Washoe County News

A former director of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada has been sentenced to three life terms in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Sexual Assault and one count of Lewdness with a Minor Under the Age of 14.

A 44-year-old Fernley man has been sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for soliciting children for sex over the Internet.

A juror in the Whittemore trial was dismissed Thursday after the judge said one of the jurors made a comment the day before that suggested he had already made up his mind in the case.

The State of Nevada, Division of State Lands has announced it will receive sealed bids for one Washoe County Residential building allocation.

This story has been corrected to reflect the maximum possible prison term for Mr.

It was approved by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, 10-5. It was a victory, but there will be more battles for the bill before the Legislature ends June 3. Thursday's vote was down party lines.

Investigators are shedding light into the traffic accident that occured on Wednesday that took the life of a young man in south Reno.

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accident that killed a Reno man on Wednesday near Welcome Way in south Reno.

The screams of pain and cries for loved ones filled the McQueen High School gym Thursday morning as first responders and emergency crews gathered outside.

Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore inspects the product and learns about the different uses for and varieties of marijuana during a trip to a dispensary in Arizona on Friday, March 22, 2013.

After hearing previous testimony from Superintendent Pedro Martinez and several community and business leaders, members of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee passed Assembly Bill 46, the capital projects funding bill sponsored by the Washoe County School District .

Truckee Meadows Fire Protetion District and Washoe County Sheriff staff present a check for $11,835 to Debbie Strickland , Executive Director of the Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation following the first annual Guns and Hoses fundraising golf tournament sponsored by Hidden Valley Country Club.

Salary data for more than 132,000 government employees statewide, for the 2012 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com , a Nevada Policy Research Institute website that makes government-spending data easily accessible to taxpayers.

The Nevada Commission on Ethics will hold a hearing to determine if a pair of former district trustees violated state law by allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest and accepting improper gifts regarding votes they made 20 months ago in favor of discounted meals for a group of residents.

He has since been caught and apprehended. According to our affiliate in Fresno KSEE, he is wanted in connection to a home invasion where his accomplice was killed with a samurai sword.

Only Matthew Mahaffey knows why he pulled the trigger back on July 3rd of 2011, killing his good friend Michael Boyle.

The Nevada Department of Corrections reports that inmate Leonardo Cruz was found dead in his cell mid-day Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Most Washoe County offices will be closed Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office Special Operations and Criminal Investigations Division are conducting an investigation on an in-custody death from Monday, May 20, 2013 at approximately 5:00 a.m. The Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office says the decedent has been positively identified as Carlos Salgado, a 24-year-old Sparks resident.

Around 9pm, several Washoe County Sheriff's deputies were called out to the 3400 block of Lunsford Court, which is just north of the Huffaker Lane / Lakeside Drive intersection.