While Friday has been declared a national day of mourning in honor of the late President Ronald Reagan, there won't be any holiday for state workers.

Four children of a northern Nevada woman who mysteriously disappeared a week ago made a tearful appeal to the public Wednesday to help find her and her dark blue pickup truck.

A man accused of stalking a local surgeon by leaving him packages containing dead animals, feces and a threaten notes was arrested Tuesday, police said.

With drought conditions boosting seasonal fire threats ahead of schedule, fire restrictions will go into effect Friday on state and federal lands across much of Nevada.

The board overseeing Nevada's prison system voted Tuesday to let the state take over full operation of what has been a privately run women's prison in North Las Vegas.

Waiting good-naturedly for as much as half a day in traffic jams and a parking lot, tens of thousands of people filed past Ronald Reagan's flag-draped casket in an outpouring that forced organizers to extend the viewing period Tuesday by four hours.

The U.N. Security Council gave resounding approval Tuesday to a resolution endorsing the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq's new government by the end of June. President Bush said the measure will set the stage for democracy in Iraq and be a "catalyst for change" in the Middle East.

Nevada casinos had a record April, winning $826.9 million from gamblers for an 11 percent increase over the same month a year earlier, the state Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday.

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to close its investigation into the pending acquisition of Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. by Harrah's Entertainment Inc., clearing the way for final regulatory approval of the $1.45 billion deal.

A Reno mother is facing child endangerment charges after her 2-year-old son was found wandering alone in a downtown park.

A former Harrah's Reno bartender lost Monday in efforts to get the Nevada Supreme Court to find that Harrah's erred in firing her for refusing to abide by a policy requiring women employees to wear makeup.

Most of a $17.5 million fund that's supposed to help poor Nevadans pay their utility bills hasn't been tapped because many people don't know about the assistance program - now in its third year.

The body of Ronald Reagan, accompanied by a fragile Nancy Reagan, arrived Monday at his presidential library to begin nearly a week of journeying across America that will end with his return to California for burial on a hilltop.

Alcohol was a factor in a weekend accident near Pyramid Lake that left one person dead and four injured, authorities said.

Ronald Reagan was remembered with jelly beans, flowers and American flags on Sunday at memorials in his hometown and outside the mortuary where the former president's body lay.

Near the five beaches where waves of Allied soldiers stormed ashore 60 years ago, world leaders put aside their differences Sunday to commemorate the D-Day invasion that broke Nazi Germany's grip on continental Europe.

High-profile defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin has withdrawn from a case involving the murder of a former Las Vegas casino executive, four months after scoring a huge victory in getting his client free on bail.

State officials have declined to say what prompted a search of a nursing home where six patients died in a single day last year.

A brothel owner who bought the buildings and logo of Nevada's infamous Mustang Ranch bordello plans to reopen them this summer, possibly as a museum.

In a blockbuster deal that would merge two of the biggest gambling companies in the world, MGM Mirage offered to buy Mandalay Resort Group for about $7.65 billion on Friday.

Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

Iraq's new prime minister made his first address to the nation Friday, saying a rapid U.S. withdrawal from the country would be a "major disaster" because Iraqis are not ready to handle their own security.

A $585,000 federal grant will help increase the number of Nevada students taking advanced placement tests, Rep. Jim Gibbons and education officials said Friday.

President Bush got a sharp dose of Europe's opposition to his Iraq policy Friday, quietly in the halls of the Vatican from Pope John Paul II and loudly in the streets of Rome from thousands of demonstrators.

A Reno woman found guilty of having marijuana in her system when she pulled out in front of a motorcycle police officer will learn her sentence next month.