Reno, NV – A man was rescued from Lake Tahoe on Wednesday after getting separated from his jet ski near Cave Rock and spending nearly two hours in the water. His wife had gone out looking for him and found his jet ski between Zephyr Cover and Cave Rock, but her husband was nowhere […]
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Bear Strikes Woman at Tahoe
A 25-year-old woman received minor injuries to her leg after she startled a bear that had broken into her group’s cooler during a trip to Lake Tahoe over the weekend. The woman reported that she was standing by a picnic table, unaware of the bear roughly 15 feet from her, when the bear walked […]
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Three Men Sentenced for Illegal Bear Killing
April 22, 2019 – A year-long investigation into the illegal poaching of a black bear in the Pinenut Mountains near Dayton has resulted in felony convictions for three men. Daniel Rubio, Elisio Rubio Sr., and Elisio Rubio Jr., all of Dayton, were convicted of killing a big game animal without a tag, a category E […]
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Wolf sighted in Northwestern Nevada
March 24, 2017 – A wolf from the Shasta Pack in Northern California was spotted near Fox Mountain in northwestern Nevada in early November, 2016. Nevada Department of Wildlife personnel investigated the sighting after being alerted to a video recording of the apparent wolf. During its investigation, scat from the animal was found and sent […]