into a collision than the national average, they go 10.8 years between accidents, and they experience 17.5 hard-braking events every thousand…… MORE
Las Vegas Police Arrest Man Believed to Be Involved in Brutal Homeless Killings
A man who attacked a mannequin, that was staged to look like a homeless person under a blanket, has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. 20 year old Shane Schindler faces 8 to 20 years in prison. He attacked the decoy, set up by Las Vegas police with a four pound engineers hammer, after pacing around…… MORE
The First Tahoe Food Truck Weekend Has Been Cancelled
The first annual Tahoe Truck Stop Food Truck Weekend planned for July 14th through the 16th has been cancelled. Promoters of the event say the price tag to have the food trucks on hand and a planned concert later in the evening were just too high for organizers, and the lack of support in the…… MORE
Washoe County School District Closes The Budget Gap
Washoe County School District has closed it’s budget gap, with final approval of a 1.6 million dollar shift from contingency funds, and a five million dollar appropriation from the state. The district whittled down a 40 million dollar deficit with cuts, offering some teachers buyouts, increasing class sizes, and freezing some open positions.… MORE
More Americans Are Traveling For The Fourth of July
With the economy in recovery, Triple A is predicting the highest travel volume ever this Independence Day weekend. 44.1 million Americans are expected to travel nationwide, that’s a three percent increase from last year. Travel costs including airfare, car rentals and hotels are trending a little lower this year. More than 3.4 million Americans will…… MORE
Wildfire South of Battle Mountain Leads to Evacuations
About 100 Bureau of Land Management firefighters are battling a wildfire south of Battle Mountain, that started around 6 Wednesday evening, quickly blowing up into a 300 acre inferno. The fire is near Mill Creek Canyon which has led to the evacuation of the Mill Creek Campground. The BLM reports the fire does threaten private…… MORE
Sparks Police Release Photo of Vehicle Burglary Suspect
Sparks Police are looking for a suspect who entered a car parked outside of the AM/PM on Victorian Avenue and took a person’s wallet. Police say the suspect entered the silver GMC Yukon just before 1 o’clock Wednesday.… MORE
