May 18, 2013

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Canadian Drug Imports Approved

The Nevada State Board of Pharmacy has unanimously approved regulations allowing consumers to import prescription drugs from Canada.

Murder Suspect Has Local Ties

A News channel-8 investigation involving a Nevada man, accused of mass murder in Arizona...may have also re open a long-cold arson case in Washoe Valley. News Channel 8's James Steiner joins us tonight with the more on the capture of this fugitive from "America's Most Wanted."

Air Races, Artown Lose Funding

Traditional special events in Reno like the air races and Artown have come up short on their funding requests as tourism officials put down the big bucks on two premier attractions.

Teaming Up For A Degree

The cost of college has increased 46% nationally in the last five years. Now a joint effort between the community college and the university will help bring more students to higher education at a lower cost.

Pilot Booze Probe Delays Flight

An American Airlines flight from Reno to Dallas was delayed more than seven hours yesterday after a security screener reported smelling alcohol on the pilot's breath.

Reid On Local Homeland Security

Senator Harry Reid met with members of the Nevada Air Guard, local firefighters, police and other emergency workers in northern Nevada today to discuss specific ways to bolster homeland security.

Monoxide Possible In Motel Deaths

State and local investigators are trying to determine whether carbon monoxide poisoning played a role in the deaths of four people found Sunday in a Yerington motel room.

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Mammoth Avalanche Scare

A spokeswoman for Mammoth Mountain Ski Area says no one is reported missing following an avalanche that struck the resort this afternoon.

Sutro Stabbing

An Atlantis employee is in jail without bail this morning after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend...

Yerington Bodies...

Four bodies, one dead were found in a Yerington motel room yesterday afternon at around 1 0'clock..

Cruise Ship Whistleblower

A former reno cop, turned security officer... can now add one more title to his resume... whistleblower. On tonight's a-b-c primetime... Randy Jacques revealed his role as *insider*, for a scathing probe into the cruise-ship industry.

Mumps outbreak monitored locally

Local health officials say mumps outbreak in the midwest could happen here. They urge children to get immunized and alert doctors to not rule out mump symptoms in patients even if they have been vaccinated.

The Blonde Effect

Marketers have long known the power of a pretty face. But new research into the economics of charitable giving says people are just as apt to open their wallets for a chance to win a prize.

UNR Profs Sue Regents

Three professors at the University of Nevada, Reno are suing the state Board of Regents over changes in procedures for challenging bad evaluations they say violate their academic freedom.

No Discrimination In Harrah's Bartender Case

Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s requirement that women bartenders wear makeup at its casinos does not amount to sex discrimination, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday in a split decision.

Teaching Independence

Whether it's getting to the grocery store or your job, if you can't drive, it can be really difficult to get around town. That's why CitiFare buses parked in front of the Center for Independent Living to teach people how to use the wheelchair ramps.

Court Sides With Young Poet

A federal judge has given a Reno ninth-grader permission to recite a poem at a state competition that administrators at his charter school had sought to block because they say it contains profanity.

Mine Runoff Polluting Carson River

Pollution from an old sulfur mine on the east slope of the Sierra in California is overflowing into a creek that runs into the East Fork of the Carson River, which flows into Nevada.

A Winning Writer

11 year old Madeline Souza wrote an essay in her fifth grade class about what she would do if she was principal for a day. Her essay was selected by General Mills Box Tops for education grant program to earn her school money to implement the plan.

Sierra Pacific Rate Hikes

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved an overall 3.5 percent increase in electric rates for Sierra Pacific Power Company's northern Nevada customers to reflect the continuing rise in fuel and energy costs.

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