• Rollover in South Reno Sends One to Hospital

    A single-vehicle rollover blocked lanes at Equestrian Road and Curti Ranch Road Sunday night, just before 8 p.m. The Reno Fire Department said a person had to be rescued from the car after responders cut out the windshield. Paramedics took the person to the hospital. There is no word on the person’s condition. The cause…

  • Rally in Reno for “No Kings” Movement

    An unconfirmed number of people listed in the tens of thousands filled downtown Reno on Saturday for the March 28 “No Kings Reno March & Rally.” The march traveled from Liberty Street to Virginia Street, ending at City Hall Plaza near the Believe sign. Participants voiced opposition to U.S. foreign policy, with many condemning the…

  • Dream Gone Wild

    I was sitting on my porch the other morning, trying to mind my own business and coax a little peace out of the day, when my mind decided to cough up a memory I hadn’t asked for. That’s the thing about memories, they pop up like stray cats: uninvited and unpredictable. See, about forty-eight years…

  • Ten Thousand People and a Hell of a Mess

    Commentary On a goddamn blinding Saturday, downtown Reno looked like a circus had vomited all over it. More than 10,000 people clogged the streets, waving signs and screaming at the sky like feral children. They called it the “No Kings Reno March & Rally,” but anyone with a functioning brain could see it for what…

  • Secret Pentagon UFO Study Tied to Nevada

    A little-known Pentagon program investigating UFOs and other unexplained phenomena traces its roots back to Nevada and the late U.S. Sen. Harry Reid. In 2007, Reid, alongside Senators Daniel Inouye of Hawaii and Ted Stevens of Alaska, helped launch a classified effort to study aerial anomalies and related mysteries. The initiative, known as the Advanced…

  • Nevada Federal Judge Draws Criticism

    A federal judge in Nevada is facing criticism following two recent sentencing decisions in child exploitation cases that resulted in penalties at or near the statutory minimum. U.S. District Judge Anne Traum sentenced one defendant to five years in prison, the mandatory minimum under federal law, followed by 15 years of supervised release after being…

  • Winnemucca Man Sentenced for Pedophilia

    A Winnemucca man has been sentenced to decades in prison following his conviction on multiple child-related sex offenses, according to the Winnemucca Police Department. Authorities identified him as Tyler Scott Bowman, 34. He was found guilty at trial on January 9 on charges including lewdness with a child under 16, sexual assault on a child…

  • Washoe County Man Arrested for Child Exploitation

    A Washoe County man is in jail following a multi-agency investigation into child exploitation, led by the Nevada State Police. Authorities say the Nevada State Police Investigation Division, along with the Parole and Probation Division and Capitol Police, executed search warrants at locations in Fernley, Sparks, and Reno as part of the operation. On March…

  • Sun Valley Drug Sting Ends in Arrest

    A joint enforcement operation by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Northern Nevada Drug Task Force led to the seizure of more than 42 grams of methamphetamine and the arrest of a Sun Valley woman Friday evening, according to authorities. The operation, conducted March 27 by the Sheriff’s Office Human Exploitation and Recovery Operations…

  • One Dead in Single-Vehicle Crash in Reno

    One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon near the Intuit building on Sierra Center Parkway, according to the Reno Police Department. Police say the crash occurred at approximately 2:28 p.m. on March 28 on Sierra Center Parkway. An initial investigation found that an SUV veered off the roadway for unknown reasons and…