Reno teen shot by school officer moved out of intensive care
A 14-year-old Reno boy shot last month by a school police officer is showing improvement and soon will be moved to a rehab center. He spent the past three weeks in a medically induced coma at Renown...
View ArticleReno Arch protester who punched truck passenger avoids jail
One of the protesters at a Native American rally in Reno in October has been sentenced to 16 hours community service after he admitted punching a passenger in a pickup truck that drove into the...
View ArticleFlood warning issued in Northern Nevada as wet winter weather slams western US
A woman walks in the rain in downtown Reno on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, across a bridge above the rising waters of the Truckee River. A flashflood was in effect in Reno, 40 miles downstream from Lake...
View ArticleSandoval to tour flood-prone sites in Reno area
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and local officials plan to visit flood-prone areas of Washoe County in advance of anticipated flooding in the Reno area later in the weekend due to storm runoff. The...
View ArticleRoads, bridges in northern Nevada close ahead of flooding
In this Saturday Jan. 7, 2017 photo, City of Reno crews close flood-prone roads and bridges in Northern Nevada late Saturday, including the Lake Street bridge over the Truckee River by the old Reno...
View ArticleNorthern Nevada braces for worst flooding in a decade
Flooding in Reno forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 homes, closed streets and highway stretches and prompted Gov. Brian Sandoval to tell nonessential state workers to stay home Monday. As of...
View ArticleLas Vegas women head to D.C. to send a message to Trump
Claudia Keelan arrives at McCarran International Airport on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Las Vegas. Keelan departs for District of Columbia to participate in the Women's March in Washington.
View ArticleElectric buses to test autonomous driving technology in Reno area
A study of autonomous driving technology will use electric buses in Reno, Sparks and Carson City.
View ArticleCreation of Tule Springs State Park will highlight prehistoric relics
UNLV Geology Professor Stephen Rowland talks at Tule Springs State Park on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, where 20,000 year old animal fossils were found in 2011, in Las Vegas. @bizutesfaye The Walker River...
View ArticleState agency keeps worker behind the wheel despite 3 DUI arrests
A state agency that can suspend a cab or limo driver's license for drunken driving allowed one of its law enforcement officers to continue using a state vehicle - which he crashed earlier this month -...
View ArticleDefense attorney seeks reporter's records for opioid case
The attorney for a defendant in an opioid distribution case is seeking the records of the Reno Gazette-Journal and once of its reporters. The newspaper reports that an attorney for Braden Riley is...
View ArticleDrunk driving state employee's supervisors notified of two arrests but...
Authorities notified two state agencies about the drunken driving arrests of an employee who was later allowed to continue working as a law officer with use of a state vehicle. Washoe County Sheriff's...
View ArticleSupervisors knew of Nevada law officer's DUI arrests
Sherry Stafford's Honda CR-V was totaled after a state transportation supervisor, who had three DUI arrested, crashed his state-owned Ford Explorer into her SUV parked on a Carson City street. Sherry...
View ArticleReno police officer shoots suspect in knife fight at motel
The Washoe County sheriff's office is investigating the shooting of a Reno police officer of a suspect who allegedly refused to drop a knife during a fight with another man at a downtown motel.
View ArticleReno author shares Nevada's colorful past through collection of antique...
Author Fred Holabird poses with his extensive collection of antique drug store bottles that he has found around the state. Holabird, who just released his second volume of his The Nevada Bottle Book...
View ArticleNevada casinos register $1.04B win for January, up 12 percent
The state's casinos delivered a 12 percent increase in gaming win in January over last year and the $1.04 billion won was the highest since February 2013. The state Gaming Control Board also reported...
View ArticleLaw change would allow gender-identity name change to avoid public notice in...
Brooke Maylath of Reno, right, testifies in support of Senate Bill 110 before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Carson City. Bill sponsor Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, is...
View ArticleSnow, rain in mountains around Lake Tahoe push lake to highest level in more...
Water from Lake Tahoe flows into the Truckee River through the dam at Tahoe City, Calif., in this photo taken on Feb. 23, 2017. The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Tahoe have...
View ArticleBill would increase Nevada craft beer production, but sellers oppose plan
A bill seeking to increase the amount of beer craft breweries can produce annually ran into a foamy wall of opposition from large liquor interests during a legislative hearing Wednesday. Senate Bill...
View ArticleReno man sentenced in terrorism plot that targeted India
A Reno man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a terrorism conspiracy that targeted India. Balwinder Singh, 42, of Reno pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to...
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