In an effort to ease congestion on Interstate 80, Sparks officials are asking Nevada lawmakers for permission to build the state's only toll road. Workers said commuting to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center is stressful and unreliable.

In the late addition of Behind the Bar, more information on proposed Medicaid cuts, legislators want age verification for adult websites and a lawmaker withdraws a controversial school board bill. Lawmaker withdraws controversial school board bill

June 11 proved to be a rough night for Robert Beadles, a prominent Republican donor and election conspiracy theorist who formally endorsed 12 candidates for local races in Washoe County and supported others. Only three made it to the general.

Though official candidate filings do not occur until March, candidates for local government offices have already begun fundraising. A look at what funds Northern Nevada candidates have going into the election.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced a much-anticipated lands bill for Washoe County, opening up new parcels for development in the housing-starved area in a conservation and development compromise mirroring prior Nevada lands bills.

Washoe County's Community Homelessness Advisory Board (CHAB) on Monday unanimously approved amendments to its bylaws allowing it to meet as desired rather than quarterly.

... there’s a difference between having a written mutual agreement to terminate employment signed by both parties in hand and verbally announcing there was a mutual agreement on the city’s YouTube channel.

Geno Martini, a lifelong Sparks resident and the city’s longest-serving mayor, died Thursday night in his home surrounded by family after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 77.

Public officials work for their constituents, but it's impossible for them to know all the problems of those they represent. The best way for Nevadans to communicate their needs to public officials is to engage with them.

Across Northern Nevada, incumbent candidates running for Washoe County Commission and city councils in Reno and Sparks largely appear headed to re-election or are neck-and-neck with challengers.

Candidates running for Sparks City Council shared ideas to address the city’s housing crisis, fill gaps in staffing and manage water usage during a wide-ranging forum Wednesday night at the Sparks Library. 

Three Sparks City Council incumbents are facing challengers in November for a chance to shape the future of a city that started as a railroad hub but has evolved into a major Northern Nevada shopping and residential destination with its share of growing pains.

Former Sparks Nugget owner John Ascuaga, who died Monday at age 96, was remembered as “a pillar” of Northern Nevada’s gaming community.

Incumbents Donald Abbott in Ward 1 and Paul Anderson in Ward 3 have had a considerable lead in cash on hand since the cycle started and point to their primary wins as a sign of support from voters. Meanwhile, challengers Wendy Stolyarov in Ward 1 and Quentin Smith in Ward 3 have characterized the incumbents as disconnected from their respective wards and argue that they would be better representatives on the council.

Lawson was first elected to the City Council in 2010. Appointed in November 2018 as mayor pro tempore — the person who will serve in the absence of the mayor — Lawson will complete Smith's term and will be up for election in November 2022.

Throughout Smith's tenure, Northern Nevada's second largest city experienced increased expansion and development accompanied by growing pains of rising rent, homelessness rates and disagreements over how to best address the changes in population and need.