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Our Town Reno
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · Jan 30
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 42m
Lexi Details Her Experiences of Living on Reno's Streets for Seven Years After Fleeing Abusive Relationship www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Lexi Details Her Experiences of Living on Reno's Streets for Seven Years After Fleeing Abusive Relationship — Our Town Reno
Student reporter Sara Ewing interviewed a woman panhandler at this local intersection, Lexi, who explained she had fled an abusive relationship with both an ex and his mother in Modesto, and that she ...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 4h
A Young Person's Love for Buying Vinyl Records Locally www.ourtownreno.com/our-citizens...
A Young Person's Love for Buying Vinyl Records Locally — Our Town Reno
Vinyls and record players were originally popularized in the late 1900s, fizzling out a bit in the 1980-90s, but recently making a comeback with younger generations, myself included.  Vinyl reco...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 1d
Sign of the times at the No Kings rally today in Reno, one of 2500 gatherings across the country against what protesters are denouncing as increasingly authoritarian and militarized policies coming from the federal government. #renoprotest #renoactivism
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 2d
UNR Official Says Animal Cruelty Not Related to Death of Zeus www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
UNR Official Says Animal Cruelty Not Related to Death of Zeus — Our Town Reno
While a case is going through the Reno Municipal Court system in relation to alleged animal cruelty on campus against the late Zeus, with a reported video and a witness statement, a UNR official wante...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 2d
Keep Reno Rad: A Twice a Week Run Club Keeping Locals Fit while Building Community www.ourtownreno.com/keeping-reno...
Keep Reno Rad: A Twice a Week Run Club Keeping Locals Fit while Building Community — Our Town Reno
What started as a joke and fun way to hang out with friends, the local Summit Run Club has become a regular twice a week event on Tuesday evenings at the Sparks Marina and Saturday mornings at varying...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 2d
NYEP Carries on its Growth and Positive Impact Despite Recent Setback www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
NYEP Carries on its Growth and Positive Impact Despite Recent Setback — Our Town Reno
“Megan, Sarah, Lona, Nina, Liliana, Miesha, Marvetta, Susan, Nikki, Dakota…like all the girls who have walked through this door, that’s what makes this worth it for me. I know we’re just changing star...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 2d
Former Reno PD Deputy Chief in Custody After Arrest on Soliciting a Child for Prostitution Charge www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Former Reno PD Deputy Chief in Custody After Arrest on Soliciting a Child for Prostitution Charge — Our Town Reno
A former Reno PD deputy chief Tom Robinson is in Washoe County custody tonight after his arrest on suspicion of soliciting a child for prostitution and child abuse or neglect. In early 2024, the Reno...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 2d
What Happened to Exercising Kindness and Resisting Hate in the 775? ourtownreno.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened to Exercising Kindness and Resisting Hate in the 775?
A recap of our recent reporting plus bonus content.
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 3d
Murals of Reno: Genuine or Forced, Part of Our Fabric or Disconnected? A Citizen's Forum contribution by Lexi Soileau here: www.ourtownreno.com/our-citizens...
Murals of Reno: Genuine or Forced, Part of Our Fabric or Disconnected? — Our Town Reno
Walking through Midtown and Downtown Reno, it’s impossible to feel like you’re not being watched. Wall after wall line the streets with eyes keeping watch over the pedestrians passing by. It begs the ...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 5d
Fear and Uncertainty at the Highlands After Deadly Shooting Earlier This Month www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Fear and Uncertainty at the Highlands After Deadly Shooting Earlier This Month — Our Town Reno
Just a walk away from the University of Nevada, Reno, students are still processing the shooting at the Highlands apartments that resulted in the shooting death of 21-year-old Wyatt North on October 1...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 6d
Coroner's Office Determines Reno Police Sergeant Died by Suicide www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Coroner's Office Determines Reno Police Sergeant Died by Suicide — Our Town Reno
The Washoe County Coroner’s Office sent a record of death to Our Town Reno today indicating the late Reno Police Sergeant Ernest Kazmar who was found dead at the age of 46 on August 22nd on the 6100 b...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 9d
Local Resident Pleads for Justice in Deadly June Shooting Near TMCC and Honors Killed Teenager www.ourtownreno.com/our-citizens...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 9d
Renewing Our Commitment to Report about our Neighbors without Stable Shelter ourtownreno.substack.com/p/renewing-o...
Renewing Our Commitment to Report about our Neighbors without Stable Shelter
A recap of our recent reporting plus additional content.
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 9d
Behind the Haunt: Dark Prison’s Fusion of Fear, Creativity and History www.ourtownreno.com/keeping-reno...
Behind the Haunt: Dark Prison’s Fusion of Fear, Creativity and History — Our Town Reno
Out in the Nevada desert, thirteen years after its closure, Carson City’s historical state prison on East 5th Street has been transformed into the Dark Prison Halloween-themed attraction. Stepping on...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 10d
Washoe County School District and Sparks Face Wrongful Death Lawsuits Over Student's Reported Suicide www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Washoe County School District and Sparks Face Wrongful Death Lawsuits Over Student's Reported Suicide — Our Town Reno
The Washoe County School District has responded to Our Town Reno when asked about pending wrongful death lawsuits forwarded to us, in which the City of Sparks is also named, concerning a student’s rep...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 10d
Tributes Pour in for Killed Cyclist who was Well-Known Choir Singer www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Tributes Pour in for Killed Cyclist who was Well-Known Choir Singer — Our Town Reno
Tributes have been pouring in on the public Facebook page of Sue Goodenow who has been identified as the cyclist who died Saturday on US 395 Alternate near Pagni Lane in Pleasant Valley after being hi...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 11d
Long Delayed Reno Murder Trial Now Has a Scheduled April 2027 Date www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Long Delayed Reno Murder Trial Now Has a Scheduled April 2027 Date — Our Town Reno
After multiple delays, the trial for Paul Eikelberger accused in the 2016 shooting death of Carson City native Sierra Ceccarelli at his home on Devonshire Lane in south Reno is now being scheduled for...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 11d
Rosewood Nature Study To Reopen Under Temporary Stewardship of Great Basin Institute www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Rosewood Nature Study To Reopen Under Temporary Stewardship of Great Basin Institute — Our Town Reno
The city of Reno has entered a one-year agreement with the Reno-based non profit Great Basin Institute to reopen and maintain the Rosewood Nature Study Area after the beautiful natural space was in li...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 11d
Local Judge Abruptly Closes Reno's Community Court Citing a Lack of Positive Impact www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Local Judge Abruptly Closes Reno's Community Court Citing a Lack of Positive Impact — Our Town Reno
A recent letter by Judge Chris Hazlett-Stevens that was recently sent to Reno City Manager Jackie Bryant and forwarded to Our Town Reno indicates the Community Court is being shut down. “Our mos...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 12d
Massage Parlor in Sparks is Having License Revoked Amid Crackdown in Northern Nevada www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Massage Parlor in Sparks is Having License Revoked Amid Crackdown in Northern Nevada — Our Town Reno
The City of Sparks says Shanghai Spa on Glendale Avenue is having its business license revoked amid a crackdown on massage parlors where alleged prostitution and suspected human trafficking is taking ...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 12d
Modified More Industrial StoneGate Project Back Before Regional Planning Commission www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Modified More Industrial StoneGate Project Back Before Regional Planning Commission — Our Town Reno
In what has been a seesaw battle, developers for the StoneGate project in north Reno are going back to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Commission later this week October 9th to appeal the denial...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 12d
Different Strategies for Different Candidates Ahead of Primaries, While One Firm Changing Dynamics is Raking It In ourtownreno.substack.com/p/different-...
Different Strategies for Different Candidates Ahead of Primaries, While One Firm Changing Dynamics is Raking It In
A recap of our recent reporting plus bonus content.
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 13d
Wyatt North Identified as October 1st Reno Homicide Victim www.ourtownreno.com/our-stories-...
Wyatt North Identified as October 1st Reno Homicide Victim — Our Town Reno
"Wyatt North, 21, of Reno, died on 10/01/2025," the coroner's office confirmed to Our Town Reno today, after we asked about North and having been told he was the victim in the recent Highlands apartme...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 13d
Supreme Court Refuses to Take On Reno GPS Tracker Case Bringing it Back to Washoe County
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Supreme Court Refuses to Take On Reno GPS Tracker Case Brining it Back to Washoe County — Our Town Reno
The Supreme Court is declining to hear oral arguments in the GPS tracker case involving Mayor Hillary Schieve, the latest chapter in a convoluted, drawn out legal marathon. No reason was given in the...
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Our Town Reno @ourtownreno.bsky.social · 16d
A student at UNR said they ripped down these two white power stickers yesterday that they had found plastered on a light pole outside of Sierra Hall and on a sign outside of Peavine Hall, after taking these photos.
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