Updated: 8:44 AM The Nevada Senate has approved a $2.5 billion public schools budget, bringing lawmakers closer to adjournment as they race toward a deadline to adjourn by midnight Monday.

Updated: 11:30 PM An alleged DUI driver plowed over a fence near the southern perimeter of the Reno Tahoe Airport.

Updated: 11:07 PM Carson City Sheriff's officials made a long-awaited arrest in the November 2012 death of toddler Justin Watson.

Updated: 11:05 PM A man is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shin after police say he was hit during a drive-by shooting Sunday.

Updated: 11:04 PM The Nevada Humane Society had great success at this weekend's free adoption event.

Updated: 11:02 PM A chance to break records highs in the Truckee Meadows with daytime temperatures climbing to the upper 90s by Thursday.

Posted: 11:08 PM Harvey Whittemore's lawyer says despite his client's illegal campaign fundraising conviction, the man prosecutors called the "king of the hill" in Nevada politics is a long way from prison.

Updated: 11:08 AM Sparks police have arrested two people in connection with a stabbing at John Ascuaga's Nugget early Sunday.

Posted: 7:00 AM Lawmakers are making short work of a late-session measure to settle a decade-long dispute and cement a $233 million settlement over taxation of free meals provided by casinos to patrons and employees.

Updated: 6:58 AM Residents were allowed back into the El Cortez Hotel Saturday afternoon following a carbon monoxide leak and subsequent evacuation.

Updated: 11:15 PM With just days remaining in the 2013 Nevada Legislature, control of Senate was up in the air when Democrat Joyce Woodhouse flew home to Henderson to be with her ill husband.

Updated: 6:57 AM The push to get medical marijuana card holders in Nevada a way to access the drug is nearing a pivotal juncture.

Posted: 12:40 PM A California man's appeal over federal land managers' decision to increase the Burning Man festival's attendance cap in the northern Nevada desert has been dismissed.

Updated: 4:46 AM Now in its 9th year, the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey is back and bigger than ever. With team names like "Crop Dusters" "Scrambled Legs N Achin" and "Kick'n Assphault" the 178-mile course is a serious challenge with a humorous side.

Updated: 9:51 AM Police say a woman was robbed at gunpoint outside a casino in Sparks Thursday.

Updated: 4:50 AM Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick has introduced a revised plan to close loopholes in Nevada's live entertainment tax.

Updated: 5:09 AM Legislative money panels have voted unanimously to restore pay cuts imposed on state workers but to keep unpaid furloughs.

Updated: 5:07 AM Hot, sunny weekend...near 90.

Updated: 10:27 AM The Food and Drug Administration is investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A linked to a frozen organic berry mix from a farm in Oregon.

Posted: 12:41 PM Victims of gun violence from across the country have converged on Nevada's capital to urge support for a bill mandating universal background checks on gun sales in the state.

Posted: 12:37 PM Another California court date has been set for former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks on charges stemming from a car chase and police confrontation in March.

Updated: 4:18 AM Sunny and warm today with hotter temperatures through the weekend.

Posted: 11:43 AM Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has vetoed his first bill of the 2013 legislative session.

Updated: 11:49 AM A bill allowing people in the country illegally to obtain driving privilege cards in Nevada has been signed into law by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval.

Posted: 9:39 AM It's no longer OK to fire someone in Nevada just because they're a Communist.