Reno’s big tourism agency even laying off…
(Click image to play video) Major Reno area tourism recruitment effort has been cut by over fifty jobs in the past year. Isn’t tourism our main economic source?
View ArticleBark That Beat (Charity Concert For The Nevada Humane Society)
By Sky Owens Bark That Beat Is A Charity Concert For The Nevada Humane Society! Any Merchandise With The "Bark That Beat" Logo Or Photo Of CRUSH & Their Dog Albie Sold The Money Will Go To The...
View ArticleRally staged for health care reform in Reno
Rally staged for health care reform in RenoStaff WriterRENO (AP) - About two dozen people rallied Thursday in downtown Reno in support of sweeping health care reform and urged the two Republican...
View ArticlePublic safety agency makes appointments
RENO (AP) - The Nevada Department of Public Safety has five new top officials.Chris Perry will be its deputy director, and Tony Almaraz will be highway patrol chief under appointments announced by...
View ArticleCarson City area, Nevada and Northern California fishing report through March 7
By Don Quilici Here is the fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra through March 7, 2012. ANGEL LAKE, ELKO COUNTY, NEV: The Nevada Department of...
View ArticleEx-UNR star Gary Hill-Thomas to coach HS hoops
RENO (AP) - Ex-Nevada basketball player Gary Hill-Thomas is getting into the coaching business.
View ArticleCaughlin Fire still 80 percent contained
Twenty-nine homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by the dangerous wildfire that blasted out of the foothills of southwest Reno on Friday.Firefighters expected to have the 2,000-acre Caughlin...
View ArticleAuthor Heidi Ayarbe to speak at WNC Carson City
Event Date: May 4, 2011 - 7:00pmThe public is invited to attend a classroom discussion at Western Nevada College on Wednesday, May 4, by author Heidi Ayarbe, whose published works are geared toward...
View ArticleMissing Reno girl found with in-law in Indiana
RENO (AP) - A 16-year-old Reno girl who disappeared last week while riding her bike was found early Monday with her brother-in-law in Indiana, police said.
View ArticleComment on Project manager of financially troubled Reno Aces Ballpark project...
The citizens committee’s “reason for being” as outlined in a recent Board of Supervisors agenda packet indicates that the committee is to assist the forward momentum of the project. That could include...
View ArticleWestern plant, toad gain federal attention
RENO (AP) - Federal officials announced Thursday that a rare plant found in three Western states warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act, and a toad found only in Nevada will be studied to...
View ArticleCold weather with possibility of snow headed for Carson City
It looks like rain, some snow and cold weather is headed for Carson City and much of the valley floor, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Forecasters aren't quite sure yet which...
View ArticleWomen's History Month: Hazel's Moment in Time
CARSON CITY, Nev. — A stunt pilot, Frank Hawks, unknowingly changed the direction of history for half the world’s population on Tuesday, December 28, 1920. All he did was take a 23-year-old former...
View ArticleRecent fish plants in Western Nevada by NDOW
By Don Quilici May 31: Lampe Park Creek in Gardnerville: 3,995 rainbow trout: 11.2 inches in length (for the annual Kids’ Fishing Derby). For information, call the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)...
View ArticleRory Reid brings plan to rejuvenate Nevada economy to Reno Chamber
RENO - Gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid told the Reno/Sparks Chamber of Commerce on Friday that while the recession has deeply hurt Nevada, it has created a chance to rejuvenate and remake the state's...
View ArticleNorth Lake Tahoe Wanderlust Festival lineup announced
By Pettit Gilwee North Lake Tahoe announced today that the Wanderlust Festival, the world’s largest and fastest growing yoga and music festival, will return for a fifth year to the picturesque setting...
View ArticleCarson to face Reed in regional softball tournament opener
Carson High is riding a wave of momentum into the NIAA 4A Northern 4A Region Softball Championship tournament, which is scheduled to begin on Thursday and continue through Saturday at Bishop Manogue...
View ArticleCOLLEGE: Nevada sweeps NMSU
RENO - Brock Stassi summed up the weekend perfectly for the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team."Our starting pitching was phenomenal," said Stassi after the Wolf Pack completed a four-game Western Athl...
View ArticleDouglas County sheriff's investigators arrest man for alleged theft of solar...
A 40-year-old Reno man was arrested Tuesday by Douglas County authorities following an investigation that lasted several months into stolen solar energy equipment.Geoffrey Earl Meudt, a former resident...
View ArticleDeath Notices: Lewis, Sullivan, Albright, MacDonald
Judy L. Lewis, 64, passed away December 7, 2011, in Reno, Nevada. Capitol City Cremation & Burial. 775-882-1766Patrick Sullivan, 95, of Carson City, passed away December 7, 2011. Autumn Funerals...
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