Reno NV

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Dragon Lights has announced they will be shortening their hours of operation starting Monday. The festival will now run from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. nightly through Nov. 30. Festival organizers say the change is due to the weather. “With the colder weather, we’re seeing fewer...

A concert some say they heard and felt from miles away, bringing the topic of entertainment noise limits back to the forefront here in Reno. Back in April, the Reno City Council approved a conditional use permit for the J Resort to host live entertainment events until 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Two of those...

Renown's Crisis Care Center in Sparks has reopened, providing mental health care 24/7 for the northern Nevada community. Dr. Takesha Cooper, chief of behavioral health at Renown, said, "We opened on Tuesday and we had eight patients that day and today's Wednesday and so far, it's not even noon, we already have ten...

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Keddie Wye murders, also known as the Keddie Cabin Massacre, took place in the small, rural town in northern California in 1981 - and they are yet to be solved

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The University of Nevada has announced new tailgating rules for game days. The regulations include multiple pieces of equipment new banned from parking areas including semi-trucks, flat beds and professional DJ stages. The move comes as the area works to better maintain pedestrian traffic flow...

Vintage at Redfield – a 233-unit affordable senior living community developed by Greenstreet Development and Vintage Housing – is a housing project that almost wasn’t. Greenstreet had long eyed the 2.6-acre parcel at the corners of Baker Lane and Redfield Parkway for senior housing due to its proximity to a host of...

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) - The City of Sparks is clarifying a potential first responder fee. In an email to KOLO 8 News Now, the city says Sparks residents, Medicare and Medicaid recipients, as well as those without health insurance, would have no out of pocket expense associated with the potential fee.

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Attorney General Aaron Ford is hosting several community events throughout Nevada to talk with local leaders and community members about the issues they are most concerned about in our region. “Working families are struggling to make their mortgage payments. They’re struggling to make their car...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Night off the Streets has officially opened its doors to a warming center in Carson City. They are now offering different churches each month throughout the city as warming centers for the homeless. This month, the center is located at Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic...

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) -A 34-year-old man accused of killing a Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza volunteer appeared for the first time on November 12, 2025, in Sparks Justice Court. Michael Paulson is accused of attacking Michael Hess on November 3, 2025, at the memorial in Sparks. Prosecutors say Paulson attacked Hess...