The North Virginia Street bridge over I-80 will close near UNR’s campus starting tomorrow. The five-week closure is part of the RTC’s $87 million Virginia Street project that’s aimed at improving safety and enhancing transit service in the area. Northbound drivers and pedestrians will be detoured to Center Street via Maple Street while those heading … Read more
A man is arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic battery in Sparks. Police say Aiuga Lalau threatened his girlfriend with a handgun and hit her with it after refusing to allow her to leave a home on Los Altos Parkway. The victim tells police she ran to safety once he … Read more
Health officials reported three deaths, 33 new COVID-19 cases and 47 recoveries in Washoe County on Wednesday. The deaths were a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions and two men in their 90s with underlying health conditions.
Results from an antibody study show up to five times more people in Washoe County have likely been infected with COVID-19 than what has been previously reported. The study by the Washoe County Health District and the University of Nevada, Reno tested the blood of 234 adults who supplied blood for an antibody test between … Read more
Reno-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. received the go-ahead Wednesday from Nevada casino regulators to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a $17.3 billion deal creating a gambling giant owning or operating 55 properties in 16 U.S. states and several other countries.
Nevada lawmakers masked up Wednesday morning, kicking off an emergency special session called to balance the state’s budget amid plummeting revenue projections and a growing stack of pandemic-related expenses. Visitor volume is down and unemployment is up in Nevada’s leisure and hospitality industries. Unless there’s a surprise turnaround, the state will have to overcome a … Read more
Evacuation orders have been lifted, for now, as the Numbers Fire burning near Gardnerville continues to spread rapidly. Firefighters hope it doesn’t soon consume parts of Lyon County and Smith Valley. The fire now spans more than 20,000 acres and is just 5 percent contained. Crews are fighting using dozers and aircraft as well as … Read more
Governor Steve Sisolak has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in Nevada to honor NHP sergeant Ben Jenkins, whose funeral is today in Elko. Jenkins was fatally shot after trying to help a stranded motorist on U.S 93 in White Pine County in March.
Washoe County added nearly three dozen new cases of COVID-19, but 75 persons recovered. Active cases stand at just under 1,100. 91 people are hospitalized.
Burning Man is getting federal Pay Check Protection money. Federal officials gave the nonprofit arts organization between $2 and $5 million to keep 100 staff in Reno and San Francisco employed-after it canceled its annual festival in the Black Rock Desert.