Food, fruit smashing, and live music define the annual Great Italian Festival in downtown Reno.

Firefighters are responding to a fire near at the Carson City Landfill on Flint Road in Carson City.

The Nevada Day Parade is Saturday, October 31 in Carson City and many downtown streets will be closed as a result.

The Upper Fire was reported around 5:20 a.m. Saturday near South Upper Truckee Road and State Route 89, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

The Nevada Department of Transportation is advising motorists to be aware of changing traffic patterns as new ramps connecting U.S. 395 and North Virginia Street in the North Valleys open next week.

Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison. That is according to a statement by her attorneys released Saturday. The statement says Pike is back at the women’s prison where…