As it’s nearing the lunchtime hour in Sparks, a small line starts to form at Scoopers Drive-In on 1356 Prater Avenue. The family-owned business will be approaching its 40-year anniversary next February, and business shows no signs of slowing down. Scoopers isn’t just a burger joint, it’s a destination, and in many cases, a family tradition. Where Scoopers sits was … [Read more...]
Honoring our Veterans
Sparks officials were on hand Monday morning for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza at the Sparks Marina that included an Iwo Jima reenactment on Veterans Day. The Northern Nevada State Veterans Home also honored America’s Heroes that day as its residents received a certificate and pin as well as having their photos displayed on a big screen in the … [Read more...]
Sage Grouse Court Order Trims Energy Lease Auction in Nevada
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — U.S. land managers have withdrawn more than 500 square miles (1,295 sq. kilometers) of public land from a swath of eastern Nevada where oil and gas drilling leases are set to go to auction. The move came after a judge blocked a Trump administration attempt to curtail protection of habitat for endangered sage grouse in seven … [Read more...]
Local Students put STEM Skills to the Test at Annual ‘Punkin Chunkin’ Event
On Saturday, the Andelin Family Farm hosted Washoe County School District’s fifth annual Punkin’ Chunkin’ event where students from across all grade levels came out and showed off their pumpkin-chucking trebuchets. The idea for the Punkin’ Chunkin’ originally came about when Reed High School metalwork and engineering teacher Tim Conley was driving with his wife one night … [Read more...]
Reed Students Receive Grant to Fund Project that would help keep Pyramid Lake Clean
Reed High School students in the science and Career & Technical Education (CTE) classes were recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Lemelson-MIT to build an invention/create a tangible solution that helps solve real world problems. With this grant, Reed High School students will continue perfecting a device that they are creating to remove cigarette butts out of drain … [Read more...]
Sparks Fire welcomes in community for 30th annual pancake breakfast
The Sparks Fire Department hosted yet another successful annual pancake breakfast and community event last weekend, met with beautiful weather to celebrate its 30th year. From 8 a.m. until noon, families, firefighters, locals, and City of Sparks staff gathered at 1605 Victorian Avenue to tour Sparks Fire Station 1, enjoy breakfast, and/or participate in the First Alarm 5k run. … [Read more...]
Annual Flag Ceremony Highlights Homecoming Week at Sparks High
It’s Homecoming Week at Sparks High School and the week is packed with events for students, athletes, and alumni alike. Even though the temperatures have dropped a bit, school spirit started heating up beginning at 7:15 a.m. Monday morning with a special flag raising ceremony. Since 2012, Sparks alumni classes that are celebrating their 50-year reunion will raise a new … [Read more...]
Controversial Wild Horse Plan Headed to Senate Floor
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Congress is closer to approving a contentious wild horse initiative backed by national animal welfare groups and the livestock industry but condemned by leaders of the largest and oldest coalition of mustang advocates in the West. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $35 million last week for the program supported by an … [Read more...]