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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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  1. 9:04The Smart Start

    A 24-Hour Plastics Plant Could Be Coming to Stead, and Nobody's Said Why Yet

    A global packaging company wants to run an indoor plastics plant around the clock near Lear and Stead boulevards, with four 60-foot storage silos. The city takes it up tomorrow night, and a few basic questions don't have public answers yet.

  2. 9:17The Smart Start

    The Boulevard: A Stadium and a Casino Could Be Coming to Kietzke Lane

    A 6,000-seat soccer stadium and a 380-room hotel-casino could be going up on Kietzke Lane, and it's one of four big items on the city's planning agenda this week, including a historic sign getting rebuilt downtown.

  3. 9:30The Smart Start

    Who Actually Controls How Full Lake Tahoe Gets

    One modest dam in Tahoe City decides how much water leaves Lake Tahoe and flows down the Truckee River toward Reno. One federally appointed person runs it day to day. Here's how the whole system actually works.

  4. 9:43The Smart Start

    Why Freighters Still Land in Reno After the Passenger Gates Go Quiet

    Long after the last passenger flight lands, FedEx, UPS and DHL jets are still working Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Here's why this airport became a real cargo hub, and why that business has cooled off the last couple of years.

  5. The Smart Start

    The Flood That Put Reno's Airport Underwater and Rewrote the Map

    On New Year's weekend 1997, a warm Pacific storm hit a Sierra snowpack that couldn't hold any more water, and the Truckee River did things it had never done in recorded history. Here's what it actually did to this town.

  6. The Smart Start

    Why Your Water Costs More Than a Las Vegas Desert's

    Reno sits on the Sierra snowpack. Las Vegas pulls from an overstretched desert river. Here's which city actually charges more for your first chunk of water each month.

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