By Gabby Birenbaum The Nevada Independent The House finally picked a new speaker this week, meaning the chamber can finally begin to pick up spending bills with the next government shutdown date 20 days away. Meanwhile, Reno received a designation from President Joe Biden’s administration that positions the area for federal investment, and Nevada’s two senators split … [Read more...]
Cougs Earn Top Spot in Regional Tournament; Raiders No. 2 Seed
The Spanish Springs High School boys basketball team has been the best in the North all season long, and that success has led to them earning the top seed in the regional tournament this week. The Cougar boys got past a tough Reno team last Tuesday, led by Mason Whittaker with 13 points, to lock up the No. 1 spot with a 40-38 win. That win moved them to 7-0 in the High … [Read more...]
Area Crime News
4 Juveniles Arrested in Carson City Shooting over Marijuana CARSON CITY — Sheriff’s deputies have arrested four juvenile suspects in connection with a Carson City shooting over the weekend apparently sparked by an illegal marijuana deal. The Carson City sheriff’s office says two male adults in their 20s were shot Saturday evening when the juveniles met with the victims to … [Read more...]
District attorney: Cops justified in killing of Reno gunman
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — A Reno police officer was justified when he fatally shot a gunman who held a woman hostage and fired nearly 50 shots from an eighth-floor condominium overlooking the downtown casino district nearly two years ago, the district attorney said in a final report made public Friday about the shooting. No one was hit by bullets when … [Read more...]
Sen. Harris pickets with union, rallies Reno students
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, told supporters in the early caucus state of Nevada Thursday she expects impeachment proceedings to move quickly in the House because of growing evidence President Donald Trump has committed crimes against the United States. “I don’t think it’s going to take very long because it’s a pretty tight … [Read more...]
City of Reno Turns W. Plumb Lane into Horny Street
And I endorse their action, dammit! Hunter Lake Road to W. Plumb Lane was a twolane dead end when I moved here in 1971. A growing population and completion of the southwest quadrant of the McCarran loop made connection to McCarran necessary. It took decades. While it had been in the planning stages since the 1950s, the upper crust in southwest Reno prevented completion … [Read more...]
Reno Approves Scales Back Version of Big Housing Project
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Facing a protracted legal battle in the midst of a housing shortage crisis, the Reno City Council approved a scaled back version of a big housing project in a flood plain Monday after the developer agreed to build 15% fewer units and bolster flood mitigation. Council members voted 4-3 to approve the Daybreak project with 3,995 … [Read more...]
Reno Streets Briefly Closed in Hazmat Scare
Associated Press RENO — A hazmat scare shut down streets east of downtown Reno for about two hours on Thursday afternoon before emergency crews determined it was an industrial cleaner that posed no public danger. Police say a hazmat crew was called in after a city worker got sick from fumes while working in a manhole near Kietzke Lane at about noon. Neighboring … [Read more...]