Reno News

When Ann Keniston was in elementary school, her babysitter -- a poet -- would take Keniston's writings to poetry readings and read them to audiences, explaining that the poems were the work of an 8-year-old.

The Truckee River is home to some trophy sized trout any angler would be happy to catch.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's "Climate Prediction Center" issued an El Nio watch Thursday, after temperatures and winds in the equatorial Pacific pointed to signs of warming.

It started as a pitch for one smarter city. One year after winning an IBM challenge, however, the proponents behind Reno's successful Smarter Cities proposal are thinking big.

With the start of spring only a couple of weeks away, experts are urging Reno-area residents and businesses to water trees to help them survive the drought.

Twenty-five years ago, the Friends of the University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno created the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.

Dawson City, Yukon, resident Heinz Naef is putting his world record moose rack on display in Dawson City this weekend.

An undercover operation conducted by Reno Police found many people in violation of basic pedestrian laws.

The Reno mayor's race and the issue of term limits have been hot button issues lately.

Sabrina Brown, Claudette Ward and Tamika Centers are charged along with Chante Taylor of Reno with conspiracy to file false claims against the federal government.

One person is arrested and several people were taken into custody after members of the Regional SWAT team responded to a residence near 7th Street and Eureka Avenue.

It's just past Mardi Gras but there are a number of events that play into that theme including the SPCA's Mardi Paws which concentrates on fat cats and on king canines .

K.C. Rivers scored 18 points to lead five Bighorns players in double figures as they beat the Idaho Stampede, 112-86, Friday at the Reno Events Center.

RENO, Nev. -- A rural Nevada sheriff's deputy is accused of stopping travelers on a lonely stretch of U.S. Interstate 80 and confiscating tens of thousands of dollars for the county without bringing charges, according to two federal lawsuits.

For once this week, the pool of mayoral candidates didn't expand on Friday. It did the opposite.

Reno police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at a park along the Truckee River just north of Renown Regional Medical Center.

A 28-year-old man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a woman in an apparent Carson City road rage incident.

Within a four-month period in the winter and spring of 1976, five young women disappeared in San Mateo County and were later found murdered.

Svitlana Weres was born and brought up in Kiev, the capitol of Ukraine. More than 18 years after she left Ukraine for the U.S., Weres, 47, now watches the political and military struggle in her home country from Reno.

In tonight's Places 2 Check Out, we take you inside Costa Vida - a new fresh Mexican restaurant that opened in south Reno last week.