Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 3:01am
A former aide to ex-U.S. Sen. John Ensign is to appear in East Fork Justice Court today on allegations of domestic battery and coercion.Kevin S. Kirkeby, 47, was released Monday from Douglas County...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 3:01am
The first winter storm of the season was expected to swing into the area overnight with high winds and rain in the valleys and snow at high altitudes.The National Weather Service in Reno is forecas...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 2:46pm
CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks well overall in an analysis by the nonpartisan State Budget Solutions of spending trends over the past decade, coming in 12th in the review of how states have managed their money in times of growth and recession.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 3:01am
When Lynzie Ruecker picks up her makeup brush, she wields a certain power. "People don't have to be what they see in the mirror," she said. "I make them be whatever they want."She first started ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 3:01am
Bob Frenchu, a property manager with Coldwell Bank Best Sellers, had just gotten a bite on a house he was trying to get rented in Dayton when he heard numbers that didn't add up: The potential tena...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 3:01am
A Carson City man was jailed in Washoe County on Sunday after a state trooper stopped him for failing to dim his headlights and found drugs and a loaded weapon on him, according to an official. ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 3:01am
The 1,062-acre Burbank fire has cost $385,000 to fight so far, according to a federal report issued Monday morning. Containment has continued at 10 percent, though the fire is spreading more slowly...
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 4:23pm
CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval has appointed Claudia Vecchio as the first director of the new Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. She will begin her job Nov. 14.
The newly constituted department is comprised of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Division of Museums and History, Nevada Arts Council and the Nevada Indian Commission.
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 4:01pm
CARSON CITY – Richard Whitley, administrator of the Nevada State Health Division, has been appointed to serve as acting administrator for the Nevada Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services.
The appointment by Mike Willden, director of the state Department of Health and Human Services, took effect Saturday. Whitley is replacing Dr. Harold Cook, who is retiring after 33 years of state service.
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 3:25pm
The man who died in a Sunday morning altercation between rival gangs in downtown Reno has been identified as 28-year-old Macario Ortiz of Carson City, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. Go here for the story.
