Updated: 9:42 PM An ex-employee of the Humboldt County sheriff's office filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the county and sheriff Gene Hill, saying she was forced to work in a "sexually hostile" workplace.

Updated: 9:39 PM Lawyers for four people accused of sexually assaulting of a 13-year-old girl and child pornography will get copies of a videotape prosecutors seized as evidence.

Updated: 10:37 PM Hoping to contain a spreading scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld went to the Abu Ghraib prison camp on Thursday and insisted the Pentagon did not try to cover up abuses there.

Updated: 11:42 AM A small plane crashed onto a soundwall separating a street from homes near a local airport, injuring the pilot and narrowly missing one of the homes.

Updated: 10:29 PM The Nevada National Guard's top officer said Thursday he had no information about a report that one his soldiers assigned to the troubled Abu Ghraib prison last year was reprimanded after reporting inmate abuse to her superiors.

Updated: 10:39 PM The grounding of the nation's 33 firefighting air tankers has left the future of a Minden company in question.

Updated: 11:42 AM A railroad depot in Lovelock and a church in Wadsworth are the latest Nevada additions to the National Register of Historic Places.

Updated: 11:20 PM Tonight I have news that state lawmakers are making efforts to make sure even more people are prepared in case of a bioterrorism attack.

Updated: 10:55 PM Fresh photos showing American soldiers brutalizing Iraqi prisoners with snarling dogs or forced sex left members of Congress angry and disgusted, but apparently with few new clues about how widespread the abuse was and who ultimately should be held accountable.

Updated: 10:52 PM A Nevada lawmaker wants to upgrade a state sex offender registry that began posting names of sex offenders this week without listing their addresses.

Updated: 10:50 PM A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to a Nevada Supreme Court decision that could have enabled the state's lawmakers to increase taxes last year without a voter-required two-thirds majority.

Updated: 10:48 PM A member of the Nevada Commission of Wildlife who represents sportsmen has resigned amid an investigation into allegations he committed undisclosed wildlife violations, The Associated Press has learned.

Updated: 5:25 PM A video posted Tuesday on an al-Qaida-linked Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq and said the execution was carried out to avenge abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

Updated: 7:53 AM A $12 million settlement, for local ranch land the state Transportation Department initially wanted to buy for less than $2 million for a freeway bypass, was announced Tuesday by the agency.

Updated: 7:54 AM The parent company of Nevada's two electric utilities, still bleeding financially from the 2001 energy crisis, reported a consolidated net loss of $44.5 million, or 38 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2004.

Updated: 7:55 AM The government has grounded the firefighting fleet of 33 large air tankers, saying the safety of the aging aircraft cannot be assured.

Updated: 12:25 PM The Nevada Supreme Court has scheduled May 27 for a hearing in a dispute over full-time government employees serving in the state's part-time Legislature.

Updated: 11:17 AM Nevada casinos had a record month in March, winning $930.3 million from gamblers for an 11.5 percent gain over the same month a year earlier.

Updated: 7:56 AM A Washoe County sheriff's deputy was killed early Tuesday when he was involved in an accident while responding to a call.

Updated: 6:50 PM State education officials said they will solicit bids to replace Harcourt Education Management as Nevada's school testing contractor after the company made a series of expensive mistakes and other errors.

Updated: 6:45 PM President Bush examined new photos and video clips of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners Monday, reacting with "deep disgust and disbelief" during a Pentagon visit in which he underscored his support for embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Updated: 6:36 PM Strong winds whipped across northern Nevada on Monday, causing dust storms in barren desert areas and downing trees in eastern portions of the state.

Posted: 6:32 PM David and Jackie Holmgren, states' rights activists involved in a dispute over cattle-grazing on federal land, filed Monday for Senate and Assembly seats in the Nevada Legislature.

Updated: 10:14 AM A pilot program designed to limit junk food at Washoe County schools is getting a chilly response from area high schools.

Updated: 5:53 AM U.S. gasoline prices rose by slightly more than 10 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, the biggest jump since last August, an industry analyst said Sunday.