The Desert Research Institute is trying to find out how wildfire changes the landscape.

Reno residents, you could be paying more for you garbage service

If you use Mill Street for your daily commute, you may want to find an alternate route over the next couple of days.

Democratic candidate John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards will visit Nevada next week to talk about President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq and their plan to help military families.

The final results are in for the 2004 Primary Election.

Richard Ziser claimed victory Tuesday in Nevada's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate and focused his attention on upsetting incumbent Democrat Harry Reid in November

In what could become a model for other states, Nevada voters on Tuesday became the first in the nation to cast ballots in a statewide election on computers that printed paper records of electronic ballots.

Here are the latest returns in the Nevada Primary Election as compiled by the NewsChannel 8 Election reporting staff. 98% of Precincts Reporting

Today, was the last chance for voters to meet many of the candidates before election day

This time they spray-painted the building with anti-Semitic graffiti, including backward swastikas

A man was hit and killed by a car, in a freak accident this afternoon-while waiting to cross the street at Springland drive and Sparks Boulevard.

About 78-percent of Nevadans travelling this holiday weekend.. will take to the roads.

Another wrong-way accident on a Northern Nevada highway has killed two people.

A 49-year-old housekeeper at a local nursing home has been arrested on charges of stealing from its elderly residents.

As people throughout the southeast brace for disaster, Red Cross chapters nationwide are also preparing for the aftermath...the relief effort.

The last flames of the Waterfall Fire in Carson City have been out for nearly two months now, but work in the burn area is just beginning.

Sparks Police Responded to half a dozen accident this morning during commute time.

Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval made his national debut with a speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday.

A former Wolf Pack football player who police say has confessed to several armed robberies was back in court Wednesday.

The Secretary of State's office says even after a re-count two petitions will not make the ballot.

Candidate Ralph Nader will be on the November Presidential ballot in Nevada following a court ruling in Carson City.

There is a new way to vote in Nevada...the touch screen voting machines...

Republicans are hoping for a increase in support for the President following the convention....especially in battleground states like Nevada.

Every four years, political candidates are invited to Senior Fest in Reno. This gives them a chance to help seniors with their election questions...and to make their pitch for votes.

Jack Nicklaus says the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada made it easy to design his newest golf course near Truckee.