KOH Special News Reports

Power, water and sewer service has been restored to the Sutcliffe community and residents are allowed to return to their homes.

Good news on the fire near Sutcliffe. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe says services have been restored, including power, water and sewer.

Nearly 800 firefighters continue battling the the Virginia Mountains Complex fires. It's composed of four separate wildland fires, including the Anderson fire, The Sage fire, The Seven Lakes fire, and the Tule fire which is the largest at over 20-thousand acres. The Rock Fire has been contained. All of the fires are burning within about 20 miles of each other in an arc about 30 miles north of Reno. Combined containment on the four remaining fires has been upgraded to 35 percent. Full containment on all fires is expected August sixth. The Tule fire has forced evacuations of homes in the Big Canyon Area north of Warrior Point at Pyramid Lake. The Anderson fire has prompted evacuations from the Cottonwood Creek and Fish Springs areas north of Pyramid Lake.

800 fire fighters continue to battle the the Virginia Mountains Complex fires, and mandatory evacuations are in place. B-L-M's Public Information Officer for the major incident management team, Jesse Bender...

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve will call for an independent counsel to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against City Manager Andrew Clinger. She will also call a special meeting of the Reno City Council to discuss it. Clinger is facing allegations of sexual harassment from three city employees, according to an open meeting complaint filed with the Nevada Attorney General’s Office. Reno lawyer Bill Peterson sent a letter Friday to Chief Deputy Attorney General Brett Kandt asserting the investigation against Clinger was not being handled by the Reno City Council, but by people over whom Clinger has influence. Clinger released a statement Saturday that called the allegations of sexual harassment “utterly ridiculous" and said he welcomed the allegations to be scrutinized publicly since he has done nothing wrong.

Crews continue to battle the the Virginia Mountains Complex fires, and mandatory evacuations are in place. Washoe County Sheriff's deputies have evacuated homes in the area of Cottonwood Creek and Fish Springs north of Pyramid Lake in the Anderson Fire area. Officials have also called for the evacuation of homes being threatened by the Tule fire in the Big Canyon Area north of Warrior Point at Pyramid Lake. B-L-M's Public Information Officer for the major incident management team, Jesse Bender says there are a lot of resources devoted to the complex:

Crews continue to battle the Virginia Mountains Complex fires, and mandatory evacuations are in place. Washoe County Sheriff's deputies have evacuated homes in the area of Cottonwood Creek and Fish Springs north of Pyramid Lake in the Anderson Fire area. Officials have also called for the evacuation of homes being threatened by the Tule fire in the Big Canyon Area north of Warrior Point at Pyramid Lake. B-L-M's Public Information Officer for the major incident management team, Jesse Bender says there are a lot of resources devoted to the complex:

800 fire fighters continue to battle the the Virginia Mountains Complex fires, and mandatory evacuations are in place. B-L-M's Public Information Officer for the major incident management team, Jesse Bender...

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Fire crews continue to battle multiple fires burning more than 22,000 acres north of Reno.