Yearly Archives: 2017
Regents to Hear UNR’s Request to Transfer Ownership of Historic Homes
University of Nevada, Reno administrators are asking the Nevada Board of Regents this month for approval to relinquish historic properties near campus along North...
VIDEO: Inside Reno’s First Quail Farm
ThisisReno paid a visit last week to the Rusty Skillet Ranch & Quail Farm, Reno's first open-air aviary that raises quail in an organic...
West Downtown Motel Demolished for Fountain District Development
PRESS RELEASEJacobs Entertainment Inc.’s vision of turning the West 4th St. corridor into a new arts and entertainment district has taken another step forward...
Analysis: Can cities get smarter about extreme weather?
Clark Miller, Arizona State University; Thaddeus R. Miller, Arizona State University, and Tischa Muñoz-Erickson, International Institute of Tropical ForestryRemember the movie “Moneyball”? The...
School District Seeks Name Ideas for New Middle School
Washoe County School District is asking the public to help it name a middle school scheduled to open on the north end of Sun...
RSCVA Aims to Expand Convention Center, Get Out of Facilities Management
Relinquishing facility management to an outside firm would allow the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority to spend more time focusing on selling the area...
StoneGate Developers Rescind $50,000 Donation for City Tiny Homes Project
Developers of the North Valleys development, StoneGate, have rescinded their offer to donate $50,000 toward building tiny homes as transitional housing for Reno's homeless."To...
Goals, Bonus Structure Approved for RSCVA CEO
The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority board on Wednesday approved a list of goals and objectives put forth by CEO Phil DeLone, as well...
New South Reno School to be Named After Late Educator Poulakidas
Washoe County School District trustees on Tuesday voted unanimously to name its next elementary school after the late Nick Poulakidas.Scheduled to open in fall...
Nevada Teacher of the Year Awarded to Damonte Ranch Art Instructor
FROM THE WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTPilar Biller, an art teacher at Damonte Ranch High School, has been named 2018 Nevada’s teacher of the year...