At least 50 times over the past 30 years, Wendy and John Firestone watched smoke rise from Peavine Peak above their home on Mandan Way. Saturday, Aug. 22 seemed no different. There were warnings but no evacuation orders as news spread of the...
Dolly Parton had been battling cancer before her death at age 80, her representatives confirmed Aug. 25 to the Nashville Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network. The country music icon died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in...
Sheriff ’s detectives and an investigator with Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District are working to determine who may have intentionally or accidentally started the Hawk Fire. There is still no suspect identified, but Washoe...
How Hawk Fire evacuees can get food help — plus ways to donate.
With only one way in and out, North Valleys resident Debbie Phillips said she and her partner, Paul Andrews, got stuck Saturday night trying to evacuate from the Hawk Fire. “It took us four hours to evacuate because they didn’t know what...