Focusing solely on Reno's self-inflicted labor costs, however, misses the forest for the trees. Even if the City of Reno's labor costs came in where they were originally budgeted to, the city's budget would still be straining.

Clifton wrote eight books about Nevada subjects. He produced three editions of his widely popular paperback, "You Know You're A Nevadan If ..." Let me add another: "You know you're a Nevadan if ... you knew Guy Clifton."

Although I did not expect Reno's historical markers to offer a comprehensive view of the city's past, I did expect to find some reflecting the broad and diverse stories of our historically rich community.

Nevada is set to receive $416 million to build out broadband networks that target the least-served areas first. It's a huge tranche of funds — the single largest broadband investment in U.S. history — that has accelerated the state's timeline for ensuring every Nevadan has access to affordable, high-speed internet. The grant is expected to close the gap for the nearly 100,000 Nevadans and Tribal natives in the state without access to standard-speed internet and boost broadband capacity across every county in the state.

Due to dangerous opioids, however, drug abuse today is a different animal than in years past, and recent data show Reno has claimed the statistical lion's share of the problem in Nevada.

It's a yearly tradition, Reno residents wake up bright and early in September, right as the weather starts to cool, and head up to Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, where hundreds of hot air balloons ascend above the city. 

Non-fungible tokens don't intrinsically provide exclusive access to content and they don't guarantee the integrity of the content they link to — so what's an NFT good for, exactly? 

"What I am calling for….we should be sure to get a call on Donald Trump to give up any transcripts or any notes taken about any conversations that he has had with Xi to determine whether this is a conversation that he's had more than one and had it private because clearly he is inclined to do just that."

Survey results unveiled in September at campus forums come as the university is grappling with racist and discriminatory messaging found around the university in the first few weeks of the fall semester. There have been two separate incidents of swastikas being found at residence halls and flyers were also seen that promoted a white supremacist hate group. 

As part of UNR's $21.6 million deal with Circus Circus for interim student housing after explosions mangled two residential dorms, the university and casino will avoid paying the normal 13.5 percent hotel room tax that would otherwise be collected from individuals staying in those rooms.

For students at UNR and UNLV, there's an easy answer — both schools encourage students to set up free banking accounts linked to their student IDs, backed by major financial institutions including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank.