Hawk Fire evacuations in Reno slightly eased as firefighters make gains
Shifting winds challenged firefighters battling the Hawk Fire in Reno, Nevada, that was keeping tens of thousands of people evacuated.
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Shifting winds challenged firefighters battling the Hawk Fire in Reno, Nevada, that was keeping tens of thousands of people evacuated.
A wildfire that started over the weekend along the California-Nevada border has exploded in size, burning 15,000 acres and prompting evacuations near Reno, officials said.
An early morning earthquake in Nevada on Friday was felt as far west as the Sacramento Valley.
A freight train derailment near Reno saw more than a dozen railcars crash off the tracks Friday morning.
Authorities in the Lake Tahoe region on Thursday announced the arrests of 15 people in California and Nevada as part of bust targeting gangs and drug sales.
Authorities say the suspect has now died in Monday's shooting at the Grand Sierra Resort casino in Reno that left three others dead and three people hurt.
The Davis Fire that burned south of Reno last year and destroyed over a dozen homes was classified as accidental, with investigators saying it was started by an improperly extinguished campfire or warming fire.
A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Reno was forced to make an emergency landing in Sacramento Wednesday evening, the second such incident involving a Southwest flight from the Bay Area in as many days.
Wildfires in California have already burned nearly three times as much acreage than during all of 2023.
Crews battling the Davis Fire near Reno were bracing for high winds and low humidity Tuesday as a Red Flag Warning went into effect through Wednesday evening.
The Davis Fire south of Reno has burned approximately 5,000 acres according to fire officials, triggering evacuations and forcing school closures across the area.
Elizabeth Cook reports on the Davis Fire burning near Reno.
Hundreds of people were allowed to return home Tuesday after being forced to flee a wildfire west of Reno that also shut down Interstate 80 along the California-Nevada line.
A county in Nevada is the third in recent months to have a local official refuse to certify election results.
And these officials, a CBS News investigation finds, are charged with certifying election results for the presidential election and other races.
A powerful blizzard is dumping snow in the Sierra Nevada as gusty winds and heavy rain hit lower elevations.
Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival.
A preliminary investigation suggests there was confusion among pilots just before a fatal mid-air collision at the National Championship Air Races last month but sheds little light on why.
Authorities have released the names of two California pilots who died over the weekend in a collision during an air racing event in Reno.
Two pilots were killed when their planes collided at the 2023 National Championship Air Races in Reno, officials said Sunday.
The rain has passed, and the temple has burned. Now, as Burning Man slowly empties, it's time to clean up.
A man who is accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her in a cinderblock cell that she escaped by punching her way out had been on law enforcement's radar and is now suspected in other sexual assaults.
County commissioners have rescinded an energy company's permit to drill exploratory wells for a geothermal project in the Nevada desert near the site of the annual Burning Man counterculture festival about 110 miles north of Reno.
A relentless winter at Lake Tahoe has now etched its way into the history books as the Sierra's second-snowiest on record.
A representative for the Marvel superhero was quoted as saying he was in "critical but stable condition" after an accident while plowing snow.
