What Most Nevada Residents Don’t Realize About Silverfish Inside Their Homes
In Nevada homes, especially in places where dry desert air dominates the outdoors, the appearance of a moisture-loving insect can feel confusing at first. Silverfish are quiet, fast-moving, and rarely seen unless conditions are just right. Many residents assume that such insects would struggle in an arid state, yet silverfish continue to thrive inside homes across Las Vegas, Reno, and smaller desert...
Mathews Elementary School Students Show off Birdhouse Project
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -Students at Mathews Elementary School have a reason to look up! The birdhouses they made are now on display at Teglia’s Paradise Park. The park is just a short walk from their school. On Wednesday, as part of their observance of Earth Day, students and their families got to walk to school while checking out the birdhouses that are now hung...
Face Time: Reno Tahoe Dermatology demonstrates new Korean skin care technology
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Korean skin care products and technology are all the rage in the beauty industry, but with stricter FDA laws in place in the U.S., bringing the technology to the states is a slower process. So when a product like Density gets approved for use in the U.S. and makes its way to a local, Northern Nevada dermatologist clinic like Reno Tahoe...
Galena’s Dixon, Nevada’s fastest sprinter, credits attention to detail
The fastest girls sprinter in Nevada got that way by being rigorous in her attention to the details, consistent in her training, and by cutting sugar from her diet. Galena senior Alyssa Dixon has posted the fastest time in the 100-meter race in Nevada for high school girls, an 11.57 second mark she ran on March 21 at Bishop Manogue. Dixon also has...
City of Reno moves forward with temporary exceptions for conditional use permits
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Reno City Council is floating the possibility of temporary exemptions to conditional use permits. The Reno City Council heard a presentation and initiated a text amendment to the Title 18 Annexation and Land Development Code during Wednesday’s meeting. Staff were directed to prepare a...
Reno Sewer Fees Won’t Rise Beyond Inflation, Despite All the New Homes
If you're buying new construction in Reno, connection fees for the sewer system aren't going up—at least not beyond routine increases.
Northern Nevada Public Health opens new tuberculosis clinic
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Northern Nevada Public Health held a ribbon-cutting Thursday for its new Tuberculosis Clinic, the first new constructed health care facility at the county level since the 1970s. The event took place at 11:30 a.m. at 1240 E 9th St. in Reno. Northern Nevada Public Health, local...
Amazon deliveries in Northern Nevada just got faster
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Amazon is launching its first Same-Day Delivery facility in Northern Nevada and the second in the state. “Today we are here to celebrate the opening of our first ‘sub same-day’ facility. My role in celebration is my favorite part, which is to acknowledge, honor, and donate to one of the best non-profits that I’ve ever had the pleasure...
Habitual criminal sentenced to more than 12 years in prison
A habitual criminal has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison after his sixth felony conviction. In October of 2025, Reno Police noticed a car that had been reported stolen at a local convenience store. Moises Mancillas was in the driver’s seat. When the officers tried...
Man sentenced in 2023 Reno apartment complex shooting
A man was sentenced to 64 to 167 years in prison in connection with a shooting at a Reno apartment complex that injured seven people in 2023. Frank Hewitt, 21, was convicted of 7 counts of attempted murder, 2 counts of battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm, 2 counts child abuse with a deadly weapon and 1 count of discharging into...
