$2 million in emergency funding is going to Nevada families in need during the coronavirus outbreak. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford says the money in settlement funds will go towards emergency rental assistance, distributed in part, through the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra.
One person is hospitalized after two cars collide at Keystone Avenue and West 2nd Street in Reno. It happened yesterday. Police say a car that fled the scene crashed through a fence and hit a parked car in the area. The driver was located and did return to the scene.
We now have the name of a man shot and killed in Reno. He is 39-year-old Luis Lira of Las Vegas. Police say a landlord shot Lira in self-defense Monday on the 2600 block of Yori Avenue after he had battered and strangled his girlfriend and then returned to the apartment complex looking for her.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Reno firefighters have some new technology that could have lives. It’s called First Due. It’s a voluntary system, but residents can go there, create an account and put in everything you think first responders should know. We’re talking about things like whether you have pets in the home or someone who’s … Read more
Reno’s emergency manager won’t be leaving after all. Reno Fire Division Chief Bob Leighton has decided not to retire on April 9th. Leighton says he had filed his paperwork before the coronavirus emergency really hit here at home.
Gov. Steve Sisolak says Nevada has received some parts from the federal government to make more test kits for the coronavirus but the state does not have anywhere near the supplies needed to test widely. Amid a nationwide shorting of test kits for the coronavirus, the U.S. government has told Nevada its three pending requests … Read more
Reno-Tahoe International Airport officials confirm one case of COVID-19 among employees. Officials say the employee works for one of the nine airlines that operate out of RNO, but did not specify which one for privacy reasons. A representative said the employee began to feel ill and went home, later testing positive for COVID-19.
Students at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine are volunteering their time to assist in our community’s fight against COVID-19. Now that classes and clinicals for UNR Med students are online and no longer hands-on , a lot of them wanted to put their time and skills to work.
Health experts expect the next week or two to be the toughest ones yet, on a national level. At a local level, they expect a surge of COVID-19 cases in the next few weeks. Various models show that the peak of the number of total active cases could happen as early as April 20, but … Read more
Nevada’s COVID-19 surge could be coming later than other places. Health officer Kevin Dick says some models should Nevada peaking May 12th. That same model shows Washoe county peaking May 23rd. Nationally, forecasters say these next two weeks will be the toughest yet. Washoe County is up to at least 281 cases of coronavirus and … Read more