Verdi News

Ten Washoe County Citizen Advisory Board panels will meet six times a year, rather than 12 times a year, as a budget-cutting move to save on costs and staff time, the county commission unanimously agreed on Tuesday.

The public is invited to attend a luncheon that marks the 30th anniversary of the Secret Witness program.

A swath of forest and meadows near Reno, scorched and ringed by fires of the past, is targeted for a long-term fire prevention effort.

In what could be his last appeal in state court, a lawyer for David Middleton, sentenced to death 12 years ago for killing a Reno schoolteacher and a Sparks casino worker, told the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday that he deserves a new trial because his attorneys failed to properly handle his case.

Washoe County's Regional Parks and Opens Space Department has scheduled a free walk among the trees at the Wilbur D. May Arboretum, 1595 N. Sierra St., with horticulturist Bill Carlos from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

A trio of local prospective Eagle Scouts - Joseph Pelham, Jake Flynn and Nathan Chapelle - gave presentations on their Eagle Scout Projects to the Washoe County Open Space and Regional Parks Commission earlier this week.

Despite tough times, Washoe County residents will see several new park, trails and trailhead projects open or under construction this summer.

Fr. John Legerski, a priest from Bishop Manogue High School, is scheduled to bless bikes, bikers and anyone else at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bar-M-Bar, 816 U.S. 40 West, Verdi.

Not wanting to do an 'end-run' on the way state money is distributed for the Truckee River, the Washoe County Commission agreed Tuesday not to divert $1.5 million from river restoration to expanding the whitewater park in downtown Reno.

With lease costs resolved at the Sierra View Library and nearly settled at the North Valleys Library, the public still could lose its smaller branch libraries in meeting a 36 percent cut targeted for the Washoe County Library System.

Open burning starts Sunday in the Reno-area and is scheduled to end at May 31. It is only allowed by permits issued from the Reno Fire Department and the Sierra Fire Protection District, the Reno Fire ...

Reno Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club member Phillip Earl is scheduled to discuss the Great Train Robbery of 1870, which occurred in the Verdi area.

A new and more painful round of mass transit cuts -- this one affecting some of the area's most needy riders -- is to be considered Thursday by transportation officials.

The building that once housed the Verdi Justice Court now is home to a museum that historical preservationists hope will educate the public about this community nestled between Reno and the California border.

The first in a series of wilderness survival seminars is from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday in the conference center at Cabela's, 8650 Boomtown Road in Verdi.

The year's longest election race in Washoe County continued this morning, when two incumbents remained tied after new ballots were counted for Verdi TV District trustee.

The Washoe County Commission on Tuesday ordered a new election for a trustee for the Verdi TV District after 47 voters were wrongly identified as not eligible to vote because of a clerical error.

The family of an elderly Verdi woman are calling a newspaper carrier a hero for rescuing their mother after she was found disoriented and injured outside her residence earlier this month.