A ground search and rescue operation continues tonight for a missing Hawthorne woman.

Four western governors, including Nevada's Kenny Guinn, are trying to buy Mexican cement to keep their states' building boom alive.

The end of summer vacation is quickly coming to a close. But, is your child ready? Before any school work begins, each kindergarten is screened the first of many tests in their life as a student.

A new report shows Nevada's Hispanic population is booming. The U.S. Census Bureau says the percentage of Anglos has dropped from 80 percent in 1990 to 60 percent today because of the influx of a range of minorities in the last 15 years.

Nevada's blood banks have declared an emergency shortage. Governor Kenny Guinn issued a plea for Nevadans to donate blood.

Nevada is getting new highway money from the federal government, and a lot of it is going to ease congestion at a major intersection in Sparks.

If you thought you were paying a lot for gasoline, how about diesel fuel? Some truckers say, filling up their tanks, is costing as much as their house payment each month.

It's been off-limits to the public since 19-39. Now Incline Lake could be owned by, and open to, the public in the next few years.

With our mountains and lakes, the geography of Northern Nevada is sometimes called one big playground for outdoor sports. The sport is called kiteboarding.

The Washoe County School District Board of Trustees has approved a new video for sex education. But they want teachers to decide which students will get to watch it.

Changes in the millennium scholarship program are making it harder for thousands of Nevada students to use the scholarships to pay for their college education. The lawmakers tightened up the restrictions on the scholarship.

Sparks is making way for a new city hall, but first they had to demolish Dukes Casino.

The American dream of home ownership may become harder and harder for some people to achieve. A new study shows that wage increases for most low to mid-income jobs aren't keeping pace with soaring home prices.

The pain at the pump has gotten worse. The current price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in the Reno area is $2.65 a gallon. That's up four cents from yesterday, and 60 cents from a year ago. Triple-A ranks Nevada the third most expensive state in the U.S. for gas, after California and Hawaii.

Can Hot August Nights get any bigger, and what's driving the organizers' search to expand the area's biggest special event? Officials at Hot August Nights are still tallying the numbers, but say this year's event ranks among the most successful, and plans to expand it are already under consideration.

Three weeks until most Washoe County schools start the new year, and the district still could use some bus drivers. The summer recruitment didn't go as planned, and administrators are hoping for more help.

The death of Peter Jennings has been unsettling for viewers the broadcast industry as well as the network feel a real sense of loss, but the fact is all of this could have been prevented.

Peter Jennings, the voice of the ABC network died Sunday night from lung cancer. He passed away at his home in New York surrounded by his family.

A fiery two-vehicle crash on U.S. 395 killed three people and sparked a brush fire Sunday in Douglas County.

Officers are out in full force .to control large crowds that have gathered for "Hot August Nights." They say its taken a lot of planning and overtime hours, but they feel ready for whatever may happen this weekend.

Our Daybreak anchor Danita Cohen is going to the slammer! Help bail Danita out of jail by donating to the Muscular Dystrophy Assn.

The Transportation Security Administration at the airport tells us there is no released timeline saying when the 26 employees will be cut from the staff of 209 screeners. But, those with the airport are already thinking ahead.

Another horse in Nevada has tested positive for the West Nile Virus, this time here in Washoe County. The latest numbers also show eight-more mosquito pools have tested positive in counties.

The Transportation Security Administration at the airport tells us there is no released timeline saying when the 26 employees will be cut from the staff of 209 screeners. But, those with the airport are already thinking ahead.

Experts say suicide bombers present a dilemma to law enforcement. How do you take them out before they potentially harm the public? That's why police forces around the world, including here in the United States, are now considering the head the primary target.