Updated: 8:38 AM As the summer comes to a close, many students prepare to leave home for the first time.

Updated: 8:36 AM Adolescence has never been easy, and many of us have been at our most awkward during the seventh and eighth grades.

Updated: 7:23 PM Reno Police are looking for a man who raped a 26-year-old woman in Northeast Reno last night. The victim was assaulted as she was walking home shortly after midnight near Sutro and Wedekind Road. The attacker, described as an hispanic man 25 to 30 years old, dragged her from the sidewalk into a dirt lot. She was able to bite him on the cheek during their struggle.

Updated: 5:03 PM Nevada Senator and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has been told to rest, following what doctors are calling a temporary loss of blood to the brain, similar to a stroke.

Updated: 10:50 AM According to the new dress code for 2005, the Washoe County school district now has a stricter say on what your child wears to school.

Updated: 12:09 PM The issue of nutrition in school took an interesting turn this week. Sugary soft drinks are fizzing out at campuses all over the nation, and now there's an effort to make nutrition a part of your child's life.

Updated: 9:13 AM Sparks city officials say water rights are not only hard to come by, but prices are skyrocketing. That could mean challenges are ahead for developers.

Updated: 10:46 AM The Reno Catholic Diocese was the target Friday afternoon, of a support group for victims of clergy sex abuse.

Updated: 9:31 AM It's been eleven days now since a 64-year-old Hawthorne woman disappeared on a trip over the Sierra.

Updated: 5:27 PM Thousands of protestors are joining Cindy Sheehan's cause all across the country, including some right here in Northern Nevada. The organization, Move-on, asked people through its website...to host vigils tonight. Within two days, more than two hundred area supporters signed up.

Updated: 4:10 PM Crews from the Nevada Division of Forestry responded to an early morning house fire at Arrowcreek, only to find themselves suddenly without water. That discovery revealed a potential problem in other local neighborhoods. The water system worked as it was supposed to. It just gave the firefighters an unexpected problem and it's one that's going to have to be worked out.

Updated: 10:13 AM Reno Police say they've seen a tremendous decrease in violent crime from a group of kids they classified as a gang a few months ago. They're mostly white, upper-class teens who claim the "straight edge" lifestyle, but in some cases, apparently take it to the extreme.

Updated: 10:32 AM The teenager arrested in the shooting death of a friend over the weekend, was arraigned today on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Updated: 10:31 AM Few people in the country are feeling the pain of high prices at the pump as badly as we are out in the West. According to Triple-A, the average price of unleaded in Reno is $2.74 a gallon.

Updated: 5:39 PM A new computer worm has hit users of microsoft windows 2000 around the world and is affecting some of the United States largest corporations from general electric to UPS.

Updated: 9:42 AM The city of Sparks is considering a proposal that would move the community's ball parks, to make way for new retail development at the Sparks Marina.

Updated: 7:16 PM It's often the number one topic around the water cooler--and a story we keep returning to: rising gas prices. They often change daily. Our frustration and anger are rising with them. But what's the story behind the numbers?

Updated: 7:06 PM Today is day eight in the search for a missing Hawthorne woman. 64-year-old Nita Mayo disappeared, after a trip over the Sonora Pass. We took a fixed wing plane out today, and crossed over the Sonora pass, on the west side of the Sierra. This is the same route 64-year-old Nita Mayo took before she went missing eight days ago.

Updated: 8:49 AM Around 5-thirty Sunday night, a brush fire ignited on Geiger Grade... near Toll Road on the border between Washoe and Storey Counties.

Updated: 11:56 PM Reno police are looking for a fifteen year old, who they say may have information in Saturday night's fatal shooting of another teenager.

Updated: 7:07 PM The cheat grass is still overtaking our hills and even back yards. That's why several vounteers worked all day to protect an entire area from wildfire.

Updated: 7:05 PM She was an icon and pin-up entertainer during the Vietnam War. Saturday, Raquel Welch was honored for her loyalty by the same veterans who anticipated her visit 30 years ago.

Updated: 7:02 PM The rising cost of diesel fuel could have a serious effect on after school programs and sports, in the upcomming school year. Right now the school district pays about 2-dollars-and-55 cents a gallon for bio-diesel. These prices, weren't forecasted when the budget was approved in the spring.

Updated: 10:52 AM The Community Service Agencies Head Start program is a federally funded child development program that serves low income children and families. In this Teaching Our Kids, find out how the program works and whether the results are worth the cost.

Updated: 9:00 AM The first ever Reno Tahoe Blues Fest was a big hit this weekend. The proceeds benefited the Washoe County School District's Music Programs.