Elon Musk’s tunneling company, the Boring Company, is working with Nevada officials on a potential tunnel project connecting Reno to Tesla’s Gigafactory, according to a January 16 report by Fortune magazine. The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN), a state-affiliated nonprofit that supports business expansion, paid the Boring Company $50,000 in October 2025 to…

Governor Joe Lombardo announced Nevada will participate in a new federal tax credit program linked to President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” aimed at expanding educational options for families. Starting in 2027, taxpayers can receive up to $1,700 in federal tax credits for donations to approved Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO), which provide K-12 scholarships for tutoring,…

Nevada’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.2 percent in December, according to a Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) report released Friday, Jan. 23. State officials said labor force participation continued to improve, rising to 63.2 percent, its highest level since March 2020. In November, Nevada’s labor force increased by 9,353…

An injured hiker was rescued Sunday near Davis Creek Regional Park after slipping on an icy section of trail, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue (WCSAR) teams responded to the incident on the Ophir Creek Trail on January 25. Authorities said the hiker slipped on ice and…

A vehicle flipped near a Somersett roundabout just before 11 a.m. Monday, according to the Reno Police Department. Police said the crash occurred after the driver experienced an unknown medical event. The rollover happened halfway between the first Somersett roundabout and Mae Anne Avenue. Paramedics took the driver to a local hospital with minor injuries,…

A Las Vegas woman was arrested Sunday afternoon following a traffic stop in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, according to the Storey County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say the stop occurred at around 3:00 p.m. when a vehicle was traveling 70 miles per hour in a posted 45 miles per hour zone. A deputy initiated a…

A 26-year-old South Lake Tahoe, California, man was arrested Wednesday night following an alleged domestic battery at a gas station on South Carson Street, according to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested Alvaro Jesus Martinez Perez on S. Carson Street on charges of domestic battery (second offense), burglary of a motor vehicle involving domestic…

A man has been found guilty on all counts in a case involving the sexual assault of children and faces sentencing on March 25. Robert Vasquez was convicted of three counts of sexual assault on a child under the age of 14, two counts of lewdness with a child under 14, one count of attempted…

Two people are in jail following a road rage incident that escalated into a shooting last week in Sparks. The Sparks Police Department responded around 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 24 to the area of Highland Ranch Parkway and Pyramid Way after receiving reports of a road rage shooting. When officers arrived, they located a vehicle…

A former Washoe County prosecutor has received his sentence in a lewdness case that led to his firing from the district attorney’s office last year. Kenneth Ching, who previously worked as a deputy district attorney and law professor, was sentenced Monday in Reno Justice Court following an arrest connected to an incident at the Peppermill…