Cold Springs News

The first winter-like storm of the season on Friday shut down westbound Interstate 80, delayed or canceled more than a dozen airport flights, likely caused a fatal plane crash near Susanville, knocked out power to thousands and made travel difficult with slick roads.

An early morning fight between two 18-year-old men led to a shooting that left one hospitalized and one in jail Tuesday morning, according to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office.

Shooting in Cold Springs leaves 1 hospitalized, 1 in jail.An early morning fight between two 18-year-old men led to a shooting that left one hospitalized and one in jail.

" An early morning standoff is over with one person behind bars and another in the hospital The situation started at 1am Tuesday at a home in Cold Springs near Nancy Gomes Elementary School.

Reno, Nevada. October 29, 2009. At their regularly scheduled meeting yesterday, Washoe County Commissioners directed planning staff to make specific revisions to a proposed nuisance ordinance and return on December 8th for a first reading of said ordinance with a second reading and possible adoption on January 12, 2010.

Voters for Sensible Growth are challenging Sparks' annexation of land in the East Truckee River Canyon, six miles beyond the city border.

Game wardens from the Nevada Department of Wildlife are looking for information on two animals found shot and left to waste a couple miles from each other near Cold Springs in the last two weeks.

The Nevada Supreme Court has given new life to a citizen group's challenge of the annexation of 7,000 acres in Cold Springs by the city of Reno.

A power outage Wednesday morning left about 3,000 customers without power in the Cold Springs, Red Rock, and Silver Knolls areas north of Reno.

By now, you should definitely feel the chill in the air left by a cold low pressure center.

Tribune/Debra Reid - A loose billboard flaps in the wind before falling onto Prater Way in Sparks on Tuesday.

Preliminary population data collected by the Washoe County School District indicated a decline in enrollment this school year, mainly at the elementary level, and much of that is being attributed to the sagging economy.

Additionally, the city of Reno is sending one or two water trucks to put water on a 20-acre field that seems to be the main cause of most of the dust that is causing zero visibility, NHP spokesman Chuck Allen said.

A Saturday yard sale will benefit Jose Rivera, a 23-year Navy and Army National Guard veteran and a United States Postal Office letter carrier who recently was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.

NORTH VALLEYS CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD 7 p.m. Monday North Valleys Regional Sports Complex, 8085 Silver Lake Drive The board might designate a citizen of Lemmon Valley and a citizen of Cold Springs to attend the Nevada Wildland-Urban Interface Conference on behalf of the North Valleys CAB.

An ice cream social is planned tonight at the Cold Springs Community Center to get senior citizens together to talk about plans for organizing a gathering place for seniors to meet and socialize.

A family in Cold Springs had 51 cats breeding inside their house when Washoe County Regional Animal Services was called by a concerned relative, field supervisor Bobby Smith said.

A sharp drop in donations due to the recession has pushed the YMCA to the brink of bankruptcy in the Reno area.

Fire crews hope to have the Hoyt Fire northeast of Fallon fully contained by Monday and possibly mopped up two days later.

The recession has pinched the nonprofit YMCA of the Sierra to the point of possibly seeking bankruptcy protection, officials said Wednesday.