Posted: 6:52 PM Reno police warn there may be a lethal form of heroin out on local streets. Two deaths and one near fatality are blamed.

Updated: 7:33 PM UNDATED (AP) - Temperatures are expected to hover around zero by morning across snowy northern Nevada while forecasters are calling for near-freezing temperatures as far south as the Las Vegas Strip.

Posted: 12:22 AM Thursday, marked the one year anniversary of two Sparks sisters killed in a house fire. Olivia Nordhoff and Veronica Verso died, after being trapped in their upstairs bedroom.

Updated: 7:40 PM A storm that brought snow to the valley floor, created relatively few traffic tie-ups Thursday, according to public safety officials. However, NDOT says conditions could become slick again in time for Friday morning's commute.

Posted: 2:02 PM A Jan. 24 public memorial service has been set in Reno for Cole Campbell, the University of Nevada, Reno journalism dean who was killed in a traffic accident last week.

Posted: 7:35 PM The Nevada Department of Transportation is preparing for a storm predicted to hit the Truckee Meadows.

Updated: 10:51 AM Keith Munro, former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn's late-term appointee to the state Gaming Control Board, was expected to step down Wednesday and take a position as chief of staff for the attorney general, The Associated Press has learned.

Updated: 10:48 AM The percentage of Nevadans who are homeless ranks second nationally and is more than double the national average, a new report shows.

Updated: 12:37 PM News Channel Eight aired the special documentary "Crystal Darkness" at 7:30. It tells the touching and frightening story of those whose lives have been forever altered by meth. If you missed it or would like to see it again, please click on the tile on the right entitled "Crystal Darkness." Comments included inside. To order your own copy please visit Crystal Darkness.com

Posted: 4:44 PM Washoe County School District produces its own video on the dangers of meth specifically directed towards local students.

Updated: 1:33 PM A Sun Valley family is in mourning today, following a terrible farm tractor accident Monday night, that left a father dead. The tragedy was made even worse by the fact that the man's son was driving the tractor.

Updated: 10:26 AM Local wood pellet stove owners are scrambling to find supplies to heat their homes.

Updated: 2:34 PM Northern Nevada could be in for some pipe-popping cold at the end of this week. A strong cold front will move through the region Wednesday night, followed by very cold Arctic air Thursday night and again Saturday night.

Updated: 4:10 PM When it comes to methamphetamine use, Nevada holds a dubious distinction. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the state leads the nation in the number of people who have used meth in their lifetime as well as in the past year and last 30 days.

Updated: 10:42 AM Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, are tracking a mountain lion they think may have developed a taste for wild horses. The female lion was trapped in the Virginia Range last month and fitted with a radio collar.

Updated: 9:39 AM Fallen Marine Jeremy Long's family returned to what's left of their mobile home in Sun Valley on Sunday.

Updated: 9:46 AM Governor Jim Gibbons is defending his move to dump former Governor Kenney Guinn's recent appointee to the powerful Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Updated: 10:05 AM A 20-year-old Reno man is facing a manslaughter charge after, police say, he killed a person during a fight.

Posted: 6:57 PM Reno Police are continuing their investigation into the shooting of a pit bull yesterday afternoon.

Posted: 7:01 PM INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada (AP) - Bucking a nationwide trend, the median price of an existing home rose eight percent to 807-thousand-313 dollars at Lake Tahoe in 2006 compared with the year before.

Posted: 6:48 PM RENO, Nevada (AP) - The ski season is kicking into higher gear at Lake Tahoe after another storm dropped up to 16 inches of snow and allowed resorts to open more terrain.

Posted: 6:47 PM CARLIN (AP) - The Nevada Highway Patrol says icy road conditions were a factor in a head-on collision that killed a man in Elko County.

Updated: 3:43 PM DENVER (AP) - A huge avalanche knocked two cars off a mountain pass Saturday on the main highway to one of the state's largest ski areas, shortly after crowds headed through on the way to the lifts, authorities said.

Updated: 9:47 AM Its being called one of the most important programs that will air in the Truckee Meadows this year.

Posted: 5:53 PM REMSA Paramedics respond last night to 85-calls between 5:30-10:30 pm, 77 or those calls were motor vehicle accidents.