775Times

NEVADA – The city of Sparks has appointed Walt White as its next fire chief. White is the current head of the Amador Fire Protection District and was previously the chief of the Sacramento Fire Department. “I am excited to serve the City of Sparks’ more than 100,000 residents and...

NEVADA – A 14-year-old girl has been charged with murder in connection to the stabbing death of another 14-year-old girl in the North Valleys area of Reno, Nevada on Sunday. According to the Reno Police Department, the suspect has been charged with “challenge to fight with a deadly weapon” and...

NEVADA – A 14-year-old girl was killed after being stabbed, the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office said in a release Tuesday. Her name has not been released pending confirmation of her identity via scientific means. She died following “an incident” on Soft Winds Drive/Red Baron Blvd in Reno on...

NEVADA – Carson City Public Works is planning maintenance work affecting water service in the Timberline and University Heights areas beginning Sunday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. and extending through Monday, Feb. 27. Because of the needed maintenance, there will be no water service and/or less water pressure in the...

NEVADA – Since March 2020, when the Coronavirus epidemic began, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients have received a second monthly payment called as Supplementary Emergency Allotments (SEA). The second monthly payments will conclude on March 14, 2023. Beginning in April, the only benefit program participants will receive is the...

NEVADA – According to Lyon County Sheriff Brad Pope, a standoff at Moonlite Bunny Ranch ended with a female employee in jail following a reported altercation with another coworker at the Mound House company. The incident caused no injuries. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division received a 911 call...

NEVADA – The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners, which outlawed the sale – but not possession – of alcoholic beverages in the town of Alamo in 1985, will vote Tuesday on whether to remove the restriction. Line items 9 and 10 on the agenda read, “For Possible Action: Public Hearing...