Updated: 5:44 PM Mother's Day is the second-largest holiday for gift giving of the year. That's why some local mom's decided to look past cards and flowers and to learn more about why we celebrate Mother's day.

Updated: 5:38 PM If you love to ride a bike, especially in weather like today, you can understand people's frustration if they can't ride.

Updated: 5:36 PM The Division of Forestry says the hills are more green than the last couple of years. But, the lush landscape is also responsible for providing a vast supply of fire fuel. That's why 800 sheep hit a south Reno hillside this morning to graze on those very fuels for the next two months.

Updated: 5:44 PM Beer might be losing it's status among young drinkers. Find out why their drink of choice could be anything but their father's favorite suds.

Updated: 6:56 PM Two downtown Reno Redevelopment projects are moving full stream ahead...a luxury condiminium project along the river...and new money from the federal government to build a downtown homeless shelter.

Updated: 6:48 PM The House has passed a bill creating new, stiff driver's license requirements for all 50 states. The senate is expected to pass the bill next week. Concern from civil libertarians, concern from state governments, but this change appears inevitable.

Updated: 6:27 PM A bomb scare that shut down central Truckee for close to four hours is finally over. Luckily, a suspicious bag found at the train station turned out to be nothing more than a suitcase full of clothes. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the area because of the threat.

Updated: 10:10 AM Washoe County Health Officials report a big increase in a number of sexually transmitted diseases.

Updated: 7:56 AM Developers want to turn the Wildcreek golf course in Sparks into residential housing.

Updated: 8:10 AM Navy divers are removing a potentially dangerous legacy of World War II .rockets and other ammunition left in the lake 60 years ago.

Updated: 6:46 PM The likelihood of a teenager graduating high school decreases considerably after they have a baby. In Nevada, only 50-percent of those students graduate compared to 86-percent of those in the Teen Success program with Planned Parenthood.

Updated: 8:44 AM Are taser guns really an alternative to lethal force? Reno Police say absolutely, but there are some who worry that tasers are also taking lives.

Updated: 9:12 AM Governor Guinn says the legislature has enough money to fund his budget with millions left over for other programs. He says it's up to the lawmakers to decide what to do with some of the surplus, but he's insisting some of it go back to the public.

Updated: 7:14 PM The police department and local neighborhood advisory boards have been pleading for more officers and substations located across the city. However, the initial city budget does not include any funding for more police officers.

Updated: 7:09 PM Over the past two days, we've looked at how your homeland security dollars are being spent, and if they're being distributed fairly. One of the Senate's most powerful leaders...is now sounding off about how much money Nevada is getting to fight terrorism.

Updated: 4:42 PM As soon as the temperatures rises here in Northern Nevada you can bet mosquito season won't be far behind. For the first time the government says consumers can feel comfortable using more than one kind of mosquito repellant.

Updated: 8:24 AM The final options for the new Nevada state quarter were revealed today in Carson City. A two year process and five hundred design entries have culminated in five designs that await your vote.

Updated: 8:42 AM Sparks soldier 31-year old Army Sergeant Eric Wayne Morris died in an attack last Thursday. He once attended high school in Sparks, and listed that city as his hometown.

Updated: 8:34 AM Religion continues to surface in political debates across the country, and now a group of local Democrats is joining in. At a community meeting, party members invited religious leaders to talk about the growing role that faith plays in today's political world.

Updated: 7:15 PM A weighty issue is on the table at a casino in Atlantic City. Cocktail waitresses at New Jersey's Borgata Casino could be fired if they don't adhere to a weight-limit policy. In Reno and Sparks, cocktail waitresses are considered brand ambassadors for casinos and therefore, appearance at varying degrees is taken into consideration.

Updated: 7:14 PM Last night in the first part of our special report "Who's More Secure," Nevada lawmakers are critical of the way homeland security dollars are distributed. Tonight, we'll look at some of the equipment being bought...which is raising the eyebrows of even some congressional leaders.

Updated: 8:45 AM Two recent shootings and more than 20 violent crimes in the past couple months have law enforcement working overtime to monitor gang activity here in the Reno area. With the weather warming up and school year drawing to a close....the 21 members of the "Regional Gang Unit" are stepping up their efforts.

Updated: 5:38 PM Search teams were called off and a missing little girl was back home. Sunday afternoon seven-year old Andreana Alvarado disappeared from her family's front yard. After several stressful hours for her family and neighbors, the little girl was found sleeping just a few feet from where everyone was searching.

Updated: 7:02 PM The president of the University of Nevada, Reno has dismissed misconduct charges brought against a professor who triggered a federal investigation of alleged abuse of UNR research animals.

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