A state of emergency has been declared in Sparks, a paperwork move that gives the city the power to spend the money it will take to fix two sewage pipes placed deep underground.

Besides car problems, people are seeing their water pipes breaking under these extreme temperatures. As a homeowner you may not have experienced it yet, but some local businesses are already feeling the pain.

Advocates for increased education funding highlighted maintenance issues at Roy Gomm Elementary School in Reno Monday. Principal KayAnn Pilling said the school's boiler is functional, but failed Monday morning. She said the temperature plunged to fifty degrees in a wing of the school.

A Truckee man is being held in the Nevada County jail, accused of domestic violence against his wife twice.

Sparks police are searching for four knife attackers.

Ten lawyers have applied to replace retiring Washoe County District Judge Steven Elliott.

Bitter cold temperatures continuing into Monday ... low 7-degrees, with an afternoon high of 30.

Another mountain-area community is cracking down on people who allow easy access to garbage by bears, dogs, raccoons and other animals.

Traffic deaths rose slightly in Nevada last year, but serious-injury accidents dropped dramatically and the number of fatalities still remain nearly half as low as they were six years ago.

Washoe County Sheriff's officials are asking for help identifying and finding the person who used a gun to rob a convenience store in Sun Valley.

Reno Police Investigators are asking for help identifying and finding two men who used guns and ski masks when they robbed a local bar.

South Lake Tahoe Police officials are warning of a phone call scam in which a caller claims to be a DEA agent.

The Galena High School freshmen basketball team took time off the courts today to help those in need.

The unproven kid thoroughly beat the former Super Bowl champion and reigning MVP.

On Wednesday first term Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval will report to lawmakers and Nevadans on their return on investment from his policies and outline his priorities for the 2013 legislative session.

NHP: The vehicle involved in the rollover crash that shut down eastbound Interstate 80 Saturday afternoon was a rental.

The NHP reports 49 traffic accidents in the Reno/Sparks area during the Friday-Saturday winter weather event.

Bitterly cold overnight lows into the weekend... with partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper twenties and low thirties. Inversions return by next week... continued cold.

Amidst a deadly flu outbreak sweeping the nation infection rates in Nevada remain low. So far, only 22 cases have been confirmed and no deaths have been reported state-wide. Still, that number is up more than 50% from just two weeks ago, and health officials warn that the season is just getting started.

There's been a run on guns in our area and across the nation ever since the Newtown, Connecticut shooting. When President Obama announced the following week that he would support a plan to introduce a bill banning assault weapons, people started buying up whatever they can get their hands on.

Ten people applied to fill the Second Judicial District Court seat being vacated by District Judge Steven Elliott.

Detectives with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office have arrested three people in connection with the armed robbery at the Incline Village Chevron the night of January 2.

Power is back on for 5,000 residential and business customers in the South Lake Tahoe area who experienced an outage Friday.

Authorities have identified an 83-year-old woman who died after being struck by a pickup truck on a Las Vegas street.

One week from Saturday marks the one year anniversary of the Washoe Fire. While some long time residents who lost everything chose to leave the area. Others were bound and determined to rebuild no matter how long it would take.