Two associations that represent Washoe County law enforcement have gone to court to halt the release of the video of an altercation with officers that led to an inmate’s death last year.
The state of Nevada and two counties have agreed to pay $60,000 in legal fees to two tribes that won a federal court battle over Native American voting rights.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County voters have agreed to raise the local sales tax a half a penny to raise $780 million for school improvements in the Reno-Sparks area over the next 10 years.
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.
The state of Nevada and two counties could end up paying well over $100,000 in legal expenses as they continue to wage a legal battle with two tribes over alleged violations of the U.S. Voting Rights Act.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A day after Clark County confirmed its first flu-related death of the season in the Las Vegas-area, Washoe County health officials reported their first flu fatality in northern Nevada.
The area around Reno is one of the hottest battlegrounds in 2016. It's also a place where rapid demographic change is underway — exposing divisions between native and foreign-born residents.
Washoe County has designated a new early voting and Election Day voting site on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's reservation northeast of Reno in compliance with a federal court ruling that found Native Americans were being denied equal access to the polls.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge is scheduled to hear a lawsuit brought by a Reno man that seeks to remove a question for increased school funding from the Washoe County ballot.
County commissioners who must fill vacancies in the Legislature as a stadium plan hangs in the balance are postponing that task amid concerns that they'd violate the Nevada Open Meeting Law.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Reno are reporting the discovery of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Washoe County, in the Lemmon Valley area.
The Washoe County Health District didn't report that any humans were infected.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Washoe County says they have filed a police report after finding the sign in front of their headquarters vandalized with the message "Vote 4 Trump" sprayed in red paint.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is warning that a number of residents in the area have received calls from someone posing as Sheriff's Office personnel in order to obtain money.
Casinos in Washoe County have dodged a bill for back taxes totaling nearly $5 million.
A recent audit discovered the county has been significantly miscalculating a portion of the gambling taxes levied on local casinos over the past seven years.
