After living most of her life with diabetes, Paula Dumas of Gardnerville, is in stage 5 renal failure. She needs a kidney transplant. “People die every day on dialysis waiting for organs,” she says.

The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily restricting vehicle use in the Ray May Fire burn area south of Gardnerville and closing the site to woodcutting to help rehabilitation efforts.

LIVING alone and suffering from blurred vision, 80-year-old Bernabe Lobingco didn’t stand a chance to survive. He died trapped when a blaze erupted in his house in the remote barangay of...

The smoldering remains of a home destroyed by the fast-moving wildfire are seen south of Gardnerville, Nev., Tuesday May 22, 2012. The fire, pushed by strong winds, has burned over 3,500 acres destroying several homes in the rural area.

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(05-24) 07:24 PDT Wellington, Nev. (AP) -- A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private...

A fast-moving wildfire erupted in a rural neighborhood near the Nevada-California line and destroyed two homes Tuesday but no injuries were reported and the danger from what one frightened resident described as a "wall of fire" was subsiding as winds died at nightfall along the Sierra's eastern front.

Incline shortstop Grace Dolan digs a throw out of the dirt during the Highlanders' 11-9 win over Silver Stage on Friday afternoon at Lampe Park in Gardnerville.

The 7,500-acre Topaz Ranch Estates (TRE) Fire is now 85% contained. Full containment is expected by Sunday.

A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, i