Fernley City Councilman Stan Lau has been removed from the Fernley City Council following a series of recent outbursts during council meetings, according to the acting city manager. During a council meeting, the board heard findings of his behavior before members voted to expel him from office. The action comes months after Lau was censured…

Two people were killed in a three-vehicle crash Saturday evening on State Route 160 south of Pahrump, according to Nevada State Police. The collision occurred around 6:37 p.m. on Pahrump Valley Highway just south of Manse Road. Authorities stated the crash involved an SUV, a hatchback, and a passenger sedan. The female driver of the…

A woman died early Sunday morning after being struck by a commercial truck on Interstate 80 near Winnemucca, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Troopers said the woman was walking in the westbound lanes near the shoulder of the highway when a truck hit her just before 7:30 a.m. The commercial vehicle involved left the…

A bicyclist is in critical condition following a hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning in Sparks. The crash occurred around 3 a.m. on eastbound Prater Way just past the Interstate 80 junction. Sparks Police responded to the scene and found the bicyclist injured, but the vehicle involved had already fled the area. Paramedics stabilized the victim…

The Reno Fire Department responded to a water rescue in the Truckee River Saturday afternoon. At 3:56 p.m., the department’s Water Entry Team went to the river, near Kuenzli Street. Reno Police assisted in the response. Crews pulled the woman from the water just after 4 p.m., where she received medical attention at the scene…

Several crashes across the Reno-Sparks area over the weekend put drivers in the hospital and temporarily closed portions of major roadways, according to local authorities. Nevada State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 580 near Glendale Avenue just after 12:30 p.m. Friday. Officials said one driver had to go to the hospital…

Two people are in jail in separate incidents in Washoe County on firearm and drug-related charges, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. In the first case, deputies responded on Thursday night to a Reno neighborhood near Timothy Drive and Holcomb Ranch Lane after receiving reports of a suspicious person seen near the side of…

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office has released additional information regarding the deaths of two women found inside a residence on February 28. Authorities identified the women as Andrea De Stories, 59, and her mother, Kitty Brown, 99. According to investigators, Brown had significant medical issues and was being cared for by her daughter at the…

Winter had its own way of settling scores in the Nevada high country. It carved the land clean, pared it down to rock and wind and silence, and a man either matched it or he didn’t. Out here, promises weren’t things you spoke; they were things you carried. And a debt, once taken on, rode…

Morning comes slowly in the Nevada high country. It doesn’t burst over the horizon the way folks who’ve never been there like to claim. Instead, it seeps into the world, thin, colorless, and wary, like a traveler unsure of the country he’s riding into. That was the kind of dawn Lucas Hale woke to, feeling…