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Suspected DUI leads to head-on crash on Mount Rose Highway, one arrested
WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — One person was arrested after a suspected DUI crash on Mount Rose Highway Friday morning. The crash occurred on Mount Rose Highway and Washoe mile marker 9 just west of Mt. Rose ski resort. shortly after 9 a.m. on Aug. 16.
Body believed to be that of missing Tahoe-area woman found off Mt. Rose Highway
WASHOE COUNTY – Authorities say the body of a missing Tahoe-area woman has been found in Nevada. The Placer County Sheriff's Office says a body was found off of Mt. Rose Highway in the Washoe County area of Nevada. The sheriff's office believes the body is that of Patricia Portella-Wright, who had been missing since Aug. 3. Portella-Wright's boyfriend, Brent Clifford, was announced as a person of interest in a Reno homicide on Wednesday. He was taken into custody in Portola later that day. Clifford and Portella-Wright lived together, the sheriff's office said. He had also been named as a person of interest in her disappearance. A drone found the body believed to be that of Portella-Wright down a steep embankment. Crews recovered the body.Clifford has been booked into Placer County Jail for homicide in connection to Portella-Wright's death, the sheriff's office says.
Climate investments provide affordable housing for community members in recovery
Two years after the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, Washoe County is still reaping the benefits of grant money awarded for clean-energy projects. In 2022, The Empowerment Center opened its doors in Reno as the only affordable housing complex that provides permanent support for those recovering from substance abuse. Representatives...
Son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford accused of murdering girlfriend, person of interest in second killing
The son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford has been accused of killing his California girlfriend who disappeared six days before her suspected body was discovered off a highway in Nevada. Brent Clifford, 55, was booked into South Placer County Jail on a homicide charge in connection to the...
Son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer accused of killing his girlfriend
Brent Clifford, the son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford, who has been arrested in connection with a California murder after a woman believed to be his missing girlfriend was found dead in Nevada, is also a person of interest in murder in Reno. Clifford, 55, was taken into...
Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer's son accused of killing girlfriend in Nevada: report
The son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford is accused of killing his girlfriend after her body was found this week off the side of a highway in Nevada, according to police and media reports. Brent Clifford, who is facing a murder charge after remains believed to be of...
Judge ordered to ‘reconsider’ media coverage after denying video camera in her court
Washoe County District Court Judge Kathleen Sigurdson was ordered on Tuesday to reconsider a recent denial of media coverage of her courtroom. Our Nevada Judges attempted to cover This Is Reno’s public records lawsuit against the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. WCSO denied This Is Reno all bodycam footage and redacted significant portions of a police report of a domestic violence call to former Reno City Manager Doug Thornley’s house.
Bridge replacement project begins in Reno
On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and local officials to celebrate the beginning of construction on the Arlington Bridges Project. The project will replace two structurally deficient bridges built nearly 100 years ago. The bridges have the worst structural rating of any bridges […] The post Bridge replacement project begins in Reno appeared first on Transportation Today.
Man arrested in San Diego, faces murder charge in Stead shooting
Reno Police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting in Stead in April 2023. Police say Max Carrillo was extradited from San Diego to the Washoe County Jail on Wednesday where he faces an open murder charge. The medical examiner previously said that 48-year-old Luis Carrillo-Zamora died from...
Body of missing Placer County woman possibly found in Nevada
(FOX40.COM) — The body of a missing Placer County woman may have been found in Washoe County Nevada on Thursday, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said they found a woman’s body off Mt Rose Highway that they believe to be Patricia Portella-Wright, 48, of Kings Beach who has been missing […]
Body believed to be missing Tahoe woman is found, boyfriend accused of murder, Placer County sheriff says
A body believed to be Patricia Portella-Wright has been found in Nevada and her boyfriend has been accused of murder, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said. The sheriff's office said it was awaiting confirmation that the body belonged to the 48-year-old missing woman from Kings Beach on Lake Tahoe. A drone found the woman's remains down a steep embankment off Mt. Rose Highway in Washoe County. The sheriff's office said it was working to recover the body with the help of Washoe County's Search and Rescue team.
Someone 2 Know: Community Health Alliance
As health care providers, Community Health Alliance (CHA) serves more than 30,000 patients in Washoe County, many of whom are uninsured, underinsured, or low-income. Reno’s Neil Road Center, alone, serves 4,000 patients every year. Soon it will be able to help even more - a recent decision by the Reno City Council will award $5 million to its new expansion.
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