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Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM

Local races taking shape as filing period ends Friday

Local races taking shape as filing period ends Friday

With four days remaining in the filing period, several local races were beginning to take shape as the first candidates filed for office. As of Monday, two people had filed to run for the Fernley City Council in both Wards 1 and 3, while five had signed up to vie for the mayor’s position.

There are two seats open on the Fernley Swimming Pool GID Board of Trustees, and two on the North Lyon Fire Protection District Board of Directors. No candidates had filed for the pool board as of Monday, while only one person had filed for the fire board.

The filing period ends at 5 p.m. Friday, but as of Tuesday these were the candidates who had filed:

Fernley City Council
Ward 1: Ryan Hanan, Gregory Barrett
Ward 3: Ryan Cross, Roy Edgington

Mayor
Neal McIntyre, Alex Colosi, John Barchie, Lawrence Ruiz, Tim Bickerton

Lyon County Commission
District 2: Scott Keller
District 5: Mark Phillips, Cole Mortensen, Micah Triplett, Mark Jones

District Attorney
Mark Krueger, Mario Walther

North Lyon County Fire Protection District
Erik Wallitner

Lyon County School Board
District 2: Darin Farr
District 4: Tom Hendrix
District 6: Kallie Day, Vince Spoon

Sheriff
Brad Pope, Timothy Shaffer

 


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Comment author: Alan ReederComment text: Great guy, laughed easily, had fun with his students, enjoyed our time together at FHS!Comment publication date: 4/23/26, 10:23 PMComment source: Howard David JacksonComment author: Jack & Nancy CookComment text: Wonderful man. Created a precious family with Linda. Will always respect and admire his contribution to teaching at FHS.Comment publication date: 4/18/26, 10:27 AMComment source: Howard David JacksonComment author: JeffDickersonComment text: Very well reported, even though our motion was denied.Comment publication date: 4/15/26, 11:05 AMComment source: Judge allows Fernley City Council to proceed with corrective agenda item in Lau expulsion caseComment author: Todd fossumComment text: Hi my name is todd fossum i'm clarence's stepson, I was wondering if he had any siblings. I think he said he had a sister that just survived cancer. If she can get ahold of me or any buddy, my number is 916. 3 4 3 1 1 7 7.Thank you have a blessed dayComment publication date: 1/16/26, 4:33 PMComment source: Clarence L Shields C Comment author: Carl HagenComment text: So just curious, what is the point of a franchise agreement if it is not exclusive?Comment publication date: 12/15/25, 4:18 PMComment source: Council approves non-exclusive franchise agreement for waste collection C Comment author: Christine S GleasonComment text: In the first photo, the woman in the middle, wearing the black shirt, is SaraH Jean Gleason. She is not an FHS Leadership Student but is the person who is responsible (with the help of her father) for starting the Fernley Community Thanksgiving Dinner in 2011. She attended this year's dinner while home from Arizona State University, where she is working on her PhD.Comment publication date: 12/8/25, 8:52 PMComment source: About 400 meals served at Community Thanksgiving Dinner
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