Updated: 5:52 PM Local woman talks about heart disease this Valentine's Day. 44 year old Leslie Billow suffered a heart attack two years ago.

Posted: 9:06 AM After nearly two years of often emotional debate, the Nevada Department of Transportation says roadside memorials will be allowed provided they don't interfere with public safety.

Updated: 9:12 AM More Washoe County students are staying in school, and officials credit involvement by parents, teachers and counselors.

Posted: 5:50 PM Women's health initiative study looks at 10,000 women over seven years and shows those taking estrogen replacement therapy had no better protection against heart disease when compared to those on placebo.

Posted: 4:31 PM Washoe County commissioners will be asked this week to pass a resolution urging President Bush to immediately start withdrawing U-S troops from Iraq.

Updated: 11:29 AM A Minden woman was being treated for rabies after being bitten by a coyote she encountered in her driveway.

Posted: 4:11 PM Nevada State College in southern Nevada is planning a joint venture with Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno to provide baccalaureate degrees not available through the University of Nevada, Reno.

Posted: 4:05 PM Love will reign in Lovelock this Valentine's Day as state and local officials unveil a new campaign to lure sweethearts to this northern Nevada town 90 miles east of Reno.

Updated: 11:00 AM A neighborhood playground was the scene of a shooting that happened in broad daylight.

Updated: 4:03 PM Reno police are cracking down on illegal street racing, targeting participants and spectators in an effort dubbed Operation Dragnet.

Updated: 11:00 AM The Sun Valley man shot to death in a confrontation with police was killed by his own gun and not police gunfire..

Updated: 9:53 AM Investigators are continuing an investigation into a construction accident on a bridge being built for a new freeway in Pleasant Valley.

Updated: 10:08 AM Report released Friday breaks down what happend to the more than 300-sheep that died during December 31st flooding at the Main Station Field Labatory Farm in east Reno.

Updated: 10:28 AM Graffiti is becoming so much of a problem in Reno...the city council is considering a change in the building codes.

Updated: 10:45 AM The century-old Virginia Street Bridge in downtown Reno may soon be a thing of the past.

Updated: 8:51 AM The "new" warden, at the Nevada State Prison, isn't making friends with the inmates...after he's cut several programs.

Updated: 9:02 AM Nevada's Petticoat Junction is closer to reality as it wins special use permit from the county planning commission.

Posted: 6:13 PM The Washoe School District has suspended a pine-middle-school teacher, accused of shouting a racial slur at a student this week.

Posted: 6:09 PM The Washoe County School district announced that O'Brien Middle School student, Sarah Beckman, will join the two other spelling bee finalists to advance to the state contest in Las Vegas.

Updated: 11:23 AM We continue our special series, No Child Left Behind, tonight looking at what some local educators call the narrow focus of the testing. News Channel 8 education reporter, Alana Adams, examines one subject some teachers say is getting *left behind.

Updated: 11:23 AM We're taking a closer look at the federal regulations, that some educators say are limiting our kids' learning experience by concentrating too much on testing.

Posted: 4:07 PM Citing security and safety concerns, the new warden at Nevada State Prison has shut down various programs and projects that his predecessor hoped would improve the odds that inmates would stay out of trouble once they're released.

Updated: 10:20 AM This NewsChannel 8 investigation surrounds Nevada's child-welfare system and a possible conflict of interest that one local woman says is preventing her from being able to care for her own grand-daughter.

Posted: 9:30 AM More than a month after the New Year's Day flood, federal officials have arrived in Reno to begin surveying damage across the area.

Updated: 11:25 AM A Douglas County man was killed when his helicopter crashed in flames just minutes after takeoff from the Douglas County airport north of Minden.