Amazon has officially begun hiring in Northern Nevada as work moves forward on a new data center project in Storey County. The Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA) announced that the company began recruiting locally for positions tied to the facility at Switch’s Citadel Campus inside the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. As part of the effort,…

The City of Sparks passed new laws to prevent illegal massage parlors from operating in the community. The measures, announced on Monday, expand oversight and strengthen penalties for businesses that attempt to skirt licensing rules. Under the new rules, anyone whose massage business license was previously revoked cannot obtain a license in the future. The…

The City of Reno has appointed Washoe County Undersheriff Corey Solferino as Acting Chief of Police following the administrative leave of Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance and five department employees. The change is effective immediately and comes as part of an interlocal agreement with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office to provide temporary leadership support. Solferino…

An eight-year-old boy was airlifted to Renown Regional Medical Center on Sunday after falling about 30 feet from a chairlift at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort. According to the Lake Valley Fire Protection District, the fall happened around 1:20 p.m. on the Grandview chairlift. Emergency crews said the boy’s age and the distance of the fall prompted responders…

A bicyclist injured in a hit-and-run crash in Sparks earlier this month has died, according to the Sparks Police Department. Police identified the victim as 43-year-old Joshua Myers of Reno, who died Monday afternoon from injuries he suffered in the crash. Officers, along with Sparks Fire and REMSA, responded just after 3 a.m. on March…

A 24-year-old man reported missing from Fallon has been found safe in Washington state, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities located Sage Hunter Greigo-Long on Saturday in Port Angeles, Chief Criminal Deputy Amy Bundy said in an email. “Deputies located Sage Hunter Greigo-Long safe and sound in Port Angeles,” Bundy wrote. “His family…

Lucas Hale came down off the ridgeline like a man who had run out of choices long before he had run out of trail. The descent had been rough—ankle-breaking rocks under the snow, drifts that swallowed his knees, wind that scoured a man’s face clean of heat and hope. He’d been traveling for days, though…

Deputies arrested a Carson City man on Thursday after he headbutted a teen during a confrontation over driving speed near a local business. Ernesto Lorenzo Rocha was booked for gross misdemeanor battery following the incident at a car wash. Deputies were dispatched to the business after the reporting party said two employees from a neighboring…

A 30-year-old woman was arrested early Saturday morning in Carson City on suspicion of felony DUI and other offenses following a traffic stop, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report. Deputies booked Guadalupe Rodriquez on suspicion of driving with a canceled driver’s license and operating a vehicle without illuminated headlamps, both misdemeanor offenses.…

A 57-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning in Carson City after deputies discovered more than 23 grams of suspected methamphetamine during a traffic stop. Andrew John Grulick was booked on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving on a suspended license, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office…