Likely spurred by increased exposures to the coronavirus at social gatherings during the Labor Day weekend, Nevada’s statewide daily positivity rate for COVID-19 is on an upward trend after a steady decline over the past month according to state health officials. A recent surge in Washoe County and smaller gains in new cases are being … Read more
A $30,000 reward is being offered for information that could lead to an arrest in connection to a massive apartment fire in south Reno over the summer. In the early morning hours of July 23, the Reno Fire Department responded to Veterans Parkway Investigators determined that 11 buildings at the Esprit apartment complex were destroyed
Detectives with the Regional Narcotics Unit (RNU) have arrested two Reno residents Adam Moore, 30, and Brittany Ward, 29, for drug trafficking. RNU detectives have been working the case since late 2019. Through their investigation detectives determined that Moore and Ward were staying at a hotel on Gateway Drive.
Sparks will no longer send firefighters to California to battle wildfires raging out of control after one of their own comes down with COVID-19. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the firefighter returned from duty in California and tested positive last week, forcing seven other firefighters to quarantine. The fire station where the firefighter worked was also … Read more
Washoe County deputies are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that left a teen critically injured. Police say a 17-year-old girl was walking on Rock Haven Drive in south Reno Sunday when she was struck by a white sedan. She suffered injuries to her hands and face. The teen told officers there were … Read more
A motorhome loses control on I-80 near Derby Dam. It happened on the eastbound side of the highway. Troopers say the motorhome had an SUV hitched to it when it rolled over. Two elderly people inside the motorhome were seriously hurt.
Every Washoe County School student, regardless of income, will get a free lunch for the rest of the year. It’s a result of the U.S. Department of Agriculture expanding its free summer meal program due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Washoe County Health District stands ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccine when it’s ready–which could be in about a month. Any vaccine still needs FDA approval, but Washoe County says they’ll be ready by November 1st to distribute vaccine drive-thru style at the Reno Livestock Events Center.
A convicted sex offender is arrested in Washoe County after authorities say he failed to register. 39-year-old Nathan Marshall is a Tier II sex offender convicted for pandering persons for prostitution in California.
Washoe County adds 81 new COVID-19 infections and 113 recoveries. The death toll remains unchanged at 154. Meantime, in the Quad Counties, they have 10 new cases of COVID-19. Their death toll stands at 16.