Here Comes the Snow and Here Comes The Accidents

Truckee, CA…Crews are working five incidents at this time. There is a non-injury crash westbound I-80 near Billie Mack Rd. Also on I-80 there is a non-injury accident westbound just west of Fiber Board. On SR-28 there is a collision near Bear River On Hwy 89 there is a accident near Sage Hen Road. On […]

New York Tops Bedbug List Again This Year

MEMPHIS, TN…New York maintained its spot atop the Terminix Most Bedbug Infested Cities ranking, released by the company today. The rest of the list saw both the reshuffling of some cities that appeared on the company’s initial 2010 list as well as a couple of locations making an appearance for the first time. Terminix, the […]

Joint Fire Advisory Board Receives Status Report on Interlocal Agreement Between County and City Fire Services; Votes to Forward Proposed Agreement to Respective Governing Bodies

A Board comprised of elected officials from the Washoe County Commission and the Reno City Council met today as the Joint Fire Advisory Board (JFAB) to receive a status report on the progress of modifications to the interlocal agreement between the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) and the City of Reno’s Fire Department to […]

Sheriff’s Office Asks Parents to ‘Take 25’

Sheriff’s Office Asks Parents to ‘Take 25’

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) wants to remind the public that National Missing Children’s Day is May 25th and encourages parents to “Take 25” on the 25th. Designed to raise awareness of the issues surrounding missing and exploited children, the Take 25 campaign […]

Washoe County Commission Appoints Mark Crawford to Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority Board of Trustees

Washoe County Commissioners appointed Mark Crawford to the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA) Board of Trustees today at their regular meeting. Mr. Crawford’s term will begin on July 1, 2011 and expire on July 1, 2015. Mr. Crawford has been a private pilot for fifteen years. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Northern […]

$20 Million Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District’s 2011-12 Budget Approved; Decision on Continuing Contract with Reno Fire Department Set For June 14th Meeting

Sitting as the Board of Fire Commissioners for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), County Commissioners approved their 2011-12 budget of $20,377,780 effective on July 1st. The budget takes into consideration approximately $400,000 of savings realized by wage and benefit concessions recently negotiated by the City of Reno and Firefighters Local #731 (which represents […]

A Bit of Everything in Weather This Week

A Bit of Everything in Weather This Week

Truckee, CA…Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph. Wednesday: Rain showers likely, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a south wind between 15 and 25 mph, […]

REV IT UP AND LET IT RIDE DURING HOT AUGUST NIGHTS AT MONTBLEU

May 23, 2011 (Stateline, Nev.) – Classic chrome polished cars, rock n’ roll and Lake Tahoe will make for a Hot August Nights to remember, August 6-9 at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, the host site for one of the area’s most highly attended summer events (http://www.montbleuresort.com). The South Lake Tahoe leg of the famed […]