News
Robocalls swarm Nevada
Never, ever trust a robot on the phone. That’s particularly timely advice this month. The number of so-called “robocall” scams have soared in Nevada as conmen hitch their come-ons to the COVID-19 pandemic and election […]
Month: October 2020
News
Polls open to steady stream of voters
Vickie Smith of Reno drove past the Northwest Reno Library at 11 a.m. on the first day of early voting Oct. 17 and saw that the line of people stretched across the front of the […]
City life
Nevada Day is not cancelled
There will be no parade in Carson City this year, thanks to COVID-19, but there are plenty of other activities scheduled during the three-day holiday weekend for masked and socially-distanced folks to celebrate the Silver […]
COVID-19
UNR students lament COVID changes
Maria Stevens, a sophomore at the University of Nevada, Reno, was scared when she tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 on Oct. 6. As she filled out her reporting form, she thought about […]
Government
Laws define voter intimidation
Every voter has the right to cast a ballot safely and without having to worry about interference, harassment or intimidation at polling places. This contentious election season, there have been some concerns, though, especially in […]
News
Teams work to create cleaner, safer downtown
The Reno man had recently kicked a heroin habit when he got word that his mother was dying of cancer in Tucson, Ariz. The news hit him hard. He had an emotional breakdown outside the […]
City life
Rising above the mean streets
Donald Griffin knows that kindness costs him nothing. Griffin, a Downtown Reno Partnership Ambassador, is pushing Robert’s wheelchair over to Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada on Fourth Street to help him get some new clothes. […]
City life
Grassroots gives kids the joy of books
Helios Kaleb Alip was about as excited as a 4-year-old can be. That’s saying a lot. He picked out 50 free children’s books from the thousand new books laid out on tables in Grassroots Books’ […]
COVID-19
Rental assistance effort stalls
As local governments scramble to blunt the impact of Nevada’s coming wave of evictions, unforeseen complications have slowed the process of getting millions of dollars in subsidies to landlords to compensate them for tenants’ inability […]
COVID-19
Sparks eviction mediation underway
As Nevada’s eviction moratorium is set to expire Oct. 15, new landlord-tenant mediation programs in Reno and Sparks are aimed at avoiding evictions before disputes get to court. The Reno City Council has earmarked funds […]
Government
Ballots arrive: and so it begins
Election Day dawns in Nevada nearly a month early this year and continues daily until Nov. 3. There are several ways to vote: mailing a ballot; dropping it off in secure containers; in-person early voting […]
City life
First-time clients relying on Food Bank
The couple arrived at the Northern Nevada Food Bank’s drive-through distribution site on bicycles. They carefully packed the donated food in knapsacks so they could get the supplies home. Then the woman sat on a […]