Month: February 2020

Sanders now leads a less-crowded field of Democrats. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-022420-HANCOCK-Sanders%20Wins%20NV.mp3

Rich Hancock reports on the third contest establishing the frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic nomination; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-022420-HANCOCK-Sanders%20Wins%20NV.mp3

The third state to vote has established the frontrunner in the 2020 nomination race. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-022420-HANCOCK-Sanders%20Wins%20NV.mp3 [recorded copy] Nevada’s Caucuses esteblished Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. The self-described Democratic Socialist Vermont Senator beat former VP Joe Biden, followed by Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren. 14 states decide on … Read more

A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle in Reno. It happened on South McCarran Boulevard west of Longley Lane at 5:30 a.m. Friday.

Bathroom doors will be out back on the hinges at Damonte Ranch High School. Students came to school Wednesday to find the doors gone, but now the Washoe County School District has decided to reverse course. In a note to parents, obtained by The Reno Gazette-Journal, principal Darvel Bell says the decision was aimed at … Read more

Mackay Stadium is under renovation once again. UNR is working to correct issues regarding bringing the facility into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The major changes are happening on the west side of the stadium-where you’ll find ADA stadium seating without an obstructed view. Once complete in the summer of this year, the … Read more

A new automated sorting facility opens in Reno. OnTrac says its new system will speed up deliveries, sending out three times as many packages as they were able to do before.

Four people are arrested in a crackdown on illegal street racing in Sparks. Police made the arrests last week, they also towed four vehicles and cited 46 others after receiving several complaints about the high-speed races in the Truckee Meadows area.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police body-camera video involving juveniles is not a public record. A three-justice panel denied a national Republican political group’s bid to obtain Las Vegas police body camera video footage from a 2017 incident involving juveniles including the son of Democratic state Attorney General Aaron Ford. A three-justice panel … Read more

According to fire officials, there are only minor injuries after a cement truck was struck by a passenger train near a Frontage Road east of Sparks by Derby Dam. It happened at about 10 a.m. on Thursday at Frontage Road 417 . The frontage road is east of USA Parkway. According to a Truckee Meadows … Read more