A wet, winter storm that dumped another foot of snow in the Sierra snarled traffic around Lake Tahoe and brought snow to the valley floors Wednesday around Reno and Carson City.

Max Baer Jr. has gone to court in efforts to build his proposed $54 million Beverly Hillbillies Mansion & Casino in a shopping center he shares with The Glenbrook Co. and J.C. Penney.

Three former Nevada Highway Patrol troopers filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday accusing ex-state public safety director Richard Kirkland and others of conspiring to force them out through harassment and reprisals in a "hostile" workplace.

A missing 18-year-old snowboarder spent a cold night in the wild Sierra before a search and rescue team found him near Lake Tahoe, sheriff's deputies said Tuesday.

Weekend storms have filled Lake Tahoe back up to its rim, which sits 6,223 feet above sea level.

Parents of children in Fallon are feeling better this week about the water their kids drink at school.

Sun Valley school officials reported suspicious person.

The national YMCA is considering banning cell phones from locker rooms, not because of the annoying rings, but because of new video technology.

Motorists in parts of northern Nevada from the Sierra to Elko faced icy commutes Monday following a weekend storm that dropped up to 18 inches of snow in the mountains and enough in the valleys to prompt driving controls.

More out-of-state doctors are qualifying to practice in Nevada under new regulations adopted by the state Board of Medical Examiners.

Alliance Gaming Corp. has agreed to sell its Rail City Casino in Sparks to Sands Regent for about $38 million.

A weekend storm dumped up to 14 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada and caused delays for some mountain motorists.

State Archivist Guy Rocha might think twice before correcting the president again.

Actor and longtime conservationist Robert Redford criticized the Bush administration's energy legislation, calling it one of the worst bills he's seen in his lifetime.

A plan by University of Nevada, Reno students to post their evaluations of professors online is drawing opposition from faculty.

A series of bomb threats prompted a four-hour delay Saturday of the University of Nevada, Reno's winter commencement ceremony.

A storm was bringing snow and some chain controls Saturday to the Sierra Nevada.

The financially strapped Sierra Safari Zoo in Reno won't have to sell any animals after receiving the largest donation in its history, zoo officials said.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a second set of closed-door meetings to discuss plans to bury the nation's nuclear waste in southern Nevada, prompting the state attorney general to lodge a complaint with the commission chair.

A proposed regulation to restrict hunters' use of off-road vehicles stirred emotional debate before the Nevada Wildlife Commission.

While a Nor-easter pounds the East Coast, we're getting ready for a snowstorm of our own. And locally, some old fashioned technology still helps modern forecasters predict the weather.

Health officials say this year's flu outbreak, which has spread faster and earlier than usual, appears to be the worst in at least three years. Here are answers to some common questions:

Critics call it pork barrel politics.

Actor and director Robert Redford is expected to bring a little Hollywood to Reno on Sunday when he attends a $500-a-head fund-raiser for Sen. Harry Reid.

Nevada's environmental protection agency failed to collect nearly $131,000 in revenues and allowed a refund of $78,000 without verifying the accuracy of the claim, a legislative audit says.