UPDATE: The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District says the cause of the explosion at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency building was a gasoline leak and electrical sparks.
UPDATE: NDOT says US-95 is fully reopened near Hawthorne and Walker Lake. Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving an RV that happened just before 8:30 a.m.
If you're thinking about going on a hike it's important to know the forecast, because sometimes the weather will be just too dangerous to go out, and other times the majority of the day will be dry. If you do get caught in a storm there's a few things you can do to stay safe as well.
Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers are investigating a crash involving a motorcycle rider on the I-580 north on-ramp from South Virginia Street near Mt. Rose Highway.
Preference will be given to those able to relocate multiple houses together on the same property or neighboring properties to create a potential “historical” presence and to those willing to keep the houses in Washoe County.
The last day of school for Carson City School District students will remain Wednesday, June 6.
Reno's new city flag is getting some attention in from residents in the Midwest.
A lawyer for some of Cosby's accusers says "justice has been done" after the comedian's conviction on sexual assault charges.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has sworn in Mike Pompeo as secretary of state. Earlier, the Senate voted 57-42 to approve Pompeo.
Authorities have expanded the evacuation zone around a Wisconsin refinery that was rocked by an explosion and are now saying anyone within a three-mile radius should leave.
The government estimates that autism is becoming more common, but it's only a small increase and some experts think it can be largely explained by better diagnosing of minority children.
The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center is one of Northern Nevada's biggest economic drivers, home to Tesla, Switch, Google, and more than 100 other big businesses. While the center is frequently in the headlines, the man behind the center is not. Here is Channel 2's lifetime exclusive interview with Roger Norman, the man who negotiates from the shadows.
Thousands of communities across the country will be participating in National Drug Take Back Day later this week.
Some Dodson Elementary School students were evacuated from school on Thursday morning after an overhead projector sparked inside a classroom.
President Donald Trump will visit the United Kingdom on July 13 for a "working visit" with Prime Minister Theresa May.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job. Now all eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said he won't let the bill onto the Senate floor.
President Donald Trump says he thinks he swayed Emmanuel Macron's thinking on Iran during the French president's three-day state visit to Washington this week.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt faces potentially make-or-break hearings on Capitol Hill, where he is expected to face questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered bipartisan calls for his ouster.
For the 11th time, the National Association of Music Merchants has honored the Washoe County School District with its “Best Communities for Music Education” award.
The City of Sparks is filing an injunction after several fires started on three abandoned properties on Dermody Way. Since December 2016 the City has filed 19 notices of violation for dangerous conditions at the property.
President Trump says he told Jackson, a Navy vice admiral: "Welcome to Washington. Welcome to the swamp. Welcome to the world of politics,"
People who live in Lemmon Valley have reached out to us about increased road construction - so we checked it out.
President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Michael Cohen represents him "with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal" and "from what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong."
Marshalls says it will open a new store in Sierra Shopping Center in Susanville on Thursday.
During the three installation events, the northern Nevada Office plans to install 600 alarms, volunteers will customize evacuation plans and share educational information.
If you've lived - or bought a car - in northern Nevada over the past few decades, chances are you've heard the name Dolan. Meet the man behind the empire.
California authorities say DNA in two 1978 killings in Sacramento led to the arrest of a man suspected of being a serial killer tied to dozens of slayings and sexual assaults in the 1970s and '80s.
It finally feels like spring and it's been a busy week for the Reno Bike Project.
UPDATE: The road at US-95 and St. Clair in Fallon has been reopened.
On Wednesday, Governor Brian Sandoval held his annual fire briefing at the state capitol.
Allergy season has arrived and lots of people are feeling the effects. After a warm start to the winter season and a wet spring, lots of things are starting to bloom.
As hot weather returns, so do mosquitoes. Washoe County just started up its war against West Nile Virus. We look at the chances of the deadly disease returning this year, and what's being done to fight it.
Following Saturday’s construction, drivers will see several changes on USA Parkway near Electric Avenue.
Reno's new flag design features a blue background with a centered, circular emblem of mountain silhouettes and a star in the top corner.
A family spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is out of intensive care after being hospitalized a day after his wife's funeral.
Nevada Department of Transportation will conduct routine bridge inspections which means some roads will be temporarily closed.
The mayor of Dallas says a police officer has died a day after a shooting that also wounded another officer and a home improvement store employee.
A gunman in Maine killed a sheriff's deputy, stole his cruiser and robbed a convenience store early Wednesday, triggering an intensive manhunt in a heavily wooded rural town.
The 4000 block of Bottom Road in Fallon has been closed due to the discovery of a sinkhole, Churchill County Sheriff's Office reports.
NDOT will be closing part of the intersection on State Route 88 and Centerville Lane in Douglas County for 10 days, starting April 23. Daytime single lane closures will start on April 23 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a pilot car alternating directions of traffic through the intersection.
On Thursday, April 26, Maddie's Pet Project will be launching at the Nevada Humane Society. The new initiative is designed to save the lives of homeless pets in Nevada.
The Mountain Housing Council of Tahoe Truckee is scheduled to hold its annual housing meeting in Kings Beach on April 28th. Topics will include impact fees and new housing options.
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