RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane believed to have two people aboard crashed in northwestern Nevada and that there were "no known survivors."
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Firefighters in northern Nevada say they've reached 45 percent containment on a wild land blaze that has destroyed or damaged at least three residences north of Reno since an arsonist allegedly started it last Friday.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — More residents are returning to their homes north of Reno following evacuations because of a large wildfire near Pyramid Lake. But more than two dozen remain holed up at a Red Cross shelter that's continuing to provide services and supplies to evacuees.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 34-year-old Nevada man has been arrested as an arson suspect in a wildfire that has burned more than 68 square miles of mostly rangeland and forced evacuations north of Reno.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Firefighters have snuffed out a wildland blaze that burned about 100 acres of grass and sagebrush in a remote area north of Pyramid Lake.
The Nevada Department of Transportation is opening Pyramid Lake Highway after completing the majority of flood damage repairs.
State Route 446 has been closed since flooding damaged much of the roadway, caving in one 50-foot section of the highway and washing out 10 other areas.
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe estimates that it will have to dish out about $3.9 million to cover the damage done to local roadways, ditches and the lake’s shorelines after heavy rainfall in January and February.
Fred Lewis cradles his Yorkie, Oscar, and rocks reflexively in an upholstered recliner near the front window of the mobile home from which he oversees Thunder Mountain Monument.
"The level of the water in the lake is very concerning, because, basically, Pyramid Lake is our identity, being the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. So, if we no longer have a lake, it also influences out cultural identity and who we are as a people."
Back in the 1930s and 40s, Nevada was one of the few states you could get a quick divorce. So many people flew in for a few weeks or months - the time it took to complete the paperwork.
Back in the 1930s and 40s, Nevada was one of the few states you could get a quick divorce. So many people flew in for a few weeks or months - the time it took to complete the paperwork.
