This weekend is Halloween-and the final weekend for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Fright at the Fairgrounds. Tomorrow from 12 to 5 p.m. there’s a costume contest with prizes-including bikes-and the opportunity for safe trick-or-treating. At nightfall, a haunted house will open. It’s all happening at the Douglas County fairgrounds off Pinenut Road in Gardnerville.
Casinos in Stateline are seeing some of the best gaming revenue in the state. The Gaming Control Board says Stateline casinos posted gains year-over-year of more than $6.5 million. Despite the positive gain in that market, the Tahoe-Daily Tribune reports all casinos are nearly 12 percent behind for the fiscal year due to shutdowns forced … Read more
One person is dead in a single-vehicle crash on I-80 in Wadsworth. It happened at the Painted Rock interchange yesterday. Troopers say both persons in the vehicle weren’t wearing seat belts when the vehicle rolled over; one person was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The second person was hospitalized.
Coronavirus cases at the Washoe County jail have more than quadrupled in the last week, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. As of Thursday, 48 inmates and nine staff members had tested positive for COVID-19, up from 11 inmates and five staff members on Oct. 21. Officials placed the jail, located on Parr Boulevard … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence urged early in-person voting and highlighted reports of a partial economic recovery during a rally Thursday in Reno, hoping to drum up enthusiasm in Nevada in the final days before the election. Pence noting reports released by the Department of Commerce earlier in the day showing the national economy grew 33% … Read more
Businesses may close and hospitals may need to adopt “crisis standards” that include care rationing if the coronavirus continues to spread at current rates in Nevada. In a news conference Wednesday, Gov. Steve Sisolak said, “I don’t care who says it: We are not rounding the corner,” Anyone who says to the contrary is lying. … Read more
Nevada is in the red zone when it comes to COVID-19. Governor Steve Sisolak says the White House report shows the Silver State has the 22nd highest case rate, reporting more than 100 new cases per 100-thousand residents. Seventy-one percent of Nevada counties have moderate or high levels of community spread of the virus. Sisolak … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence’s rally today at 5 p.m. at the Reno-Tahoe Airport will be abiding by the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. That means attendance will be capped at 250 persons and masks must be worn. The leaseholder of the airport hangar apparently signed an agreement requiring the RNC to abide by these rules. It comes … Read more
A 19-year-old driver is lucky to be alive after his car fell off an overpass onto McCarran Boulevard. Troopers say the man who was driving recklessly, hit the guard rail, and rolled off the overpass, causing a crash involving two other vehicles. The suspect was hospitalized with a head injury. No one else was hurt; … Read more
Sparks Police arrest three people in connection with a shooting at a Rock Boulevard apartment complex last weekend. Police say Daniel McHale forced his way into an apartment to collect a debt. A struggle ensued and he shot Donald Robertson. McHale faces charges of battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm. Robertson and … Read more