Posted: 1:02 PM The 77th session of the Nevada Legislature begins Monday with pomp and ceremony before lawmakers buckle down to tackle politically charged issues that will set spending levels and policy priorities for years to come.
Updated: 4:48 PM Former Storey County Commissioner Greg "Bum" Hess will be arraigned February 13th.
Updated: 5:04 PM Firefighters are going back into the forest in a continued effort to prevent damaging forest fires.
Posted: 12:29 PM The Bureau of Land Management is issuing new policy directives emphasizing "compassion and concern" for wild horses on federal lands in the West, in response to alleged abuse during roundups of thousands of mustangs in recent years.
Posted: 4:52 PM A 19-year-old Carson City woman has died from injuries she suffered in an apparent road rage incident.
Posted: 9:22 AM An initiative to impose a business margin tax in Nevada to raise money for education has been upheld by the Nevada Supreme Court.
Updated: 1:16 PM A Reno defense attorney says Monday's I-80 chase and carjacking may help bolster a case he's filed against Nevada's Highway Patrol and Las Vegas Metro Police Department. Ken McKenna says his clients, current NHP officers—predicted such an event would happen after they say they were removed from the interdiction team.
Updated: 11:19 AM Perhaps no one can give a better description of what happened in Monday's carjacking than the woman who found herself staring down the barrel shotgun. Marie Coates was coming from class in Reno to Fernley early. She says she was noticed some activity from the freeway. She says that's when an NHP truck entered the freeway from the Mustang on ramp.
Posted: 4:22 AM Nevada Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller have re-introduced a Lyon County land bill that will allow the city of Yerington to develop land near a copper mine while setting aside a wilderness area.
Updated: 7:56 PM If your pet has ever gone missing we don't have to tell you the toll it takes on the family. From Washoe County's Animal Control Servies perspective, not knowing where a missing dog or cat rightfully belongs costs in vet care, shots, food and board when they bring the animal into their facility. That's why they are not only advocating microchipping,, they are offering the service free of charge.
Posted: 5:41 PM After recent incidents of theft and burglaries on the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) campus, the UNR Police Chief reminds people there are a few simple ways to help make sure you and your valuable items are safe.
Posted: 4:32 PM A 23-year-old Elko County man has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for a fatal shooting at a parking lot in downtown Elko last May.
Posted: 6:07 PM NV Energy tells KOLO 8 News Now the outage in Lemmon Valley was caused by a car accident.
Updated: 1:58 PM A Reno artist is making no apology for her work and her medium of choice. Nancy Peppin uses Twinkies in painting, shadow boxes, and other designs. They are snack cakes that should be seen, never eaten.
Updated: 7:17 PM A sentencing Thursday in district court leaves one family relieved and another dismayed. Three defendant must spend time in prison for the beating death of 20 year old Lemmon Valley resident Jared Hyde, killed in February of last year.
Updated: 12:58 PM An overnight fire led to an arrest of a Reno man. Reno police and fire department were called to the 4100 block of Edrie Drive a little after one on Thursday morning for a structure fire. When they got there they found a flat bed trailer fully engulfed in the driveway of a home.
Updated: 11:57 AM Federal land managers are seeking public comment concerning a proposal to expand a gold mine about 45 miles northwest of Elko.
Updated: 10:06 AM Law officers in northeast Nevada are warning residents about a potential rental housing scam on the Internet.
Posted: 11:44 PM An expert says a fireball seen across a wide swath of the West from Reno to San Francisco might have broken up over the Pacific Ocean.
Updated: 7:12 PM Due to extreme winter weather conditions, Governor Sandoval has suspended the rules governing just how long propane transporters can stay behind the wheel. The action was taken to prevent a breakdown in propane being delivered to homes and even hospitals. Here in Nevada the governor can suspend such requirements when he determines there may be a threat the public welfare
Updated: 11:56 AM Reno police are investigating a shooting in which a man was shot multiple times Tuesday night.
Updated: 4:41 PM About 40 employees from a local mining and metallurgical consulting firm went home early Tuesday after a small fire at their business.
Updated: 4:00 PM An environmental group says Nevada had at least 61 record breaking weather events in 2012.
Updated: 7:48 PM 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.
Updated: 7:49 PM Weather forecasters warned northern Nevadans to brace for more bitter cold as the temperature dropped to a record minus 24 in Ely early Monday and wind chills were expected to drop to near 40 below as winds pick up Monday night into Tuesday.
