Yearly Archives: 2020
Waste Management hosts 100 Days of Recycling social media campaign (sponsored)
SPONSORED: Waste Management of Northern Nevada is hosting Waste Management's 100 Days of Recycling social media challenge.
Sheriff’s Office reports first COVID-19 case in general population of jail
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office today reported its first known case of COVID-19 in the general population of its detention facility.
Pick-up option added for area WIC participants
Participants in the area’s Women, Infants and Children’s Program (WIC) now have access to limited contact grocery shopping just as others in the community have during the COVID-19 pandemic.
District calls for third day of distance learning as smoke lingers
School district officials called for full distance learning Friday, the third day in a row, as smoke from the Creek Fire lingers in the valley.
Sisolak blasts Trump’s Nevada rallies, may alter directives
Gov. Steve Sisolak asked in a letter Wednesday to Vice President Mike Pence why President Donald Trump’s campaign defied White House guidance on public gatherings by holding two weekend rallies in Nevada.
NSHE announces Brian Sandoval as new UNR president
The Nevada System of Higher Education today announced former Nevada Governor and University of Nevada, Reno, alumnus Brian Sandoval as the institution’s new president.
More than a dozen apply to temporarily fill school board seat
More than a dozen Washoe County residents applied to temporarily fill the vacant seat on the Washoe County School Board of Trustees.
Drive-through flu shot clinics set to begin Saturday
With cases of influenza already being reported, the Washoe County Health District has scheduled drive-up flu vaccinations in Reno this weekend and next week on a first-come, first-served basis.
Donor Network West recovers non-beating donor heart for first-ever successful transplantation on the West Coast (sponsored)
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SPONSORED: Donor Network West recently facilitated the first ever hear donation and successful transplantation after circulatory death.
Pandemic recovery boosts to air cargo operations
Reno-Tahoe International Airport's cargo operations have ramped up during the pandemic, helping buoy the local economy.