Update: The Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed a formal identification and next of kin notifications. The deceased person has been identified as Kenneth Jewel Stafford, age 27. The cause of death is still pending from the Medical Examiner’s Office. The Regional Officer-Involved Shooting Team investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this incident […]
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responding to a mass hunger strike disturbance by thousands of inmates in several correctional facilities. As of today, 12,421 inmates in 24 state prisons and four out-of-state contract facilities have missed nine consecutive meals since Monday, July 8, 2013. An inmate is considered to […]
Topaz Ranch Estates, NV…Law Enforcement authorities of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office want to inform the public that a shooting occurred around 2:15PM in the Topaz Ranch Estates area. The suspect has been identified as Gary Wilson. Wilson is currently at large and should be considered armed and dangerous. The victim sustained a gunshot wound […]
Gardnerville, Nev. – Great Basin Management Type 2 Team 3, operating under Incident Commander Mike Whalen, reports fire fighters made progress today on the South, West, and North sides of the fire. The southeast edge of the fire continued to creep down the ridge toward Pipeline Canyon. A trigger point was reached which prompted the […]
Gardnerville, Nev. – Great Basin Management Type 2 Team 3, operating under Incident Commander Mike Whalen, reports fire fighters made progress today even though the fire increased in size to 25,733 acres, with almost all of the acreage increase on the north side of the incident. The fire is now 25 percent contained with an […]
Gardnerville, Nev. – Late afternoon winds are playing havoc with firefighting efforts. The fire is making a run to the northeast and is burning through the Slater Mine Area. Commercial structures have been lost but the number of structures is unknown at this time. Due to the fire behavior, containment has dropped from 30% to […]
Gardnerville, NV—Sierra Front Management Type III Team, operating under Incident Commander Paul Washam, reports that the Bison Fire has grown to over 7,000 acres. High sustained winds and very low humidity have made the fire extremely difficult to contain. An increasing number of fire crews and equipment will continue today to build containment lines, with […]
Reno, NV… Tim Kuzanek, a 20-year veteran of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, was promoted to the position of Undersheriff this week. The Undersheriff is second-in-command to the Sheriff and responsible for the managerial oversight of all Sheriff’s Office operations and fiscal management. Undersheriff Kuzanek was serving as Assistant Sheriff of the Administration Bureau until […]
Gardnerville, NV…The Bison Fire has grown to 1300 acres. No structures have been damaged. No injuries reported. Additional resources have been ordered to assist, however due to other fires in the region and the 4th of July festivities, firefighting resources have been stretched thin.
Gardnerville, CA…The fire has been named the Bison Fire. It is 300 acres in size and growing. Firefighting efforts are in a unified command with East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts and BLM. Current resources committed to this fire: 22 engines 2 air tankers 3 helicopters 3 Dozers 3 water tenders 120 Firefighters At this […]
