OSHA has fined Douglas County and ABS Aviation which manages the Minden-Tahoe Airport for hosting President Trump’s rally in Minden. The state says the event did not get proper approvals needed because of the pandemic. Both fines total just over $5,000 combined.
The pandemic isn’t putting a cramp on the campaign trail. Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is in Reno and Las Vegas today. President Trump’s son Eric Trump is also in Reno today appearing at the Atlantis Casino. Thursday, Republican Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Reno for a Make America Great Again victory … Read more
A concerning COVID-19 trend…new cases of the virus have more than doubled in children under the age of 9 in Washoe County. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the county reported 50 new cases in children ages 9 and under last week. That’s up significantly from 23 cases during the week prior. Since the start of the … Read more
Washoe County elections officials have begun counting ballots received by mail. So far, it’s received more than 82,000 vote-by-mail ballots. They say about 45 percent of the population has voted so far, and more than half did so by mail. You can watch ballots be counted on a livestream on Washoe County’s YouTube page.
Up to 1 million people in northern California are still in the dark for a second day as PG&E seeks to guard its equipment from sparking a fire. California is seeing some of the most dangerous winds of the year as it remains in the middle of its most devastating wildfire season in history. Winds … Read more
A renewable energy plant could be coming to Gerlach. Ormat Technologies, based in Reno, wants to build there. But The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the town of 100 expressed concerns from pollution of the air and the water. Ormat says its plants are zero emissions and they’re very conscious of groundwater pollution and sage grouse habitats. … Read more
The Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada is suspending its warming center this winter due to COVID-19 and the effects were starting to be felt as temperatures plunged this weekend.KOLO-TV reports the organization can’t keep them open because it doesn’t have enough space to be COVID-complaint. They’re still providing hot meals and sending food trucks to … Read more
Two suspects are in custody after a drive-by shooting in Sparks Saturday night. Police officers responded to a report of a drive-by shooting around 10:30 p.m. When officers arrived to a home in the 100 block of Prater Way they found a victim who had been shot, their injuries were non-life threatening. It is reported … Read more
Carson Strong threw a touchdown pass, in overtime as Nevada beat Wyoming 37-34 on Saturday night in the Mountain West Conference and season openers for both teams. That was Strong’s fourth td pass of the game.
Two men were arrested Saturday afternoon after police said they threatened someone with a short-barreled shotgun near Victorian Avenue in Sparks. A short time later, police found the suspect vehicle and arrested both John Kramer and Michael Jervik-Harrell. It’s believed both were carrying the short-barreled shotgun at different times during the incident. Police were unable … Read more