Lyon County News

Sen. Dean Heller last year added another source of income to supplement his $174,000 salary as a U.S. senator.

"He was amazing. He was super charming, funny, just an all-around really great guy." Delicia Jernigan is from Hawthorne, Nevada and says for her family was blindsided when her brother Anthony took his own life.

UPDATE 9:30pm - The fireis still estimated at 7,000 acres burned, and is approximately 15 percent contained at this time, according to Douglas County officials.

The Lyon County Olympic Games in Fernley started a year ago. "In one year, we have grown tremendously," says director of the games Julie Shoemaker.

A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line and was threatening many more Wednesday may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said.

UPDATE: Sierra Front now estimates the fire near Topaz Ranch Estates has burned about 3,500 acres.

UPDATE 6:00pm - Sierra Front Dispatch tells News 4 the fire is contained and crews are now mopping up the scene.

A trailer home and at least 60 acres have burned in a fire that started about 2:30 Tuesday afternoon.

Legislators heard a lot of reasons Monday why Laughlin residents should vote against incorporating into a city, and few on why they should vote yes.

Republican Danny Tarkanian, in his first TV ad in the race for Nevada's new congressional seat, takes aim at Washington for "not working." The 30-second spot begins with images of Tarkanian and his father, famed University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, dating to when he coached his son.

Bill number: HR 4039 * What it would do: Transfer more than 10,000 acres from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to the city of Yerington.