Washoe County employees held a donation drive to benefit Lemmon Valley flod victims.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says a Fresno man died in a fall from the parking structure at Harveys Casino in Stateline at Lake Tahoe. Deputies were notified of a man with a traumatic injury next to the parking structure along Highway 50 at 3AM Sunday......

Elko Assemblyman John Ellison has had it with slow drivers and wants law enforcement to ‘persuade’ motorists who are driving slow in the fast lane to move over…without being ticketed.......

With an improving economy, experts are predicting a great year for the travel industry, and plenty of bargains on flights and rooms for travelers, to keep up that momentum.

The Washoe County School District is wasting no time in getting repairs done, and adding new portables to schools all over the Truckee Meadows.

Francis William “Bill” Farr, who served as the city of Sparks fire chief longer than anyone and also served as a Washoe County commissioner and Nevada state senator, died Saturday. Farr was 93 years old. Details on any funeral arrangements were not immediately available. Farr served as Sparks fire chief from 1951 to 1976.

Nevada lawmakers are turning their attention this week to multiple measures that would mandate or help businesses afford to give workers paid leave from work. Lawmakers also will consider whether to ask voters to remove taxes from feminine hygiene products. One committee will hold a Friday hearing in Las Vegas regarding Red Rock Canyon. But first, they face a deadline to put their policy ideas into writing. They're due Monday night.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife has confirmed a wolf from the Shasta Pack in Northern California was spotted near Fox Mountain back in November. Fox Mountain is in northern Washoe County, west of the Black Rock Desert. This is NDOW's first verified presence of a wolf in Nevada since 1922. The Shasta Pack from California has seven known members, two adults and five offspring. NDOW oficials say that while none of the wolves in this pack has a radio collar and has been located recently, there is no evidence the animals reside within Nevada.

The Elko County School District is planning to update its aging fleet of school buses with 20 new vehicles this spring. Transportation Director Bill Micheli says the new buses should reduce the overall age of Elko's fleet, which is considerably older than the national average fleet age of nine. The total cost for the new vehicles is $2.75 million. There are currently 72 buses in Elko's fleet. Micheli hopes to get rid of 10 after the new vehicles are added.

There was a donation drive to benefit Lemmon Valley flood victims yesterday.