Updated: 6:40 PM Nevada's 2006 election year already is shaping up as a marathon, with more open statewide races than usual, lots of ballot questions on topics ranging from taxes to marijuana use, and an early, noisy start to candidates' rhetoric.

Updated: 6:41 PM Colorless, odorless gas not confined to mines of West Virginia, it could be a danger in your own home.

Updated: 7:06 PM It was a celebration of life today...for a Sparks solider whose life was cut tragically short. Army Private, Josh Morberg, was killed in combat December 27th in Iraq. The military says he saved many lives with his courage and bravery. That's how he was remembered today at Sparks Christian Fellowship.

Updated: 5:16 PM Ariel Sharon's sudden health problems come at a politically volatile time with Palestinian Parliament elections expected to occur in a couple weeks and his own re-election in March. But, local experts say the instability is not new for the region.

Updated: 12:00 PM The state's chief administration officer for mine safety and health administration says there are 616 operating mines in Nevada and 15 of those are underground operations with more in the works. But, for the 13-thousand mine workers in our state, safety in and around any mines is always an important issue.

Updated: 3:52 PM Two weeks after the Peppermill broke ground on its casino expansion...the Atlantis is hinting at that. Tonight, the Reno Planning Commission took up the issue of re-zoning the Virginia Street property.

Updated: 3:27 PM As homeowners continue to clean up from the weekend's devastating floods, some are finding they're luckier than others. Not in terms of damage, but rather, those who have flood insurance.

Updated: 2:17 PM Scheels is heading to Sparks The Fargo-based sporting goods company plans a $40 million store near Reno, in spring 2008, Chief Executive Officer Steve Scheel said.

Updated: 12:20 PM Reno police say a woman who survived an accident and then was struck by a car a mile away has died.

Updated: 12:17 PM New schools are being put on hold and other options will need to be considered as Washoe County school administrators grapple with lower revenues because of a property tax cap imposed by the Nevada Legislature.

Updated: 11:33 AM Executives of the Atlantis Casino Resort have filed an application to rezone 19 acres north of the south Reno property, suggesting possible plans for an expansion.

Updated: 9:14 AM Dozens of businesses near the Truckee River are still closed as crews sift through the mess and try and make repairs.

Updated: 10:04 AM Assistant Director of the Agriculture Experiment Station talks about what happened during the flood and how nearly 400 sheep drown during evacuation measures.

Updated: 4:22 PM Getting to work in this slushy, icy mess...was a challenge for many this morning in the truckee meadows.

Updated: 9:54 AM It's been an ongoing problem throughout this winter's rainy season: the erosion of a road on the shore of Pyramid Lake. The tribal council has a solution to fix it temporarily, but locals still aren't satisfied.

Updated: 12:36 PM Snow-covered roadways are to blame for dozens of fender benders, spin outs and accidents throughout the Truckee Meadows. And as roads freeze over..driving conditions will become even more dangerous.

Updated: 1:09 PM After this latest round of winter storms, parts of Carson City have been left extremely vulnerable for flooding and mudslides. The area of highest danger is in the burned out section from 2004's Waterfall Fire.

Updated: 11:16 AM As a new storm brought more rain, local emergency management officials kept up their guard after the Reno area's worst flooding in nine years.

Updated: 10:11 AM Relatively tame crowds greeted the new year in the Reno-Tahoe area after the region's worst flooding since the New Year's Day 1997 flood.

Updated: 1:32 PM Rain and melting snow are swamping northern Nevada today, causing the worst flooding in the Reno area since a January 1997 flood that caused one (b) billion dollars in damages.

Updated: 6:38 PM It's going to be tough to get a room...if you don't have one already. Downtown casino managers say they've been sold out for the past few weeks.

Updated: 6:11 PM A soggy storm pushing across central California carries with it a threat of local flooding in the Sierra and western Nevada, forecasters said on Friday.

Updated: 6:48 PM Pvt. Joshua Morberg, who was killed this week in Iraq, came from a long line of military veterans and graduated high school early to enlist in the Army, his parents said Friday.

Updated: 3:14 PM Imagine telling a family they just lost their loved one. Chaplan Bill Rohrer has handled this difficult task almost 60 times in his career so far.

Updated: 6:43 PM Federal investigators began their probe Thursday into the crash of a private business jet heading from Idaho to California that went down in a fiery crash as it tried to land at an airport north of Lake Tahoe, killing both occupants.