The westbound Amtrak train that derailed between Reno and Sacramento on Thursday, leaving 300 passengers and a crew of 15 stranded for more than 14 hours, finally pulled into Emeryville, in the San Francisco Bay area, on Friday morning.
Facing another week of uncertainty over the terrorist threat from the air, international airlines and foreign governments are greeting increased security with a combination of skepticism and support as flight cancellations and delays spread.
Nevada is being told it can spend federal funds, but hasn't gotten the money to prepare for upcoming Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearings on the licensing of a national nuclear waste dump in the state, a state official said Friday.
Black mold has turned up at the Reno airport, but officials say the toxic fungus has been sealed off and poses no health threat until it can be professionally removed.
Police officials in Reno and at Lake Tahoe say their New Year celebrations were crowded, but relatively uneventful.
A potent winter storm swept into the Sierra just hours into the new year, shutting down the main highways linking Northern California and Nevada and giving ski areas more weather than they could handle.
There was no New Year's revelry for people at Duke's Casino in downtown Sparks.
Sen. Harry Reid underwent minor surgery two days before Christmas to remove a nerve that had become damaged from years of distance running.
Snow ushered in the new year from the Sierra to Utah with winds that produced a blizzard warning in central and eastern Nevada and condition that halted traffic on Interstate-80.
Nearly 1 million revelers rang in 2004 with the dropping of the traditional New Year's Eve ball in Times Square - a joyous, confetti-filled bash that took place under some of the tightest security ever seen.
Northern Nevada greeted 2004 pretty much the same way it exited 2003, with another in a series of potent winter storms that put a snowy, gusty damper on New Year's Eve plans.
The Nevada Supreme Court gave hope to a teenage girl in foster care who wants to regain contact with her three younger sisters.
The head of a panel of scientists reviewing plans for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada is quitting, telling President Bush that allegations of conflict of interest are hampering the board's work.
Nevada coach Trent Johnson figured his team needed to play a near-perfect game to beat Kansas. That's what the Wolf Pack did.
A storm left up to 6 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada, and more snow could be on the way for Christmas.
Reno casinos continue to feel the pinch of growing competition from California Indian casinos.
A flu epidemic and the war in Iraq are to blame for the Reno area's worst blood shortage in more than a decade, officials said.
A push to market Nevada as a recreation paradise is leading to three new major sports festivals in the Reno area, tourism officials announced.
A Carson City Jail escapee was captured at a Reno motel less than seven hours after he scaled a wall at the jail.
A Reno-area high school special education teacher was sentenced to six months probation for serving beer at her home to two teenage boys.
For the third straight year, the Tahoe City Public Utility District board has voted to raise water and sewer rates.
The state might sue unless the federal government removes thousands of more wild horses from public lands in Nevada, a state legislator warned.
Moments after Kevin Lewis sat down last summer at a high stakes blackjack table inside an Atlantic City casino, the pit boss got the word: Lewis was a card counter.
Diamond Peak cranked up its brand new, high-speed chair lift on Thursday.
The state's jobless rate slipped to 4.5 percent during November, as the number of out-of-work Nevadans dropped by about 4,400 to 48,700 and total jobs in all industries topped 1.1 million.
