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Just in case you didn’t know, Nevada Highway Patrol began enforcing the state’s new distracted driving law that bans motorists from texting and using hand-held cellphones while driving, Oct. 1.

RENO, Nev. - Nevada's ban on cell phone use while driving provided a little boost to northern Nevada businesses that sell hands-free headsets.John Comen, an authorized wireless retailer who owns se...

By Don Quilici
It’s that time of the year, once again, to visit a special place known as Apple Hill. If you are a newcomer to this area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill.
And, if you are a newcomer, about now you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Well, the correct answer is: “Apple Hill is not a specific hill or a specific location; on the contrary, it is a large geographic area.”

All California and Nevada residents, businesses, schools and organizations are urged to register now to be part of the world’s largest public earthquake drill - “The Great ShakeOut.” The University of Nevada, Reno’s Seismology Laboratory is again teaming Nevada up with California and new partners Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Guam to build awareness and get residents to practice how to respond in an earthquake.

Once in a while, a spectacular piece of movie-making reminds us that films are capable of telling stories in a unique way. "Drive," a 100-minute film that easily navigates a broad range of emoti...

Deputies said the vehicle Wilcher was driving belongs to his mother, which he had reportedly stolen earlier today. The youth was not injured, deputies said. Wilcher was being held on $332000 bail. — L...

A gunman who opened fire inside a Carson City restaurant has torn a hole through the South Lake Tahoe community, taking the life of a long-time local woman, maiming her disabled husband, and sending shock waves in the community after learning the gunman has family business ties in town.
The brutal murder that happened inside the International House of Pancakes this week claimed the lives of three U.S. Army National Guard personnel and Lake Tahoe Keys resident Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67. Shooter Eduardo Sencion, 32, of Carson City turned the automatic weapon he was packing on himself and left both communities stunned and asking questions about why such a senseless act of violence happened.

The Pleasanton man's car had been parked in the driveway of his west Lake Tahoe cabin. After wedging itself inside the car, the bear became stuck. Frustrated, hungry and mad, it kicked, scratched,...

By Kirk Caraway, Jeff Munson and T. Costa
Update 2:00 p.m.: Here is what we know at this point:

Four people are dead, including the gunman who shot himself and died later at the hospital. Two of the dead where a man and women in the National Guard, who were in uniform.

There is a press conference scheduled for 3 p.m.

A few minutes before 9 a.m., a lone gunman armed with automatic AK-47-type assault rifle drives up to the IHOP on South Carson Street, and begins shooting in the parking lot. Locals BBQ owner Ralph Swagler said he saw the man drive up, and then empty a clip of ammo outside the IHOP, then reloads and goes inside, where he fires more shots very rapidly and exits within a few seconds.

Swagler said the gunman then saw his son locking the door of their business and opened fire at them. He also allegedly fired shots at the H&R Block office next door. Sometime after, the gunman shot himself, and died later at the hospital.

Witnesses recount events

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Wednesday DUI checkpoint netted four arrests for suspected drunken driving, according to a Friday statement from police. One person was also arrested for possession of ...

A Minden woman sustained life-threatening injuries when the vehicle she was driving up Blue Lakes Road lost control, hit a tree, flipped and came to rest ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../minden-woman-seri...