Nevada's former schools chief is floating the idea of paying some of the state's teachers as much as doctors.

A judge has paused a lawsuit over the way Wynn Resorts Ltd. forcibly bought back the stake of Kazuo Okada so that officials can conduct a criminal investigation into both sides.

A small desert island in Pyramid Lake that serves as home to 10,000 American white pelicans is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a wildlife sanctuary about 30 miles north of Reno.

Police want help finding a schizophrenic Garden Grove man who escaped from a mental health facility because he has threatened an elementary school in the past.

The warming weather has many golfers eager to return to the course, but vandals in Carson City have caused a minor delay of game.

Police confirm the disoriented woman found near Plumas is 69-year-old Hilaria Segura who went missing earlier Friday from the Home Depot on Summit Ridge Court.

Two men got away after making off with several bottles of stolen alcohol from a Sparks liquor store. One of them is accused of throwing a broken bottle at the store's clerk as they ran.

Sunny early Saturday, with partly cloudy skies into the afternoon. A chance for thunderstorms, mainly to the west along the Sierra. Increasing chances for thunderstorms in western Nevada early next week.

A death certificate says a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso.

Alumni of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters will be participating in a celebrity basketball game to support the McQueen High School marching band, as they prepare to play in the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade.

Friday, for the 26th year, Nevada's law enforcement family gathered in Idlewild Park at the James Hoff Memorial to remember the sacrifice of the state's fallen officers.

Dry weather throughout the west is prompting firefighters to remind everyone to try to prevent fires.

President Barack Obama is opening a two-day trip to Costa Rica, his first stop in the Central American nation as president.

Reno police say one local woman they started looking for this week has been found okay, but one more woman is still missing.

Nevada lawmakers want to take a closer look at the cost of keeping the death penalty in the state's criminal punishment arsenal.

The stock market is surging past new milestones after the government reported a big pickup in hiring at U.S. employers.

Northbound Sparks Boulevard will be closed from Greg Street north to I-80 beginning Friday, May 3 at 6 pm to Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6 am.

Sunny and warm this afternoon with highs in the low 80s.

A precautionary code yellow lockdown at Billinghurst Middle School is over.

A prosecutor says he has received confirmation that Lindsay Lohan has checked in to a rehab facility and he will not be seeking to violate the actress' probation.

Crews battling a growing wildfire in Northern California's Tehama County are bracing for another day of gusty winds and low humidity.

Sparks police have arrested two people for robbing a 12-year-old Thursday night.

U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first thought. The gains trimmed the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

The annual Wildfire Awareness Week takes place May 4-11.

A sheriff's spokesman says a potential witness in the killing of an 8-year-old Calaveras County girl has recanted her statements about seeing a possible suspect running from the girl's home and "is no longer credible."