Updated: 10:11 PM Southern California's first wildfires of the season burned homes and brushlands and forced thousands of people to evacuate on Tuesday, portending what could be an especially dangerous and costly summer.
Updated: 10:08 PM Nevada lawmakers' top attorneys asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject a request to resolve uncertainty over an attorney general's opinion limiting legislative service by full-time public employees.
Updated: 10:06 PM A batch of legislative incumbents and challengers mainly from outlying areas of Nevada led the growing list of candidates who turned in filing papers Tuesday to the secretary of state's office.
Updated: 10:05 PM There's good news this week for Reno-area tourism, but it's a potential headache for people flying out of the airport.
Posted: 4:15 PM While Southern California is dealing with an early start to fire season, firefighters here in Reno got a small taste of what may come this season with a small brush fire above Caughlin Ranch.
Updated: 2:31 PM Federal Reserve policy-makers left a key interest rate at a 46-year low on Tuesday but dropped their promise to be patient before they start raising rates.
Updated: 2:24 PM Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday condemned the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers and said the Defense Department would move vigorously to bring those responsible to justice.
Updated: 2:21 PM U.S. commanders plan to keep American troops at the current level in Iraq — about 135,000 — until the end of 2005, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
Updated: 2:18 PM Northern Nevada is baking under record summer-like temperatures, but forecasters say it'll be back to spring by the weekend.
Updated: 9:38 PM As the Bush administration heralded the opening of enrollment for the Medicare discount cards on Monday, it added a cautionary note: Don't sign up just yet.
Updated: 9:30 PM Southern California's 2004 fire season opened Monday with firefighters battling blazes that covered more than 5,500 acres and forced hundreds of people to evacuate.
Updated: 5:03 PM U.S. forces in Najaf came under their most intense attack yet by Shiite militiamen in a clash Monday that may have killed up to 20 Iraqis.
Updated: 7:03 AM Michael Douglas, former chief Clark County district judge, was sworn in Monday as the first black justice in the 140-year history of the Nevada Supreme Court.
Updated: 7:04 AM Another Tahoe ski resort is calling it quits for the season.
Updated: 2:06 PM Prison inmates cheered as Richard Santana crossed the finish line on a dirt track at Southern Desert Correctional Center, winning the prison's first-ever Race for the Cure 5K run.
Updated: 9:26 AM Some 200 people turned out to protect a decision to close more than 2,340 acres of the Pine Nut mountains southeast of Gardnerville to protect fossil remains.
Updated: 6:50 PM In a daring escape, American hostage Thomas Hamill pried open the doors of the house where he was being held late Sunday morning and ran a half-mile to a military convoy that was passing by, officials and his wife said. Insurgents attacked U.S. forces across Iraq, killing 11 Americans.
Updated: 6:46 PM A gasoline tanker truck crashed and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel Sunday on U.S. 50 in Carson City, shutting down the highway for more than three hours, authorities said. No one was injured.
Updated: 6:44 PM Police have stepped up patrols at Churchill County High School after a string of fights, including one that injured the assistant principal.
Updated: 6:42 PM Citing citizen complaints about a lack of police coverage, Reno City Councilman Dave Aiazzi is calling for the hiring of ten new police officers next year.
Updated: 6:40 PM A Sierra Nevada ski resort community is going after water wasters.
Updated: 6:38 PM A local board has approved a letter of intent to purchase the Ponderosa Ranch property in Incline Village, but stressed a final deal faces many hurdles.
Updated: 8:15 PM Nevada Republicans wound up their state convention Saturday by bashing Democrats, wrangling over last-minute changes in their state party platform, and selecting their delegates to the GOP national convention this summer.
Updated: 8:14 PM Suspected militants sprayed gunfire inside an oil contractor's Saudi office Saturday, killing at least six people, including two Americans and three other Westerners, and wounding dozens.
Updated: 8:12 PM A group of off-road vehicle enthusiasts plans to stage a protest over an emergency closure of a portion of the Pine Nut Range to protect ancient fossils.
