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Nevada Democratic Congressional Candidate Chip Evans held a veterans’ town hall event in Sparks last night. It comes on the heels of a similar event last month from his opponent Mark Amodei. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick was there and has more.

Recent news of City Manager Andrew Clinger’s departure overshadowed another important story that unfolded at the last city council meeting. Our reporter Bob Conrad has the story. Before the meeting, three nonprofits called RISE, ACTIONN and the Reno Justice Coalition held a potluck downtown to raise awareness for low-income housing and homelessness. Aria Overli of ACTIONN wants the city to do more. “They’ve basically said it’s not the city’s job, it’s more the county’s job, it’s the federal

We hear a lot about the gigafactory being built in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center outside Sparks, but today we're profiling one of Tesla's future neighbors. The company is called Fulcrum BioEnergy and our contributor Brook Bentley of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly has more. Based out of Pleasanton, California, Fulcrum BioEnergy has developed a process to convert household trash into biofuel. The company does so by transforming municipal solid waste into low-carbon transportation fuels