Tom Darby RENO, Nev. — Paying city bills with a credit or debit card in Reno will soon cost more. Beginning today, Jan. 2, the City of Reno will no longer absorb credit and debit card processing fees. Customers who choose to pay with a card will see a 2.7 percent service charge added to…

Tom Darby SPARKS, Nev. — A wrong-way crash on Interstate 80 in late December claimed the life of a 27-year-old Reno man, according to the Nevada State Police. The crash was reported just before 5 a.m. on Dec. 21 on westbound I-80 near Pyramid Highway in Sparks. Investigators say a Toyota RAV4 was traveling eastbound…

Tom Darby WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. — Authorities have identified the pedestrian killed after being struck by a vehicle at an I-80 on-ramp in November. The Nevada State Police responded to the crash around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the intersection of Maple Street and University Way in Washoe County. According to a preliminary investigation,…

Tom Darby WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. — Pedestrian deaths increased in Washoe County in 2025, highlighting growing safety concerns as more people use roadways across the region. According to available data, 16 pedestrians were killed in Washoe County in 2025, up from 12 fatalities in 2024 — a 33% increase year over year. In Reno, the…

Tom Darby LYON COUNTY, Nev. — A convicted sex offender died while in law enforcement custody following an arrest by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force on Dec. 31, authorities said. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies arrested the individual in the Dayton area after receiving an anonymous tip alleging the person…

Tom Darby WINNEMUCCA, Nev. — A one-year-old child was hospitalized Tuesday evening after a reported fentanyl overdose in Winnemucca, prompting a multi-agency emergency response and leading to the arrest of the child’s mother, police said. Winnemucca police officers were dispatched on the evening of Dec. 23 to an apartment in the Weso Street area after…

Tom Darby RENO, Nev. — A Reno man is facing multiple felony drug charges after investigators seized more than four pounds of methamphetamine during a narcotics investigation in northwest Reno. Detectives with the Regional Narcotics Unit began investigating suspected drug sales earlier this month at a residence near the intersection of Sharlands Avenue and Mae…

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It started, as these things often do, with neighborhood talk and a lot of good intentions. “You know, Kenji,” his mother said, “you ought to offer to do Mr. Pritchard’s lawn. Poor man’s yard looks like a wheat field these days.” Kenji Ito stopped pushing his mower and wiped his forehead. “I don’t know. I…

Apocalypse: A revealing of truth, reality, or what’s hidden. Happy New Year, and welcome to the apocalypse. I don’t mean that in the fire-and-brimstone, meteors-falling-from-the-sky kind of way. Not yet, anyway. I mean it the way you mean it when you wake up on January 1st with a dull headache, a dead phone, and the…