The Nevada Department of Transportation has started a big project in the North Valley’s area, so you may see some tie ups as the work continues. Ramp meters, a wrong way driver detection system, travel time signs, and traffic cameras are being added to the stretch of 395 that runs from the Spaghetti Bowl all…… MORE
Egg Hunts For All Age Groups Planned For This Weekend at Sun Valley Community Park
Make plans now for the 6th annual Sun Valley Easter Egg Hunt. It’s this weekend, with multiple age divisions, so everybody gets the chance to bring home a basket full of eggs. The fun begins at 11am at Sun Valley Community Park. There’ll be face painting, and other fun stuff to keep the kids entertained,…… MORE
Washoe County School District Presents Tentative Budget to Board of Trustees
The Washoe County School District Chief Financial Officer presented this year’s tentative budget to the Board of Trustees. Legally, the budget has to be presented, balanced or not. While the board did vote to approve the budget, it’s dealing with a shortfall of about $40 million. District CFO Tom Ciesynski, says they’re trying to avoid…… MORE
Lyon County Preparing For Future Flood Events
Lyon County is actively preparing for a high spring and summer runoff on the Carson and Walker Rivers. Today Lyon County leaders are hosting a table top exercise to address responding to and recovering from various flooding scenarios. A tabletop exercise is an activity in which key personnel assigned emergency management roles and responsibilities, gather…… MORE
Association of Realtors Release Washoe County Home Sales Data
The Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors released its 2017 first quarter report on existing home sales in Washoe County. Washoe County had 1,285 sales of existing single-family homes; with a 4 percent decrease from last year and a 19 percent decrease from the previous quarter. The median sales price in Washoe County is $315,000; an increase…… MORE
18 Year Old Man Faces Life in Prison For 2015 Murder
The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office is announcing a guilty verdict in second degree murder, with the use of a deadly weapon in an October, 2015 shooting. 18 year old Jonathan Jaramillo will be sentenced in June and faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole and a consecutive sentence for the…… MORE
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval Signs LGBTQ Bill Into Law
Governor Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill 99, a measure that provides protections for children who are LGBTQ, who are placed in a child welfare or juvenile detention facility. AB 99 generally requires that these facilities treat children according to the gender with which they identify, or based on a child’s gender expression. The bill also…… MORE
Expect Some Lane Closures and delays on Interstate 80 West of Reno
Lane and roadway shoulder closures will be in place on Interstate 80 west of Reno, as NDOT continues repairs to roadside slope erosion. I-80 will be reduced to one lane in the westbound direction near the Nevada-California stateline and in the eastbound direction between exits 4 and 5 at Verdi . The lane closures will…… MORE
Ready to Get Outside? The Forest Service Will Soon Open Some Recreational Facilities
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin opening recreational facilities in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Weather and snow conditions permitting, Inspiration Point will be the first site to open on April 15th. The Taylor Creek Visitor Center opens May 19th, and will be staffed weekends only until Memorial Day weekend.…… MORE
Senator Dean Heller Supporting The National Flood Insurance Program
Senator Dean Heller of Nevada contacted Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Crapo and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown, to encourage them to work toward reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program. In his letter, Heller urges the consideration of measures to help more Nevadans gain access to flood insurance, and protect Nevada’s taxpayers…… MORE
