Air Race Safety Questioned After Latest Crash
Last Updated: 3:59 AM 09/08/08 -
Questions about the safety of the Reno air races continue to pop up after Saturday's deadly crash, the nineteenth fatal accident in the races 45-year history. (Full Story) |
One Dead After Plane Crash In Stead
Last Updated: 10:29 AM 09/07/08 -
A pilot has been killed in a crash during a practice run before the start of the annual Reno National Championship Air Races.
(Full Story) |
Nevada, California Officials Sign Landmark Water Deal
Last Updated: 10:51 AM 09/07/08 -
Officials from Nevada, California and the federal government have
signed a landmark agreement that settles a century-plus-old dispute
over the Truckee River's water.
(Full Story) |
Lippincott Done For the Season
Last Updated: 10:04 AM 09/07/08 -
Wolf Pack running back Luke Lippincott tore his ACL on Saturday night. He is out for the remainder of the season. (Full Story) |
Feds Taking Over Mortgage Giants
Last Updated: 11:12 AM 09/07/08 -
Bush administration, acting to avert the
potential for major financial turmoil, says the federal government
was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Full Story) |
Powerful Hurricane Ike may swipe Florida Keys
Last Updated: 7:28 AM 09/08/08 -
Most storm-hardened residents of the Florida Keys stayed put Monday despite day-old instructions to evacuate as a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba and stayed on track to swipe the low-lying island chain.
(Full Story) |
Burleson Injures Knee
Last Updated: 5:50 PM 09/07/08 -
Former Wolf Pack star Nate Burleson injured his knee during the third quarter of Seattle's 34-10 loss to Buffalo. (Full Story) |
Ike Picking Up Steam
Last Updated: 10:34 AM 09/07/08 -
Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike. (Full Story) |
Tropical Storm Hanna Continues To Move Up
Last Updated: 10:03 AM 09/07/08 -
Tropical Storm knocks out power to almost 100 thousand homes (Full Story) |
Nevada DMV Worker Arrested
Last Updated: 11:25 AM 09/05/08 -
Federal authorities say she took money in exchange for giving driver's licenses & state ID cards to illegal aliens. (Full Story) |
Wolf Pack Loses to #12 Texas Tech
Last Updated: 10:05 AM 09/07/08 -
The Wolf Pack lost to 12th ranked Texas Tech 35-19 on Saturday night. The loss drops the Pack to 1-1 on the season. (Full Story) |
Early Morning Quake Hits Northern Nevada
Last Updated: 3:58 AM 09/08/08 -
An earthquake has shaken the area around Swedes Place in northern Nevada. The U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary report put the quake at 4.1-magnitude. The temblor hit just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage. (Full Story) |
Football A Learning Experience At Pyramid Lake
Last Updated: 12:18 PM 09/06/08 -
School obsessed with basketball trying to branch out on the gridiron (Full Story) |
Elko Student Proposes Going Green To Save Money
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 09/06/08 -
The 15-year-old Eagle Scout recently proposed to the Elko County
School Board a plan to harvest the sun's power through solar panels
placed on the roof of a school building. (Full Story) |
Fernley Developers Targeted by Canal Proposal
Last Updated: 4:19 PM 09/05/08 -
Developers would face new requirements if they build homes or commercial buildings near the aging Truckee Canal in Fernley under a proposal being considered by the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. (Full Story) |
Explorers Still Looking for Steve Fossett, New Report Details Final Flight
Last Updated: 3:33 PM 09/05/08 -
As a new hunt continued for famed aviator-adventurer Steve Fossett, missing for a year, a federal agency released a report stating that Fossett was last seen in the search area flying less than 100 feet above the ground in a borrowed plane. (Full Story) |
Deadly Highway Claims Another Life Near Hazen
Last Updated: 1:15 AM 09/06/08 -
Nearly 20 killed on stretch of highway in the past three years (Full Story) |
New Standards Expected For Nevada's Public Defenders
Last Updated: 12:23 PM 09/06/08 -
The Nevada Supreme Court plans a decision by mid-October on standards to ensure that indigents charged with crimes get adequate legal counsel. (Full Story) |
Bush to Announce U.S. Troop Levels Next Week
Last Updated: 11:10 AM 09/05/08 -
The president is expected to largely follow the recommendations of his military leaders to cut troop levels there by up to 8,000 by mid-January. (Full Story) |
Highway Funds Nearly Gone
Last Updated: 11:05 AM 09/05/08 -
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters says the federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month. (Full Story) |
Nevada Supreme Court Rejects 3 Tax Ballot Measures
Last Updated: 3:49 PM 09/04/08 -
The Nevada Supreme Court has refused to allow public votes in November on two tax-shifting plans and a third tax-restricting plan backed by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. (Full Story) |
Suspect in Fatal Motel Beating Indicted in Reno
Last Updated: 11:44 AM 09/04/08 -
A man accused in the beating death of another man at a Reno motel has been indicted for murder by a Washoe County grand jury. (Full Story) |
Probe Continues Into Shooting by Nev. Deputies
Last Updated: 12:02 PM 09/04/08 -
A man shot and killed by Mineral County sheriff's deputies was a fugitive from North Dakota who failed to report to prison after being convicted of stealing and transporting weapons, a federal attorney said Thursday. (Full Story) |
Miners' Checks Bounce, Newmont Will Pay
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 09/04/08 -
Newmont Mining Corp. says it will cover the bounced paychecks of workers who were laid off in August from the Jerritt Canyon Mine by another mining outfit. (Full Story) |
Social Security Debit Cards
Last Updated: 3:38 AM 09/04/08 -
Social security recipients will soon have the option of getting a debit card instead of a check in the mail for their monthly income. (Full Story) |
Estes Back From DL
Last Updated: 11:02 PM 09/04/08 -
Douglas High grad Shawn Estes won his first game in over three months on Thursday night, beating the Brewers 5-2. (Full Story) |
Court Rejects Raggio Challenge
Last Updated: 7:12 PM 09/04/08 -
A legal challenge aimed at keeping veteran Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, off the ballot this year was rejected Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court. (Full Story) |
Bullying 101
Last Updated: 7:03 PM 09/04/08 -
Mendive MIddle School students learn how their words and deeds can have a profound affect on fellow students. (Full Story) |
Judge: New Money Design Should Accommodate Blind
Last Updated: 10:24 AM 09/04/08 -
When the next generations of $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills roll off the presses, there should be some way for blind people to tell them apart, a federal judge said Thursday. (Full Story) |
E.P.A. Demanding Cleaner Lawnmowers
Last Updated: 10:38 AM 09/04/08 -
Gasoline-powered lawnmowers blamed for summertime air pollution will have to be cleaner under new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency. (Full Story) |
Bush Considering U.S. Troop Levels in Iraq
Last Updated: 10:25 AM 09/04/08 -
With recommendations from his top military advisers in hand, President Bush is weighing when to resume a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and at what pace, the White House said Thursday. (Full Story) |
FDA Orders Stronger Drug Warnings
Last Updated: 10:14 AM 09/04/08 -
The Food and Drug Administration is ordering stronger warnings on four medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. (Full Story) |
Oil Prices Down Following Report
Last Updated: 10:16 AM 09/04/08 -
Oil prices are falling after the U.S. government reported a smaller-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies. (Full Story) |
Afghan Leader Vows Punishment for Deadly U.S. Raid
Last Updated: 10:23 AM 09/04/08 -
Afghanistan's president is vowing to punish those responsible for a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos. (Full Story) |
Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized for Stomach Pains
Last Updated: 10:19 AM 09/04/08 -
Jackson says that doctors told him he has viral gastroenteritis, but are conducting more tests. (Full Story) |
Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty, Will Resign
Last Updated: 11:39 AM 09/04/08 -
Detroit's mayor pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal and will step down. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million. (Full Story) |
Victims of Tanker Crash Identified
Last Updated: 5:16 AM 09/04/08 -
The victims of Labor Day's Tanker crash have been identified by the Washoe County Coroners Office. (Full Story) |
Governor's Lawyer Defends Tax Break
Last Updated: 5:18 AM 09/04/08 -
A lawyer for Republican Governor Jim Gibbons is pressing for dismissal of complaint filed by a state Democratic Party official over land Gibbons owns in eastern Nevada, terming the complaint "unsupportable and specious." (Full Story) |
Fed Investigators Perplexed by Reno Tanker Crash
Last Updated: 5:19 AM 09/04/08 -
Federal investigators said Wednesday they're perplexed by the jet engine fire that preceded the fatal crash of an air tanker near Reno this week because there's been no known similar incident before in that type of aircraft.
(Full Story) |
Scientists Say Asian Clams Possible Threat to Tahoe
Last Updated: 5:20 AM 09/04/08 -
Scientists already worried that Lake Tahoe's delicate ecosystem could be upset by foreign mussels also are studying whether another invasive mollusk is cause for alarm. (Full Story) |
Barrier in Storm Tunnel Removed
Last Updated: 9:24 AM 09/04/08 -
A barrier built in the storm tunnel that runs beneath the U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales, Arizona, has been torn down. (Full Story) |
List of Proposed Laws Grows
Last Updated: 5:21 AM 09/04/08 -
Las Vegas Metro Police want to raise the sales tax, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons wants to limit anti-war demonstrations near military funerals and taxi regulators would like to bar cabbies from using cell phones while hauling passengers. (Full Story) |
Heavy Trucks Barred From Bridge
Last Updated: 8:18 AM 09/04/08 -
Federal highway officials have asked the state to restrict heavily laden trucks from using a Big Dig bridge after inspectors found a crack on a concrete support. (Full Story) |
Olympians Touch Down In Reno
Last Updated: 11:45 PM 09/03/08 -
Gold and silver medalists getting ready for big event at Lawlor (Full Story) |
Women await Palin Speech
Last Updated: 7:43 PM 09/03/08 -
Local women will watch Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's acceptance speech tonight. But each will be looking for different answers. (Full Story) |
Reno Fire Chief, Mayor, Defend Response Time
Last Updated: 12:27 PM 09/03/08 -
Reno's mayor and fire chief say the fire department's response time was six minutes to get to an Aug. 18 blaze that destroyed six homes.
(Full Story) |
Paroled Rapist Pleads Guilty to Reno Assaults
Last Updated: 4:31 PM 09/03/08 -
A paroled rapist has pleaded guilty to raping two Reno women at gunpoint is separate incidents. (Full Story) |
Death Investigation in Susanville
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 09/03/08 -
Police in Susanville are looking into two shooting deaths from Tuesday. (Full Story) |
Murder Evidence
Last Updated: 6:52 PM 02/16/07 -
A Minden woman, already charged with stealing money from her husband's business is now accused of his murder. His body was found five-months ago dumped in the desert just a few miles from his work place at the Minden -Tahoe Airport. (Full Story) |
Drug Sting Revealed
Last Updated: 2:35 PM 03/01/07 -
News Channel 8's special report, "Drug Sting Revealed," revealed much more than just a drug problem in Reno. (Full Story) |
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