Tom Darby WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. — A backcountry skier is safe after surviving an avalanche near Mount Rose Summit on Christmas Day, thanks to a fast and coordinated rescue effort by multiple local emergency agencies. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team, along with Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and REMSA, responded Wednesday…

Tom Darby RENO, Nev. — Reno police are investigating an early-morning shooting on Saturday that left a teenager hospitalized and resulted in multiple arrests. Officers were dispatched around 4 a.m. on December 27 after receiving reports of gunfire near Skyway Drive, close to Summit Ridge Park. While officers were en route, additional callers reported hearing…

Tom Darby SPANISH SPRINGS, Nev. — A law enforcement response in Spanish Springs on Friday ended with the peaceful arrest of a wanted felon, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested 41-year-old Colin Hartman on December 26 after serving a search warrant at a home on Kathy Terrace. Authorities were attempting to locate…

Tom Darby MAMMOTH LAKES, Cal. — A ski patroller has died following an avalanche that occurred during early morning safety operations at Mammoth Mountain, resort and county officials confirmed. The avalanche happened around 7:30 a.m. on December 26 while Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol was conducting routine avalanche mitigation work on Lincoln Mountain, before the resort…

Tom Darby SPARKS, Nev. — Three vehicles were involved in a crash Sunday night at the intersection of North McCarran Boulevard and East Prater Way, according to the Nevada State Police. All three cars had to be towed from the scene, while none of the drivers received injuries. In a separate incident early Monday morning,…

Tom Darby RENO, Nev. — One person required surgery after being shot inside an apartment Sunday morning in Reno, according to the Reno Police Department. Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 10:14 a.m. on Dec. 28 at an apartment on Glenda Way. Police say one individual was struck by gunfire and transported…

Tom Darby NEVADA/CALIFORNIA — A pair of earthquakes was recorded over the weekend in the region, according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno. The first quake struck Saturday morning, Dec. 27, registering a magnitude 3.83 at approximately 7:20 a.m. A reviewed status report from the laboratory showed that the earthquake…

By the time Clara Ramirez turned twenty-eight, the desert had already taken most of what she had to give. The wind stole her husband first, then the years stole her sleep, her softness, and her hope for anything gentler than work. The year was 1870, and the New Mexico sun burned everything it touched until…

I learned early on that approval is a slippery thing. You can do everything right, hold the door, tell the truth, show up on time, help when it costs you something—and still end up on someone’s bad side. For a long time, that bothered me more than I care to admit. I thought goodness was…

It was the last day of Autumn, and you watched as the final leaf fell from the tree in your yard, towards the grass, and then everything shifted. You didn’t notice it right away. It began in the small ways, the quiet wrongness of air and light. The crisp scent of dying leaves faded into…