Local Stories for December 2011
Stories for Friday, December 30
Free rides from RTC available for New Years
RENO -- People all around the local area can really go all out and party on New Year's eve and not worry about having to drive home as RTV will once again be offering free service throughout the night. The public is encouraged to take advantage of the RTC's ...
City of Fernley and Paiute tribe dispute water rights
FERNLEY — The Fernley City Council on Dec. 7 passed a resolution to prevent purchases of area water by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, much to the chagrin of tribal officials. The resolution approves close monitoring of Desert Terminal Lakes Fund legislation and opposes changes allowing program funds to be ...
Pine Nuts: Putting away more cognac than the Duchess of Devonshire
INCLINE VILLAGE -- Kim Jong Il, now de ceased, is in line to become the world's most nascent god. He has all the credentials. He was all-powerful, all-good (at least by North Korean standards) and could perform miracles, performing miracles being the pre-eminent qualification for deification. And when it comes ...
Stories for Thursday, December 29
Plans to hold 2012 Reno Air Races in Stead to be reviewed
RENO – The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) Board of Trustees has formed a temporary committee to review Reno Air Racing Association plans to hold an event in 2012 at Reno-Stead Airport. RTAA Board Chairman John Wagnon has appointed a temporary committee to meet with RARA to discuss needs, proposals, ...
Hollywood stuntman takes it easy at home in Carson City
CARSON CITY -- Hollywood stuntman Bruce Barbour pauses in front of an enormous flat-screen TV in his Carson City living room to rewind a 1990 clip from Glen Ford's last Western, "Border Shootout." When Barbour's character taunts Ford's, Ford takes a swing at him and knocks out all his front ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 28
What was Santa's carbon footprint?
LAS VEGAS - Santa has come and gone, making Christmas magical for boys and girls around the globe - but what else has he left behind? A big carbon footprint. New research shows St. Nick's operation could be more "eco-friendly" with some fine tuning. According to an infographic created by ...
Job-growth outlook: Better, but still slow
Katie Weigel, who heads the Robert Half International office in Reno, feels a little more optimism as she talks with employers these days. “Most people are going to end the year slightly ahead of last year,” she says, and some are beginning to look at hiring accounting and finance professionals ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 27
New South Lake Tahoe tradition starts Thursday night
LAKE TAHOE -- Add one more event to the Lake Tahoe New Year celebration as the first annual SnowGlobe Music Festival begins. The SnowGlobe Music Festival, which gets underway tomorrow, is a three day event featuring dozens of musical groups on three stages, discount snow sports, and plenty of ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 21
City of Reno closures for Christmas and New Years
RENO -- Reno City Hall and City Administration Offices will be closed Monday, December 26, 2011 and Monday, January 2, 2012 in observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. For holidays hours for recreation facilities please visit www.reno.gov. Operation of the Rink on the River is weather ...
Officials push to help jobless guardsmen
Nevada Sen. Dean Heller — along with Sen Harry Reid, D-Nev., the Senate majority leader, and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval — remains committed to finding relief from the high unemployment in the state, especially with military personnel. Heller, a Republican, made his remarks on Friday in his monthly rural press ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 20
No snow? No worries yet, say hoteliers
The winter that wouldn’t end has segued into the winter that won’t begin. Last year Lake Tahoe ski resorts enjoyed one of the best winters on record with many resorts reporting 60 or more feet of snowfall from October through April. However, the snow has yet to begin whitening ...
Authorities investigate woman's body found in Fisherman's Park
SPARKS -- Sparks Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding a woman's body being found at Fisherman's Park yesterday morning. Yesterday morning at 7:30am, Sparks Police were dispatched to Fisherman's Park at 555 Galletti Way on a deceased female. The female was found by workers from the Truckee Meadows Water Authority ...
Stories for Monday, December 19
Gifts for our troops
RENO -- Nevada’s Blue Star Mothers are preparing packages for their sons and daughters in the National Guard who are overseas during the holidays. In just one afternoon they packed up 75 boxes of food, DVDs, and anything that may give them a sense of home. If you want to ...
University Christmas tree made with books may be largest ever built
RENO -- The soaring atrium of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno has an unconventional tree on display this holiday season. Some would call it a green tree, not just because of its color, but because the tree is made entirely of recycled materials – old ...
Stories for Friday, December 16
Christmas bird count tip: watch for evening grosbeaks
LAS VEGAS - The annual Christmas Bird Count gets under way today in Nevada, with folks headed out to a pair of locations statewide to chart species. Citizen scientists will be counting birds in South Lake Tahoe and Fallon, according to Kathy Oakes, communications chair at Nevada's Lahontan Audubon Society. ...
Reno firefighters continue 79-year ‘Christmas Food Basket Program’ tradition
RENO—On Saturday morning, current and retired Reno firefighters will be assembling food baskets for pre-selected families that need a little assistance with food over the holiday period, continuing a Christmas tradition that began 79 years ago. Families are selected for the program through referrals from a number of community-based ...
Stories for Thursday, December 15
Hey, Reno: Cry it out with a tire fire and a keg
I feel a bit of guilt making fun of Reno, which has recently endured an air show crash and a bad fire. But Reno gives me no choice, being so Reno and all. In the new Muppet movie, Reno appears as a sad sack dump for Fozzie Bear's failed solo ...
Holiday donations ride high from Harley Davidson employees
RENO -- The holiday spirit is going strong at Chester's Reno Harley-Davidson in Reno this year after donating more than $9,000 in gift cards to students throughout the Washoe County School District. For ten years the Klothes to Kids program has been organized by Chester's with the goal of ...
NHP personnel to receive commendation medal for performance during IHOP shooting
Several personnel from the Nevada Highway Patrol will each be awarded a Commendation Medal this Friday for their timely, professional and outstanding performance they displayed on the morning of September 6th, in Carson City. Shortly before 9:00 am that morning, the Nevada Department of Public Safety-Communications Center began receiving ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 14
Become a volunteer victims' advocate
The Reno Police Department’s Victim Services Unit HAS partnered with Sparks Police and Washoe County Sheriff’s Office to recruit and train Volunteer Victim Advocates to provide after-hours advocacy to victims. These agencies are working together to maximize resources and help victims in Northern Nevada. Volunteer victim advocates provide crisis ...
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