2026 Campaigning Pot Pourri: Excessive Spending on Marketing, AI Slop, Not Spending While Getting Status Quo Endorsements and Money from Outside … and then the Refreshing Greg Nuttle Approach

A recap of our recent reporting plus a bonus oped.

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Do the Troy Regas Flyers Against Mariluz Garcia in the District 3 Washoe County Commission Race "Cross the Line"? — Our Town Reno

Looking at the campaign Facebook feeds of incumbent District 3 Washoe County Commissioner Mariluz Garcia and her electoral opponent Troy Regas, of late, there’s a stark contrast with the incumbent pos...

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Our Citizen's Forum: Why I'm running for Washoe County Commissioner for District 5 — Our Town Reno

A message and photo shared by Brian Wadsworth running for Washoe County Commissioner for District 5: "We are One Washoe County” “Somos un solo Condado de Washoe” “Tamme sumuoo Washoe County” My nam...

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Reno Mayoral Candidates Have Spent over $1.2 million on their race in 2026 — Our Town Reno

The latest contributions and expenses reports due yesterday are out for the Reno mayoral race as well with former Lieutenant Governor Kate Marshall having over $226k on hand compared to nearly $88K fo...

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Why is Reno Ward 4 Challenger Not Spending Most of His Campaign Contributions? — Our Town Reno

We took a quick glance at third quarter Reno council July to end of September campaign contributions reports as these came out yesterday, with some interesting findings. In the Reno ward 4 race betwe...

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Why is Reno Ward 4 Challenger Not Spending Most of His Campaign Contributions? — Our Town Reno

We took a quick glance at third quarter Reno council July to end of September campaign contributions reports as these came out yesterday, with some interesting findings. In the Reno ward 4 race betwe...

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Grant Denton from Reno’s Karma Box Project Figures Prominently in Controversial Videos from Seattle, with one by Nick Shirley Receiving Pushback

A new article for our Substack readers. Visual below includes a modified photo of Nick Shirley from earlier this year with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by Gage Skidmore.

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Disheartening Dust on Display for Dangling Dolan Dough

A recap of our recent reporting plus added content.

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Complaint Filed With Secretary of State Over Previous Campaign Fundraising by Reno Mayoral Candidate Kathleen Taylor — Our Town Reno

A complaint related to fundraising for mayoral candidate Kathleen Taylor in her 2024 council run has been filed with the Secretary of State’s Office by Harrison Emery. It was signed on September 28th ...

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Why is a local pastor boycotting a popular farmer-owned dairy cooperative? — Our Town Reno

Craig Dyson, the lead pastor of Convo Church in Reno, has a post on his public Facebook holding up Tillamook cheese with a red circle ban around it and the words “Adios Tillamook” as well as a Halal g...

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Washoe County Regional Animal Services Receives Complaint Related to Treatment of Horses at Northern Nevada’s Courage Worldwide Location — Our Town Reno

As part of our ongoing investigations into what is happening exactly at the northern Nevada based Courage Worldwide, which promotes itself as helping trafficked girls in our region and Tanzania, one l...

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Immense Gratitude for Our Many Regular and Anonymous Local Information Contributors

A recap of some of our recent content plus a bonus op-ed.

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Why do local developers keep going for grandiose projects rather than starting small, and what is Jeffrey Jacobs doing in The Bahamas?

A recap of our recent articles plus a bonus op-ed.

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Kate Marshall Responds to Opponent's Attack Ad as Reno Mayoral Race Heats Up — Our Town Reno

Reno mayoral candidate former Lieutenant Governor and State Treasurer Kate Marshall has responded to an attack ad which we reported about being surfaced on X earlier today by her November opponent cou...

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Citizen's Forum: Where is the Help for Local High School Students Struggling with Benadryl Addiction? — Our Town Reno

A local mom writes about concerns on Benadryl abuse by local high schoolers, while hoping for more support for them, after her son recently went into psychosis, got help but then relapsed, even as she...

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In Debt Pastor and His Christian Camp Kicked Out of Burning Man — Our Town Reno

“Setting up our "Shift The Atmosphere" camp at Burning Man!! We are very excited to get to love on and serve the burners, bringing JESUS to them! Come join us! 4:45 & Fulcrum ” John Hinerman wrot...

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Sparks Councilman's DUI Trial Scheduled to Resume in October — Our Town Reno

Bodycam footage was released during the DUI trial of Sparks City Councilman Joe Rodriguez yesterday as well as a photo of his black Chevy pickup truck with its front totally smashed up and crashed int...

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Defending Informing the Community on Tragic Deaths, and the Imbalance of When Some People Get Angry

A recap of our recent reporting, plus additional content.

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National Reporting Points to Widespread Abuse of Flock Technology by Law Enforcement — Our Town Reno

While Flock is at the forefront of local concerns, with more and more residents sending us photos of automated license plate readers popping up, recent national reporting indicates at least 50 law enf...

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Business Owner Expresses Concerns About Out of Town Gold, Jewelry and Coin Buyers Coming Through Our Region — Our Town Reno

"I’m reaching out as a local business owner in the jewelry and coin industry, and I would prefer to remain anonymous. I’m not looking to promote my business. I’m concerned about a growing number of ou...

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What's the Deal with Fly Poison Out in the Open at a Local Restaurant? — Our Town Reno

After we received a complaint about fly poison in plain view and in reach of diners at a local restaurant, Northern Nevada Public Health wrote back to Our Town Reno indicating “the food establishment ...

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Woman Killed in Devastating Hawk Fire, While Two Relatives Suffer Injuries — Our Town Reno

"The beloved Mother to my WHOLE family just passed away from this STUPID FIRE… Please pray for my family," Stephanie wrote to us earlier today asking us to share this tribute poster with beautiful pho...

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Embattled Local Lawyer Dies by Suicide — Our Town Reno

Local attorney Lance Clark White has been confirmed dead by the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, at the age of 55, with his death recorded on August 21st. It was listed as a "gunshot ...

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Life Slowly Returns to Normal in Downtown Reno Areas After Hawk Fire — Our Town Reno

"Today I visited areas of downtown Reno to see what impacts the Hawk Fire was still having," Joseph Keller, our usual Sun Valley correspondent writes with this series of photos. "With my first stop b...

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