SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A California-based medical device company has announced plans to move its U.S. operations from the San Francisco Bay area to a facility in northern Nevada that's expected to bring 200 jobs to the Reno-Sparks area.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Rising housing prices have set a record in the Reno-Sparks area for the fourth time this year.
The Reno-Gazette Journal reports the combined median price for an existing single-family home in the cities of Reno and Sparks reached $389,000 in June.
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Three schools in Sparks were placed on a lockdown for about a half hour after an armed suspect briefly holed up inside a nearby house.
A 26-year-old gunman convicted of killing two rival gang members in Sparks seven years ago has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without the possibility of parole.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County commissioners have turned down an application from a medical marijuana dispensary that sought to move from Incline Village to Sparks.
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The Sparks Nugget has been ordered to pay a $1 million civil fine after the northern Nevada hotel-casino admitted violating federal anti-money laundering regulations.
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — A planned Wal-Mart store in Sparks is no longer happening.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reported Friday that the retail giant has nixed plans to put in a location at the Outlets at Sparks because of issues involving pharmacy services.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Senate Democratic officials say Sen. Debbie Smith has died a year after doctors started treating her for a malignant brain tumor.
Senate Democratic caucus spokesman Peter Koltak says the Sparks lawmaker died Sunday in Reno. She was 60.
