Updated: 7:14 PM Authorities said they had been trying to contact murder victim Guy Edward Farmer before his body was discovered in a mine last week. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office said he allegedly threats against a sergeant.
Posted: 3:42 PM The owner of a bobcat, that mauled three dogs in a Red Rock area neighborhood, has been found.
Posted: 7:05 PM When it comes to finding explosives, officers often rely on four-legged partners. Dogs underwent explosive and drug detection training in Western Reno Friday.
Posted: 6:48 PM A series of attacks, by a bobcat, has neighbors in the Red Rock area locking up their pets.
Updated: 10:50 PM Citizens along with John Ascuaga’s Nugget have filed a lawsuit in district court against the City of Sparks and Red Hawk Land Company in opposition to the settlement agreement reached in the proposed Lazy 8 casino project.
Posted: 4:55 PM As a community grows, so does the demand for services. Along with education, the most basic service expected of government is public safety, police and fire. Question WC-1 asks the voters to approve an additional quarter of one percent to the local sales tax.
Updated: 10:55 AM Reno police are investigating an overnight accident that took the life of a pedestrian. The accident occurred on North McCarran Boulevard between Sutro Street and Evans Avenue. The victim suffered serious injuries and later died in a hospital.
Updated: 9:42 AM Las Vegas needs water and Northern Nevada has it. The Southern Nevada Water Authority has applied for 125,000 acre feet of water from the Spring and Snake Valleys of White Pine County. But will they get what they want? And how will the largest water importation project in Nevada history effect Nevada and her people?
Posted: 9:36 AM Sparks City Attorney Chet Adams faces a recall effort launched by people who disagree with his decision to settle a lawsuit that allows the Lazy 8 neighborhood casino along Pyramid Highway.
Updated: 9:33 AM Classes are expected to be back to normal today at Silver Stage High School in Silver Springs. That's one day after a note entitled "Ultimate Hit List" and naming 51 people as the targets prompted school and law enforcement officials to lock down the school between Carson City and Fallon for nearly six hours.
Posted: 3:20 PM The settlement of a lawsuit with the developers of the Lazy 8 casino apparently has finished the issue. Council member Ron Schmitt, who opposes both the casino and the settlement, had urged reconsideration.
Posted: 11:54 AM The FBI and Food and Drug Administration investigators are executing two search warrants today on troubled spinach growers in the Salinas Valley area. The US Attorney's Office for Northern California says there still is no indication that leaf spinach was deliberately or intentionally contaminated.
Posted: 9:21 AM Former U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage, a Republican who held "endangered salmon bakes" and once accused federal agents of using black helicopter gunships, died Monday in a car crash, her daughter said. She was 68
Updated: 3:18 PM The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is now treating this as homicide case based on the findings of an autopsy. The autopsy revealed that the body is that of a male, between the ages of 30 and 50. Positive identification of the body has not been determined and no further results are being released.
Updated: 12:06 PM Nevada wildlife officials have launched rehabilitation of critical wildlife habitat burned by this summer's devastating wildfires. The Nevada Department of Wildlife has enough cash on hand to rehabilitate about 70,000 acres of habitat.
Updated: 10:10 AM Washoe County Commissioners are making an effort to encourage voters to become more informed about the candidates in the upcoming elections. In addition to holding several candidate forums, Washoe County is providing a website for profile pages.
