Saturday morning, the organization "Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful" held its Great Community Cleanup.
Waste Management of Nevada is still trying to pick up trash cans, despite slick roads and tall snow berms in Northern Nevada, though they say …
An investigation is underway after fire crews knocked down a garbage fire that spread to nearby wildland in Spanish Springs.
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue invite Washoe County residents to bring their green waste to dispose of at their collection sites.
Storey County officials say there was a garbage fire at a landfill in Lockwood. They say the Storey County Fire Department and Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District quickly knocked the fire down. The size and cause of the fire are unknown at this time.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) says they are getting reports of bears out and about from Dayton to western Reno. They said bears do come out of their dens occasionally in the winter when there's warmer days. If they find a good source of food, they will remain out.
A waste management authority in South Lake Tahoe has started offering homeowners loans to buy bear-proof garbage bins in an effort to reduce conflicts with the animals who wander into neighborhoods in search of an easy meal.