Posted: 9:50 AM A small desert island in Pyramid Lake that serves as home to 10,000 American white pelicans is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a wildlife sanctuary about 30 miles north of Reno.

Posted: 6:54 AM The warming weather has many golfers eager to return to the course, but vandals in Carson City have caused a minor delay of game.

Updated: 12:30 PM Police confirm the disoriented woman found near Plumas is 69-year-old Hilaria Segura who went missing earlier Friday from the Home Depot on Summit Ridge Court.

Updated: 1:36 PM Two men got away after making off with several bottles of stolen alcohol from a Sparks liquor store. One of them is accused of throwing a broken bottle at the store's clerk as they ran.

Updated: 6:19 PM Friday, for the 26th year, Nevada's law enforcement family gathered in Idlewild Park at the James Hoff Memorial to remember the sacrifice of the state's fallen officers.

Updated: 6:24 PM Dry weather throughout the west is prompting firefighters to remind everyone to try to prevent fires.

Updated: 7:45 PM Reno police say one local woman they started looking for this week has been found okay, but one more woman is still missing.

Posted: 12:47 PM Northbound Sparks Boulevard will be closed from Greg Street north to I-80 beginning Friday, May 3 at 6 pm to Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6 am.

Updated: 9:00 AM Sparks police have arrested two people for robbing a 12-year-old Thursday night.

Updated: 3:44 PM The annual Wildfire Awareness Week takes place May 4-11.

Posted: 8:43 AM Despite being sued by two Reno-based contractors, the plans to build a new student achievement center at the University of Nevada Reno will proceed.

Updated: 8:48 AM The Mineral County Sheriff's Office confirms two inmates who escaped Wednesday night are back in custody.

Posted: 8:46 AM For kids at 19 area schools, it's Christmas once again. Two schools in Truckee and 17 in Reno received thousands of dollars worth of playground equipment Thursday, all thanks to the annual Santa Crawl.

Posted: 8:47 AM Its been called the most exciting 2 minutes in sports. We are talking about the Kentucky Derby which runs on Saturday after 3:00 in the afternoon. Local sports books have extended that two minutes to roughly 48 hours of action.

Updated: 8:47 AM Three new names have been added to Nevada's Law Enforcement Memorial in Carson City.

Updated: 8:44 AM Dayton Intermediate School was locked down for about 45 minutes because of a chemical scare Thursday.

Updated: 8:45 AM When the letters students at Traner Middle School sent to Army National Guard Specialist Cherice Stormfeltz in Afghanistan were returned, there were worries.

Updated: 6:52 PM Sparks police tell KOLO 8 News Now a body was found near the Truckee River close to an industrial area Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 4:16 PM Reno fire crews have put out a fire at the Rosewood Park Apartments on Sierra Madre Drive in Reno.

Posted: 12:59 PM Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID) has been awarded the “Best Tasting Water in Nevada” title for the second year in a row.

Updated: 12:51 PM Every year, John Ascuaga's Nugget helps local high school students reach their dreams.

Updated: 11:29 AM A new truck stop in west Reno is one step closer to reality, now that the Reno Planning Commission has said okay.

Updated: 1:17 PM Reno police and fire crews are investigating a body found once a fire was extinguished.

Posted: 8:32 AM County commissioners in rural northeast Nevada say they'd rather kill coyotes than study them.

Updated: 8:40 AM On May Day groups in cities across the country gathered to shine the spotlight on immigration reform. Several hundred people gathered in Reno's City Plaza Wednesday afternoon.