One of the defendants in the Carson City child abuse case that shocked our community is changing his plea.

Last week's Steamboat Fire has left many residents unsettled about the flammable grasses and brushes surrounding their homes.

New diving equipment was tested during a rescue scenario held at the Sparks Marina on Monday.

Labor Day may be more about barbeques and outdoor activities than the hard working laboror

Thousands of celebrants danced, hugged and cheered as the annual Burning Man counterculture festival climaxed with the traditional torching of its namesake object on the northern Nevada desert.

A Reno teenager has achieved a rare feat: perfect scores on both the American College Testing exam and the S-A-T.

A tragic bike accident that killed a Reno man in July has prompted other riders to raise awareness to biker safety. This morning, more than a hundred riders paid tribute to the life of David Pumphrey.

A Reno man has been arrested in the death of his live-in girlfriend.

Sit back and enjoy the second NewsChannel 8 Friday Night Sports Caravan of the 2006 high school gridiron season along with highlights of Nevada Wolfpack football opener. Join Eric Sperling and Josh Little for northern Nevada's only full half hour of scholastic gridiron action.

Sparks police are looking for a man who is wanted in the rape of a child in Washington state.

Washoe County students who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test this year didn't do as well as those in previous years, but still outpaced the state and national average.

Big news today for a Nevada whistleblower.

A judge has denied Assemblywoman Sharron Angle's petition for a new Republican primary in Nevada's 2nd Congressional House District seat.

It may be months before we learn what caused a small plane to crash into a home in Spanish Springs on Thursday night.

A judge will be appointed next week for the trial of Darren Mack.

The wreckage of a small plane remains lodged in the roof of a Spanish Springs home after it crashed into it Thursday night.

A Wal-mart planned for the Lemmon Valley won't be built anytime soon.

The YMCA's plans to sell their property in southwest Reno have become the center of controversy, infuriating adjacent homeowners. On Wednesday, neither the "Y" nor the developer would talk on camera about the dispute, but on Thursday, they agreed.

Pershing County Sheriff's Deputies are looking into a death that happened the Burning Man festival this week.

All district court judges in Washoe County were disqualified Thursday from hearing Darren Mack's case because of concerns about their impartiality in the alleged sniper attack on a family court judge handling Mack's bitter divorce from the estranged wife he's accused of murdering.

The YMCA is trying to sell its current property near Reno High School so it can move into the Bank of America buildingdowntown. But now, some neighbors are standing in the way.

Reno Police are now looking for three men who held up the local bar at gunpoint.

A Carson City man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for unintentionally shooting his friend in the head.

Fire officials are investigating whether a possible explosion and blaze that destroyed a prominent defense lawyer's home was an accident or arson.

A judge ordered former Reno pawn shop owner Darren Mack to stand trial Wednesday for the alleged murder of his estranged wife and sniper attack on the family court judge who was handling their divorce.