Month: December 2020

Rich Hancock reports on two local teachers earning National Board certification; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-121820-HANCOCK-Teachers%20Honored.mp3 Read more at; carsoncityschools.com.

Two local teachers have earned National Board certification. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-121820-HANCOCK-Teachers%20Honored.mp3 Get more at; carsoncityschools.com

Washoe County’s death toll from COVID-19 is rising rapidly. We saw more than 50 deaths in the past week alone. In the last month, there have been 159 deaths in the county. That means 42 percent of overall deaths since the pandemic started happened in the past month. Washoe County added six COVID-19 deaths for … Read more

Washoe County Health Officer Kevin Dick is assuring Nevadans that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe. He says the vaccine has a 95% efficacy rate and went through rigorous trials in tens of thousands of Americans. Some had reactions-we often see with vaccines like headache, fever, or soreness at injection site. But it’s well-tolerated generally.

A Reno man is sentenced to three life sentences behind bars for child sex trafficking. Kevin Belcher, 28, was found guilty by a jury of multiple counts of sex trafficking a child under the age of 16. Belcher was arrested in May of last year as part of a Northern Nevada Child Exploitation Task Force … Read more

We now have the identities of two local people killed in separate crashes in snowy conditions over the weekend near Fernley. Melanie Taylor, 50, Fallon died after her vehicle rolled over on US 50 Alternate. Luis Aguilar-Hurtado of Sparks was killed in a truck rollover Saturday on I-80 near Nightingale Road.

Nevada reported a new record number of coronavirus deaths for a single day on Wednesday, the morning after Reno-area residents voiced strong objections to lawmakers about mask mandates, business restrictions and school closures. The 57 deaths topped the previous record of 50 set last Thursday, and they came as the state nears the 200,000 milestone … Read more

Washoe County students are on a two-hour delay due to a winter storm that’s moving into our area that will create slick and icy roads. This affects distance learning students as well as any student attending in person.

Citations issued for alleged violations of coronavirus restrictions at a Trump rally held in Douglas County have been dismissed. OSHA had fined ABS Aviation and Douglas County a combined amount of more than 55-hundred dollars for the September rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport. Both the county and the aviation company contested the fines citing selecting enforcement, … Read more

Washoe County adds six COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day. That brings the total number of deaths to 384. The latest death involved men and women in their 60s, 80s, and 90s…all with underlying health conditions. The county added nearly 330 cases. Hospitalizations also rose to 312. The latest coronavirus surge has led Saint … Read more