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The Slink Fire burning near Topaz Lake has scorched more than 20,000 acres so far. It was at least 30 percent contained at last check.

An unofficial gathering on the playa in the Black Rock Desert marks this year’s Burning Man–which for the first time ever was canceled due to COVID-19. Several thousand were said to have gathered in camps spread out across 200 square miles. State restrictions limit gatherings to 50 persons. The BLM monitored the event.

Another fire –this one burning nearly 200 miles away in central California is causing unhealthy air here in the Truckee Meadows area The Creek Fire broke out Friday night. It’s burning timber, brush, and litter in the Sierra National Forest and has scorched more than 70 square miles. The National Weather Service says the fire … Read more

Washoe County adds three new COVID-19 deaths–for a total of 146. The latest deaths involve a man in his 50s and a woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions and a man in his 60s with no known health issues. The county added 94 new cases and 60 recoveries.

The Carson City School District sees its first COVID-19 case. The district says the positive case is in a person who works in the transportation department. They say no other employees had close contact with the infected individual, but they’re working with the health department on contact tracing. They expect a small number of people … Read more

NV Energy asked its Nevada customers to conserve electricity Sunday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to help with energy supply issues caused by high temperatures in the west. “Conservation is the best way to reduce strain on the local power grid,” NV Energy said in a statement. NV Energy’s conservation suggestions included Turn off … Read more

A 64 year old motorcyclisht was killed in a crash that happened Saturday night in the North Valleys. The man pronounced deat at the hospital. The initial investigation reveled that it appeared the motorcyclisht hit the center median, where he then lot controll and crash. The Reno police department is looking for witnesses on their … Read more

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office on Thursday arrested a Sparks man for an accidental discharge of a rifle he carried Saturday as a Black Lives Matter protest wound down in downtown Carson City. Grant Ensenat McBeth, 22, was booked on a misdemeanor charge of negligent discharge fo a firearm in public with bail set at … Read more

Gov. Steve Sisolak said he is reviewing whether to ease rules on religious gatherings, youth sports and business gatherings restricted because of the coronavirus, but has pleaded in the meantime for Nevadans to avoid large family gatherings over Labor Day weekend. The governor said people need to forgo barbecues and parties with neighbors, friends and … Read more

Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday he is pursuing the possibility of easing COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings as a rural church pushes forward with its legal effort to strike down the current 50-person cap as unconstitutional. Lawyers for Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley filed new briefs in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco … Read more