Vehicles that belch polluting emissions could be easily identified by new technology developed by scientists at the Desert Research Institute in Reno.

A whistleblower auditor claims that International Game Technology, the world's leading slot machine manufacturer, knowingly filed false state tax returns and could owe Nevada more than $20 million in back taxes.

Republican Rep. Jim Gibbons is forming a commission to protect the state's military installations during the next round of base closures, set for 2005.

The Washoe County School District plans to survey parents, students and teachers on whether the school year should start and end two weeks earlier.

A Douglas County middle school was evacuated and dozens of students were decontaminated as a precaution Tuesday after one youth brought mercury to school.

Project considered for decades to make Reno more competitive for the convention dollar.

A Jan. 15 foreclosure sale has been set for Salt Wells Villa, Churchill County's only operating brothel.

Roman Catholic dioceses in Reno and Las Vegas said Monday that they're in full compliance with recommendations issued by American bishops in efforts to deal with a nationwide sex-abuse scandal involving clergy members.

Searchers on Monday found the body of a missing cross-country skier who was buried in a New Year's Day avalanche in the Sierra.

New computers at the National Weather Service in Reno will speed delivery of severe weather alerts and allow more pinpointed forecasts, agency forecasters said.

Nevada is strengthening highway bridges to make them safer in earthquakes, but older brick buildings continue to be unsafe in temblors as large as those that recently hit central California and devastated Iran, officials said.

Some residents of an upscale southwest Reno area are angry about rising assessed property values and want to do something about it.

A 40-year-old Fernley man is $1 million richer after wagering only $1.50 on a penny slot machine at a Reno casino.

Heavy snow hampered authorities Sunday in their search for a cross-country skier buried in an avalanche north of Lake Tahoe.

A Carson City care home where six patients died Dec. 9 should get no Medicare reimbursement for new patients after Jan. 17 because of a failure to address six problems by a reinspection, state officials recommended.

Another powerful storm provided a boost to an above-average snowpack, but caused more headaches for travelers in the Sierra.

A search began Saturday for a cross country skier who became trapped by a New Year's Day avalanche in the Sierra Nevada.

Four missing snowboarders from Reno, Nev., and two missing skiers from Santa Cruz County were found in separate searches after spending a frigid night in the Sierra Nevada.

U.S. officials monitored heavily secured stadiums hosting the first round of football playoffs.

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.