Urban Market Convenience Store Will Open Downtown
Written By: Farah Vitale The Urban Market will be opening this Spring, bringing quick meals, and fresh produce to Reno. The store will be opening up on the ground floor of the new 3rd Street Flats apartments. The owners, Denise and Dale Barcomb have run 7-Eleven franchises for 16 years. They’ve had one in Carson…
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Reno Aces Renovates the Field and Mr. Baseball
Written By: Farah Vitale Reno Ace’s is making over the Greater Nevada Field and the Mr.Baseball for the new season. The field will feature a new video display from Daktronics are being added to the field. C&H Baseball will put in new wall pads on the outfield fences, foul-territory walls and dugout rails. They will replace…
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New Medical Examiner’s Office Opens in Washoe County
A new Regional Medical Examiner’s Office opened across from the Washoe County Administrative Complex in Reno. The Washoe County Capital Improvement Program paid $10.77 million for the new building. It replaced the former office on Kirman Ave., built way back in 1959. Since then it was renovated in 2003 and still not big enough for the ME to…
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Artown Recieves Recognition From National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowments of the Arts Chairman, Jane Chu, gave Artown a $25,000 grant for the July 2017 festival. Five organizations in Nevada Art Works grant in Nevada, and only two in Northern Nevada. This is their fifth consecutive award from the NEAC, so it shows how much of an impact Artown has made in…
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Drones Make Successful Deliveries in Reno
Written By: Farah Vitale Drones are the future! Flirtey, a local business that builds drones, delivered 77 shipments around Reno in Nov 2016. Reno was also the location for the first ever drone customer order during July 2016. Both of these breakthroughs put Flirtey ahead of drone rivals Amazon and Google’s parent company Alphabet. The…
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Wild Sheep Foundation Holds Convention
Written By: Farah Vitale Reno’s Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) will be holding their 40th Annual Convention and Sporting Expo. “The Sheep Show” is the largest conservation and mountain hunting event in the U.S. There will be hundreds of exhibits of guides and outfitters, entertainers and educational events, as well as online and silent auctions. This year will…
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Local Artist Creates New Mural
Written By: Farah Vitale Local muralist, Joe C. Rock, has been creating art all around Reno and everyone loves it. He painted about 30 murals so far. Most are along the business walls around Midtown Reno and Wells Avenue. His latest mural is a beautiful scene of Mount Rose on the north wall of the DeLuxe apartments…
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Salvation Army Recieves a Special Surprise
Written by: Farah Vitale The Salvation Army might call this a Christmas miracle. Someone tossed a gold 1979 Krugerrand coin into one of their kettles for the Red Kettle Campaign. The kettle was outside of the BumbleBee Blooms Flower Boutique on Sierra Street. Last year something similar happened. Two rare coins were each wrapped in $100…
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Fire Department Donates Gift Baskets to Families
Written By: Farah Vitale The Reno Fire Dept. keeps up it’s tradition of giving gift baskets to families in need. The “Sam Saibini Christmas Food Basket Program” began 80 years ago. Current and retired firefighters drop off more than 200 gift baskets to families in need in Reno in fire engines. Members of the Reno Fire…
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Reno Opens CREATE: A Space for Arts & Crafts
Written By: Farah Vitale CREATE: A Space for Arts & Crafts is a place for all ages to to learn various crafting projects hands on. They offer a variety of crafting workshops each week. You can learn string art, jewelry making, and scrap booking. There’s also hand-painting wine glasses, pallet wood sign art, wind chimes and…
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