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Detectives believe a retired U.S. Army colonel killed his wife in Nevada and buried her in a "sophisticated grave" in their backyard before he made up a story about her death, then committed suicide two weeks later when police started questioning him about her disappearance.

The Josh Homme-led rock group Queens of the Stone Age announced it would make a tour stop in Reno this spring.

"I don't even know that we've ever played Lake Tahoe," Young Dubliners frontman Keith Roberts said in a recent interview with Best Bets.

This doesn't qualify them to be mayor Also, the fact that Jessica Sferrazza's father was mayor lends no additional credibility to Jessica's credentials to be mayor.

Whether you are looking to celebrate your Irish heritage this St. Patrick's Day or a fun time out on the town, Reno has something for everyone from run/walks to fundraising events.

Former West Point Psychology teacher and noted author Lt. Col. Dave Grossman spoke to a crowd at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center Thursday.

The city of Reno's Community Development Department's business license division has been recognized as a 2014 Cashman Good Government Award finalist.

The city of Reno is in discussions with a Reno startup called BHeard to possibly use its social action app to help communicate with area residents, city communications manager Deanna Gescheider confirmed.

The debate in Reno between Republican lieutenant governor candidates Sue Lowden and Mark Hutchison on Thursday lacked the drama of their first debate -- shown on Ralston Reports, a statewide TV show about current affairs.

The city of Reno is in debt to the tune of $547 million. It's a shocking number, particularly when you compare that to the debt just 15 years ago: $112 million.

In County Cork in Ireland, a float in Monday's St. Patrick's Day Parade will pay tribute Blanchfield, an Irish native and decorated Royal Air Force pilot in World War I. And on Sunday in Reno, the Sons and Daughters of Erin - an Irish heritage group - will continue the tradition of placing a shamrock sent from Ireland on Blanchfield's grave in ... (more)

The candidate pool for Reno mayor grew once again today. Seventeen candidates have declared their intention to run- 16 have formally filed to do so.

In a few years, Reno area beer-lovers could be drinking a craft brew made from locally grown hops.

The candidate pool for Reno mayor grew once again today. Seventeen candidates have declared their intention to run- 16 have formally filed to do so.

U.S. Firearms Academy and MiScenarios joined forces with the Washoe County Sheriff's K-9 unit, Sparks, and Reno PD K-9 units for a fundraising campaign called Kash for K9s.

The Veterans Guest House is holding its 11th annual radio-thon Friday in Reno at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa.

Washoe County Commissioner Marsha Berkbigler's first major fundraiser for her Reno mayoral campaign will be hosted by a local developer who is seeking to build a controversial apartment complex in Spanish Springs.

Most Nevadans traditionally don't pay much attention to primary elections. It was low turnout that allowed former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, for instance, to upset the Republican Party front-runner, former State Sen. Sue Lowden, for the right to challenge U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in the 2000 election.

Improving education for all of Nevada's students was the topic today at the 5th annual Family Engagement in Education Summit in Reno.

Authorities worked Thursday to identity a body found in the backyard of a Nevada home where a missing woman had lived with her husband before he committed suicide after police questioned him about her disappearance.