A federal judge has refused to grant a new trial for a Nevada trucking firm ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in damages to Amtrak after a truck slammed into a train at a rural crossing in 2011, killing six people.

While a lot of attention has been given to the backlog of cargo along the California coast, there's a backlog of another kind growing here in Northern Nevada. And that's containers waiting for export.

With Tesla coming to northern Nevada, more businesses are expected to follow, bringing the potential of tens of thousands of jobs.

Lawyers for Amtrak, the Union Pacific Railroad and a Nevada trucking firm have started making their case in what's expected to be a six-week trial to determine who was to blame when a semi-truck slammed into a passenger train in a fiery crash that killed six people in 2011.

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A federal judge in Reno has seated a jury to hear competing lawsuits between Amtrak, Union Pacific Railroad and a Nevada trucking firm over a train-truck crash that killed six people 70 miles east of Reno three years ago. 

A federal judge in Reno has seated a jury to hear competing lawsuits between Amtrak, Union Pacific Railroad and a Nevada trucking firm over a train-truck crash that killed six people 70 miles east of Reno three years ago.

Driver-assisted technology could be on its way to Nevada highways - and it could even involve semi-trucks.