Mary Sombra of Reno may be the living definition of irony. Next year, if Sombra passes the bar exam, she will be an attorney specializing in immigration law, defending immigrants embroiled in deportation and related […]
We are living in a masked world. I suppose that Reno is also swathed in gauze. Everyone looks like a fierce hold-up. Those are the words of Sarah Oddie, the sister of former Nevada Gov. […]
PHOTO/NORTHERN NEVADA PRIDE: Last year’s pride parade on Virginia Street in Reno. […]
Teachers are dying to return to the classroom; they’d rather not risk students’ health — or their own disability or death — to do it. As Washoe County schools prepare to reopen Aug. 17 and […]
Call it “shear” terror. Who would have thought that barber shops and hair salons (other than Sweeny Todd’s fictional tonsorial parlor & pie bakery) could be considered scary? Then along came COVID-19 and social distancing. […]
After 24 years of filling Reno’s summer streets and venues with art and artists, players and performances, Artown had to unexpectedly morph to adjust to precautions made necessary by an invisible germ. Both the event […]
You don’t have to be in a crowd, or even stroll along the Truckee River, to imbibe at this year’s Artown wine and art event. The district that revitalized downtown Reno has had to skip […]
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Archeologists who probed the area around Donner Lake over the last 40 years discovered evidence of the suffering of starving families who were snowbound there in the terrible winter of 1846-47. Scuba […]
When Ella Hoyer, 12, saw trash strewn on the shore and in the water of the idyllic lake near her home she became sad and cried. Then she got mad. Finally, cool determination took over. […]
PHOTO/RAWPIXEL: Most health officials agree face coverings reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus, but some folks don’t want to be told to wear them. UPDATE:July 9: Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered bar closures in counties with […]
IMAGE/ARTOWN: This year’s poster is the work of artist Ivette Valenzuela. Scroll to the end of the story for a look at the complete artwork. The usual large outdoor gatherings are banned and audiences aren’t […]
IMAGE/FRANK X. MULLEN: Bruce McAllister is shown is an inset photo above the three memorial stones recently placed at the VA hospital in Reno in tribute to the the front-line workers who died of COVID-19. […]
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