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McQueen High School briefly shifted into a secured campus Monday morning before returning to normal operations, according to information later shared by the Washoe County School District. The district said at 11:20 a.m. it notified families and the community about the earlier incident at the school. Washoe County...

The land for a troubled student housing project was acquired by the University of Nevada, Reno. RIC Reno LLC sold the site of a previously planned student apartment project at 434 Highland Ave. to UNR, according to public records from Washoe County. The parcel, located near the university, was acquired by the Nevada...

The Sanford Center for Aging is getting a financial boost that will put more older adults in cars and help them get where they need to go. The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County has awarded the center’s Community Services program $483,269 for two years through September 30, 2027.

STOREY COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) - A Las Vegas woman has been arrested after a traffic stop in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. At around 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, a deputy with the Storey County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a car that was driving 70 miles per hour in a posted 45 miles per hour zone.

A car flipped at a Somersett roundabout just before 11 a.m. on Monday. Reno Police say the crash occurred as a result of the driver experiencing an unknown medical event. The crash occurred halfway between the first Somersett roundabout and Mae Anne Avenue. The driver was transported to a hospital...

A former Washoe County prosecutor has been sentenced in a lewdness case that led to his firing from the district attorney’s office last year. Kenneth Ching, who previously served as a deputy district attorney and law professor, was sentenced Monday in Reno Justice Court following an arrest tied to an incident at the...

A 39-year-old Reno man was arrested early Jan. 24 on suspicion of three felonies and two misdemeanors, including grand theft auto, after Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash on I-580 near the southbound East William Street offramp, according to an arrest report. Besides grand theft auto, Brett...

UPDATE - January 26, 2026:. A woman who survived a violent attack by her partner saw justice served as he received the maximum sentence. 52-year-old James Allen was sentenced to 11 years after his convictions for Domestic Battery, Domestic Battery by Strangulation, and Assault Constituting Domestic Violence with the...

The state treasurer said in a Monday release that participants in the state's prepaid tuition program will not be impacted by tuition increases.

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