Yearly Archives: 2023
Catholic Charities calls for Thanksgiving food items for those in need (sponsored)
Catholic Charities is encouraging individuals and businesses to join them in gathering and providing food items to fill 2,000 meal kits.
‘Most wanted’ unlicensed contractor arrested in Sparks
The Sparks Police Department recently arrested Jack Harrison, an unlicensed contractor on the Nevada State Contractors Board’s “most wanted” list.
Student performance yet to rebound from pandemic
Across the country, districts are seeing slower than expected returns to pre-pandemic student performance—Washoe County School District included.
School District support staff to receive cost of living increases
School district trustees on Tuesday voted to approve a labor agreement with the Washoe County Support Professionals.
Military briefs around Northern Nevada
This week's events focused on active duty military and veterans in nothern Nevada.
Photos: Community leaders gather in support of Israel
Religious leaders, law enforcement and members of the local Jewish community gathered yesterday at the Temple Emanu-El in Reno to stand in solidarity with the people of Israel.
County approves ballot printer after nearly 8-week delay
A contract with Las Vegas-based Taylor Printing was approved for the massive ballot print job by Washoe’s Board of County Commissioners.
Nevada Donor Network achieves milestone as the first organ procurement organization in the U.S. to successfully allocate liver using OrganOx Technology (sponsored)
NDN recently announced that they have become one of the first to successfully allocate a liver using the state-of-the-art OrganOx metra® ex vivo normothermic liver perfusion system.
What a stalagmite from a Grand Canyon cave might tell us about climate change and groundwater
Summer monsoons in the Southwest are difficult to forecast, but the future of the temperamental rainstorms under climate change is an even bigger mystery.
Photos: ‘Misery’ loves creepy at Good Luck Macbeth
Good Luck Macbeth's production of "Misery" isn’t necessarily scary, but it is still perfect for the Halloween season.