Health care reform will be in full swing in October. That's when those who don't have health insurance will start being required to buy it.

The U.S. Forest Service plans to begin a pair of prescribed fire operations this week on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, weather permitting.

Nevada would revert to a presidential primary instead of a caucus system under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

An incident where a nurse refuses to perform CPR on a resident at an independent living center has the attention of many.

Nevada Magazine needs your help to pick the “best of the best” in the Silver State.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to discuss bills that simplify the parole process for convicted sex offenders in Nevada and limit the use of solitary confinement with children.

Nevada's seventeen sheriffs are coming together supporting the right to bear arms, but agree at least one law needs to be amended.

The State of Nevada will no longer recognized conceal carry permits issued from the state of Arizona.

Senate Bill would make English the official language here in Nevada. Most materials printed could only be printed in official language--no Spanish or other language would be permitted if the material is generated by state or local governments.

White Pine County school district officials say they support statewide implementation of all-day kindergarten.

An event Saturday promises you a real steal, without breaking the law. Its the Physicians' Spouses Annual Rummage Sale. One of kind items, good quality good, all at low prices. This decades old event is not to be missed.

Local students interested in earning a GED are being encouraged to do so this year, before the test gets tougher and moer expensive. A major overhaul of the 70 year old credentialing program is slated for 2014. The changes have both teachers and students worried about who will be left behind.

If AB123 passes its committee and makes it into law, it would be illegal for pedestrians to read, browse the internet or enter data with hand-held devices while crossing roads in the state.

Convicted murderer Simon Macias has been ordered to remain in prison 22 years after murdering his 19-year-old wife and dumping her body in the desert outside of Las Vegas.

Unless lawmakers are able to come to some kind of eleventh hour agreement, sequestration will take effect in the late hours of Friday here in Reno. By most accounts those of us in the Truckee Meadows may not feel the ramifications immediately.

USA Today names the National Champion Air Races in Reno as one of top 10 shows in world.

Scientists at Lake Tahoe say continued improvement in the clarity of the mountain waters has convinced them that regulating land use and taking other steps to protect the lake are paying off.

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection has begun interviewing candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the district court bench in Washoe County.

A Miami Beach man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating and strangling a woman he forced into prostitution.

If you could drive faster on Nevada highways, would you? A bill has been introduced in Carson City that could increase the speed limit up to 85 miles an hour.

The public will get its first look at a gold fortune that has been hidden away in Nevada for years.

The city of Sparks has agreed to pay $150,000 to a former employee who sued the city for age discrimination.

At least one member of the Nevada Wildlife Commission would have to hold a four-year degree in environmental science or a related field and have expertise in threatened or endangered species under a bill introduced in the Nevada Senate.

Some advice from law enforcement experts about what to do if the unthinkable happens at work.

Implementing full-day kindergarten is a priority for Democrats in the Nevada Legislature, but the ambitious proposal comes with an as yet undetermined price tag or funding.