Nevada State

Reno, NV

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A pedestrian safety operation conducted by the Reno Police Department last week resulted in seven warnings and 63 traffic citations being issued. A total of nine officers, funded by a grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, conducted the enforcement in areas where RPD has seen the highest concentration of pedestrian related traffic crashes.

Pedestrian safety operation results in 7 warnings, 63 tickets in Reno

Sparks, NV

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada Department of Transportation will be lowering speed limits on a section of I-80 east of Sparks. The speed will be reduced from 70 to 65 miles per hour. Five 65 mile an hour signs will replace the existing signs between Mustang exit 23...

NDOT to lower speeds on section of Sparks highway

Carson City, NV

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - The Bureau of Land Management is opening a 30-day public comment period for a proposed trail project near Carson City. The Centennial Trails Project will be a non-motorized trail system located on public lands managed by the BLM in the area of Carson City, Washoe, Storey, and Lyon counties on the northeast side of the city.

BLM seeks comment on proposed trail near Carson City

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - An early morning shooting Wednesday hospitalized one person, Reno police say. They say the shooting happened on Wells Avenue near the Chevron station. Police responded and took a male victim to the hospital. The victim has not been released and it is unknown how serious his...

Early morning shooting hospitalizes 1

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - It’s a unique perspective from around the country, as local podcaster Allister Dean, and his friends around the country, Brayden Portillo from Chicago and Mikey Gutierrez from San Francisco, discuss all the trending topics on their podcast Gay Boy Magic. Anyone can listen to the show, with topics ranging from current affairs, sexual health, intimacy, where real issues are discussed from a gay perspective. The goal is to keep things mainstream for everyone to participate in and to help listeners all around connect with each other. Check out the podcast on any platform you get your podcasts on. You can also follow them on Instagram @gay.boy.magic or call their hotline at 628-232-1205.

A local podcaster and friends are putting their voices together on a different kind of show

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The National Network to End Domestic Violence released an annual report which shares a snapshot of data from agencies across the country, including Nevada. “They look at, ‘what does one day look like in the life of domestic violence agencies in our country?’” explained Elizabeth Abdur-Raheem, the Executive Director of the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence.

New report shows increase in domestic violence victims seeking help

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) - The Sparks Fire Department responded for reports of a structure fire Wednesday morning. They were called to a home on Palermo Drive between Baring Boulevard and Prater Way around 8 a.m. They were joined by the Sparks Police Department, NV Energy, and REMSA. The fire is...

Fire crews respond to structure fire in Sparks

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the parking lot of the Summit mall in south Reno. It happened just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital, and later declared dead. Officers are still working to determine...

Pedestrian hit and killed in parking lot of Summit mall

Snowfall will continue overnight in Tahoe and Reno so tomorrow morning's commute could have some problems. We're only expecting an inch or so in Reno but Tahoe could see 12 inches at Lake Level with 1 to 3 feet of snow above 7,000 ft. We'll dry out by Thursday through the weekend.

WIC may help some SNAP recipients

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Reno Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 44-year-old man considered to be endangered. Brett Stoll was last seen leaving his residence on Longley Lane Monday at around 11:30 a.m. Police say Stoll suffers from epilepsy and did not take his medication with him.

RPD seeking help finding missing endangered man

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -A Washoe District Court jury this week convicted a man of attacking a woman who jogged by him along the Truckee River in downtown Reno. Rylan Joel Wallette, 35, faces a May 31 sentencing for assault with a deadly weapon. The Washoe County District Attorney’s Office said...

Man guilty of attacking jogger in downtown Reno

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Reno Housing Authority has opened waitlists for public housing family complexes. Waitlists are set to close April 14. “Opening the waitlists provides an additional resource to individuals and families struggling to secure affordable housing in Washoe County,” said Executive Director Hilary Lopez, Ph.D. The...

Reno Housing Authority opens waitlist for public housing

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - MARCH 28 UPDATE: Reno Police confirm that the person in the wheelchair was killed by the crash. The driver was making a turn from Sierra Highlands Drive onto W. Seventh Street, where the victim was in the crosswalk. Officers say the crash happened because of poor lighting conditions.

Person in wheelchair killed in crash with pickup truck

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada Department of Transportation will be closing lanes and shoulders, as well as imposing lane restrictions this week so that repairs to concrete rails and guardrails can be made. The first of the closures will take place on I-80 near Rock Boulevard in Sparks...

Lane/shoulder reductions in Reno-Sparks area for guardrail repair begin Monday

New Hanover County, NC

New Hanover County community remembers late commissioner Deb Hays, her passion for public service

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Reno Police are investigating a shooting that happened late Monday in the North Valleys. It happened in a parking lot near Silver Lake Elementary School. Officers say it started when two men got into an argument with someone in a car. The person in the car shot one of the men and drove away.

One hurt in North Valleys shooting

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - It’s getting to be that time to get your gardens ready, but with the weather still pretty cold and unpredictable, we have some tips from Moana Nursery to help prepare. Moana Nursery’s plant doctors share that usually we begin the spring season by watering trees...

Gardening tips to know while still dealing with cooler temperatures

Nevada County, CA

Truckee, CA

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. (KOLO) - An investigation has begun after human remains were found east of the town of Truckee. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call Monday at around 6:30 p.m. of severely decomposed human remains being found. They and CHP determined the remains were...

Human remains found in Nevada County

California State

Plumas County, CA

Beckwourth, CA

BECKWOURTH, California (KOLO) - State Route 70 near the Beckwourth area of Plumas County is closed due to a sinkhole. The road has been closed from County Road A-23 to County Road A-24 since Monday. According to Caltrans District 2, the sinkhole has grown since then and now measures approximately...

SR70 closed near Beckwourth due to sinkhole

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) -The right lane of westbound Glendale Avenue reopened following a crash on a train track. First responders were trying to get the pickup truck away from the train tracks in time for the next train. It was a single-vehicle crash and the driver was injured, but the...

Glendale Avenue reopens after crash

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -There’s little to distinguish Thacker Pass from the rest of the Great Basin’s high desert landscape,but for the history it holds and the green energy future it promises,. Those two values have been in conflict, the source of a legal struggle, ever since it was...

Thacker Pass lithium mine breaks ground

We will see rain returning to the Reno area Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. It'll turn to snow by Wednesday morning resulting ion 1/2 to 2 inch totals in Reno with 3-5 inches in the foothills. The Sierra over 7,000 feet could ge3t 2-3 feet.

MONDAY EVENING WEATHER

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -A 34-year-old man was booked Wednesday after allegedly firing a shot during a road rage incident. Jordan Nicholas Johnston was booked on a charge of discharging a weapon where someone may be endangered. Johnston allegedly fired the gun in the area of West Fourth Street and McCarran...

Reno police arrest suspect for allegedly firing gun during road rage incident

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - A Carson City woman was arrested after a house fire that left one of her children dead and the other in critical condition. Samantha Paulino, 23, told investigators she had left her 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son home alone while she went to register for college classes.

Carson City woman facing charges after child dies in fire

TUESDAY EVENING WEATHER

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates nine times in the past year, causing panic for many borrowers, home buyers and credit card users. “Credit card interest rates right now, they’re as high as 20 percent,” said Michael Thomas, Senior Vice President of Communications at Greater Nevada Credit Union.

Savers can benefit from higher interest rates

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Even for the sports bettors who always pick the upsets, it’s not a Final Four anyone could have seen coming. “We have a Final Four with a 9 seed in it,” Atlantis Race and Sports Book director Steve Mikkelson exclaimed. The Atlantis says they...

Bettors wager on unlikely Final Four

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City of Sparks launches new app for service requests, other items

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) - The City of Sparks is launching a new app for residents. The MySparks app will allow residents to have an easier...

City of Sparks launches new app for service requests, other items

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