Officials with Renown Health say it’s adding a proactive level of protection to address the COVID-19 outbreak. Renown now has an alternate care site, a deployable medical facility, to serve as an additional respiratory illness evaluation and screening center for Emergency Room patients at Renown. Officials said there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases at Renown … Read more
A case of coronavirus in Washoe County is confirmed by the CDC. The victim-a man in his 50s–was on-board the Grand Princess cruise ship. He’s in isolation at home. 49 others on-board that ship that’s docked in California will arrive in Reno by plane. Even though, at this time they have no symptoms of COVID-19, … Read more
Washoe County is one step closer to having a new schools superintendent. The board has narrowed down the list of candidates to five names. They are interim superintendent Kristen McNeil, Alexa Cunningham, Warren Shillingburg, Marshall Tuck, and Antwan Wilson. The candidates will be discussed at public meetings next month.
Eldorado Resorts is selling Montbleu Resort Casino and Spa in Lake Tahoe. Maverick Gaming is buying the property in a deal that’s set to close in the second half of this year.
A brush fire breaks out in Reno. Firefighters say the 20 ft. by 20 ft. fire broke out along the river behind the 1500 block of East Commercial Row Tuesday. No one was hurt. Firefighters say the fire was human sparked.
The Nye County DA won’t prosecute a sheriff’s deputy accused of firing a shot at an unarmed suspect. Deputy James Ramos was arrested March 2nd -a week after he was accused of firing off his departmental weapon at a suspect from the Pahrump Wal-Mart. The suspect wasn’t hurt.
Reno’s indoor football team is taking next season off. After getting a shot at the championship the Reno Express’s general manager tells The Reno Gazette-Journal he needs to fundraise to keep the team viable. Brandon Berner says the team plans to return to the Reno Events Center in 2021.
A new homeless encampment has sprung up within a week of a previous clean up done by the City of Reno. The new encampment is along Commercial Row, just beneath the Wells Avenue overpass. City of Reno spokesperson Jon Humbert said that the reason the railroad cleanup happened last Wednesday was because the City of … Read more
A man was injured in a shooting early this morning in Sparks. According to the Sparks Police Department, officers found a man had been shot in the leg in the parking lot at 4005 Moorpark Court around 12:45 a.m. His injury was non-life-threatening. Officials still looking for a suspect.
The USGS reported an earthquake happened north of Truckee on Tuesday afternoon. Officials report is was a 3.95 magnitude earthquake. It happened 17 kilometers northwest of Truckee. People said they felt rumblings in Verdi.