The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors has authorized the organization to directly promote and book concerts at downtown's Reno Events Center, with a goal of booking two concerts in the first year and six in the second year, and generating economic impact through increased visitation and hotel stays.

Jan 10, 2025 · This Is Reno has been tracking homeless deaths since 2016, when 22 people died.The number of deaths continued to rise and then skyrocketed from 2021 to 2023, climbing to 135. “We’d like to attribute the decrease to better and increased services and earlier intervention, but there were lives lost last year that could have been prevented, so we are not done yet,” Drysdale added.

Nevada ethics laws mandate that a public officer cannot “work for a business regulated by their former agency for one year if their duties included making policies for that industry, they directly affected the industry in the past year, or they know confidential information about a competitor.”

Jan 9, 2025 · Nevada's snowpack levels are above normal as of January 1, 2025, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service's latest water supply outlook report.

Local businesses are working overtime this New Year’s Eve with prix fixe dining menus, extended hours and other festive extras. Time slots are already starting to fill, so call soon to book your Dec. 31 reservation and peruse some of our after-hours suggestions for entertainment, champagne toasts and more.

Dec 15, 2024 · From the masterminds and mixologists behind Death & Taxes and Amari comes Curse of Cane, a fun and funky bar that doesn’t shy away from making a splash.

More properties are now reporting required energy use data to the city. The City of Reno’s “2023 Annual Energy & Water Benchmarking Report,” released late last year, shows the city’s efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions face hurdles in part because of a lack of information. The report highlights data tracked in 2023 and notes that only half …

Oct 5, 2024 · Nevada’s Secretary of State released the 2024 ballot question guide. The guide explains each ballot question and the arguments for and against them.

Preview: January 22, 2025 Reno City Council meeting. You can find the online agenda for the January 22 Reno City Council meeting here, and as usual, I’ll just highlight selected items, so be sure to scan it for other items of interest to you.Let’s start with two items on the Consent Agenda related to the City’s sale of the former Community Assistance Center …

Dec 28, 2024 · Just as we noted last year, the news business continues to whither, shrivel and operate on shaky ground. It’s gotten so bad over the past two decades that analysts and scholars say lack of in-depth journalism is a severe threat to democracy since, as news operations struggle to stay in business, a corresponding decrease in civic participation has been documented, as well as a rise in local ...