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Job seekers across Northern Nevada will have several opportunities in September to meet employers, explore open positions and get help with resumes, interviews and other career skills through EmployNV. The upcoming schedule includes hiring events in Fernley, Fallon and Reno, as well as career workshops and recurring pr

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada Department of Transportation is implementing new lane shifts and closures as work to widen and improve US395 continues. Shifts and closures will take place on Lemmon Drive underneath US395 during the week of Aug. 31. Lemmon Drive will be closed to through traffic underneath...

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) - The man killed in an officer involved shooting on I-80 earlier this week has been identified. 22-year-old Anthony Porter of Sparks was killed after being shot by law enforcement. Porter was pronounced dead at the scene just after midnight on Aug. 24. His manner of death...

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) - The Sparks Police Department is looking for a missing endangered elderly man. 81-year-old John Frykland last left his Sparks home on Friday morning without a known destination. Sparks Police say he may be lost and is likely still in the Reno/Sparks area. Frykland is believed to...

Reno police are responding to a crash that has closed Raggio Parkway Friday afternoon. The crash involved at least one vehicle, which appeared to have rolled onto its side. Few details about the circumstances surrounding the crash were immediately available. Raggio Parkway is currently closed in the area while authorit

WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) - UPDATED AT 5:40 P.M.: The crews battling the 1,5085-acre Hawk Fire have been reduced by more than half to 249 firefighters after reaching 98% containment, according to an Official Hawk Fire Information Facebook post on Friday, Aug. 28. About 73 residences are inside the evacuation...

Nevada Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a road rage shooting incident that happened near southbound U.S. 395 and Clear Acre Lane and continued onto westbound Interstate 80. Just after 9:30 p.m. on August 18, troopers say a shooting occurred near Keystone Avenue and 7th Street in Reno. The Nevada State...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Northern Nevada Public Health has declared a local public health emergency after the Bug, Stallion and Hawk Fires. Health officials say the ash, debris and hazardous materials at destroyed or damaged properties pose a serious health risk should they be handled or removed. Residents are being...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - One of the few artists to crossover into almost every musical genre, Taylor Dayne has sold over 75 million records worldwide with 17 singles reaching the top 20. It all started by borrowing $6,000 from her father to produce her first single, “Tell it to my Heart”, which turned her into an internatio

Francisco Lopez had already faced years of physical hardship when the Hawk Fire spread through Reno on Aug. 22. The 47-year-old was severely burned in the fire and is being treated at the intensive-care burn unit at UC Davis in California. His home was destroyed, along with nearly everything he owned.