College administrators and current students could not stress enough about the importance of getting started early.

Sit back and enjoy all the highlights of week five of northern Nevada high school football action with Josh Little and the NewsChannel 8 sports team.

Washoe County did gain students this year, but not the estimated 13-hundred students. However, Carson City and Douglas County schools actually declined.

The Peppermill Hotel/Casino announced plans for a major expansion today, a $230 million project that will include a new hotel tower, convention center and parking garage.

The Washoe County Education Foundation, made up of business leaders in the area, noticed a lack of basic reading skills in those applying for jobs at local companies. That's why they decided it was time to take a bigger responsibility in our schools to help our children read.

News Channel 8 has learned that the FBI and Reno-Tahoe Aiport Police are conducting a joint investigation into cargo thefts at the airport. FBI sources tell NewsChannel 8 that several ramp service workers at Reno/Tahoe International Airport are under suspicion after the recovery of stolen air cargo.

Some teachers could lose their jobs because the Washoe County School District is facing a $6 million shortfall, because it overestimated the number of students that would enroll this year.

Jackie Cramer would not tell us how much money she won in a Harrah's Jackpot, but she did say she could have bought a Porsche or help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Sunday night was your last chance to be a part of a donation drive that will send trucks to our three "adopted" cities in the Gulf Coast that were hit by Hurricane Katrina.

The 42nd Annual Reno National Championship Air Races came to an end Sunday.

The University of Nevada Wolfpack football team beat state rival, The University of Las Vegas, at a packed home game.

Do you know what rights you have under the Bill of Rights? A new federal mandate is aimed at making sure your children can name and appreciate all of them.

Officials evacuated Carson High School on Wednesday because of a mercury scare. Someone tampered with a blood pressure machine in the nurse’s office, which caused the spill.

Plans to bring about 300 hurricane Katrina evacueesto Reno have been suspended. A spokesman for the Governor's office says the flights have been suspended indefinitely and there is no indication the state will be asked again to do this.

If you are feeling the pressure of higher gas prices because of Hurricane Katrina...local charities are doing the same. As News Channel 8's James Steiner reports, many organizations have had to restrict pick-ups of donations because of rising fuel costs.

Sit back and enjoy video highlights of week 3 of northern Nevada high school football action, plus complete coverage of the Wolfpack home opener against Washington State.

According to the New York Times, there are more than 200,000 students who need to find a new classroom because of Hurricane Katrina.

It's hard to imagine what these people are going through after having their entire lives up-rooted.

The skyrocketing price of oil is generating new interest in the Railroad Valley in Eastern Nevada.

News Channel Eight's Ed Pearce and photojournalist Justin Kanno left early Wednesday morning on a C-130 headed for New Orleans.

Images from the Gulf make Nevada seem a world away, but soon our state will become home to hundreds maybe even thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

One plane headed for Iraq, while another headed south for hurricane affected areas. Sunday morning truly was a perfect example of the guard's dual role to both our national defense overseas and the duty required in local disasters.

The disaster relief effort is far from over, and several hundred people in northern Nevada are getting ready to do what they can to help.

Sit back and enjoy highlights of all the high school football action from week two of the season on NewsChannel 8's Friday Night Sports Caravan.

It really comes down to changing your habits. We set out to find five very simple ways that could save you at least dollars a week that would have been spent on gas.