Washoe County News

Washoe's decline to 12.2 percent, based on a mid-month survey of employers and other market estimates, is more a reflection of a stagnant or declining workforce than outright improvement in the job market, said Bill Anderson, chief economist at the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Sparks Library is closed today, due to a power outage. Terri Farley's "Hold Your Horses" program, which was scheduled for 4 p.m. today, has been cancelled.

Washoe County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man whom family members said has been missing since November 1. William Thomas Billing, 29, was last seen at his home on Gerdes Avenue in Sun Valley, Sheriff's spokesperson Brooke Keast said.

Reno police detectives say they arrested a man Thursday responsible for a week-long robbery spree.

Capital improvement plans are set for 15 of Washoe County's 64 elementary schools, even as the district looks ahead to more bond funding in the future.

Washoe County Sheriff's deputies arrested three Sun Valley men in the aftermath of a fight that resulted in one of the men getting stabbed in the buttocks.

A 16-year-old Reno boy has been ordered to stand trial in the beating death of a homeless man after he allegedly stomped on him and robbed him of $6, cigarettes and a portable radio.

" 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.

A Fernley man and a man from Fairfield, Calif., were found with about 2.5 pounds of cocaine in their car when the Nevada Highway Patrol stopped the pair on Interstate 80 near Mogul Sunday night.

A 32-year-old ex-felon remains jailed on charges he was drunk and fatally shot his estranged wife's relative, who intervened during a heated confrontation with the woman's mother.

Margaret Flint is challenging Washoe County Clerk Amy Harvey in next year's election, claiming Harvey has hurt tourism by denying some Hispanic couples marriage licenses after rejecting their Mexican identification cards as forged documents.

A man described as 'suicidal' by Reno police was shot by law enforcement using foam bullets outside the Washoe County Coroner's office Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Bill Frankmore-News 4 We're still over a month away from Christmas, but you'll soon be getting a gift in the mail from the county assessor's office.

A 35-year-old former Washoe County legal guardian jailed last week for bringing an unloaded gun into a Reno court also has been charged with possessing prescription drugs, after deputies found them in her jail cell.

With the primary election and the filing period for the 2010 election moved up two months due to a change in state law, politicians thoughts are already turning to the upcoming elections with three county elected officials saying they plan to seek reelection.

The Washoe County Health District has announced new H1N1 vaccine clinic dates. In following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the Washoe County Health District has scheduled three additional novel H1N1 flu vaccination clinics for those who are at greater risk of getting the novel H1N1 flu or of developing potentially ...

Water merger: Commissioners Tuesday approved an agreement with Truckee Meadows Water Authority to add a county member on the authority board as a first step in merging the county water utility with TMWA.

Update at 8 a.m. Gaming revenues across Washoe County tumbled by 6.4 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, the state reported today, the 27th straight month of declines.

Facing slumping sales tax revenues and a weak economy, at least two members of the V&T Railway Commission said the commission needs to look into the future to make sure the railroad can survive financially.

Sharnel Silvey rides around downtown several times a month with the Reno Police Department's Regional Street Enforcement Team, eager to talk to the women who will get trapped in a sting operation while soliciting for prostitution.