Month: December 2020

NDOT Directors meet Monday. Meg Ragonese has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-121120-RAGONESE-Public%20Meeting.mp3 For more, go to; nevadadot.com.

Meg Ragonese has details of Monday’s NDOT meeting; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-121120-RAGONESE-Public%20Meeting.mp3 Go to; nevadadot.com.

Second Judicial District Court Judge Egan Walker has tested positive for COVID-19. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports Walker was hospitalized at Northern Nevada Medical Center where he’s expected to recover from the virus. The courthouse has been closed to the public, so Walker’s not been there in at least a month.

State health officials facing a backlog in contact tracing abilities due to a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases are unveiling a new way they hope to get to people faster. They’ve launched an exposure notification system that notifies you if you’ve been within 6 feet of someone who’s COVID positive for 15 minutes or more. … Read more

Washoe County adds 10 COVID-19 deaths bringing the total to 338. This month alone, the county has seen 60 COVID-19 deaths. The county added 284 new cases Wednesday and a whopping 732 recoveries. The health district says the increase in recoveries was due to an audit of data. Meantime, the Quad-County region added more than … Read more

An officer-involved shooting is under investigation in Sparks. It happened early this morning at on the 1100 block of Victorian Avenue. Police got a call about a disturbance at a business and spotted a suspect driving away on Pyramid Highway near McCarran Boulevard, where the shooting took place. The suspect was hospitalized but the extent … Read more

A Reno man is dead is an industrial accident in the Geiger Grade-area It happened as two men were working on a manufactured home when deputies say one of them became trapped between sections. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Washoe County’s active cases of COVID-19 are up to 11,787. The number of deaths is also climbing. The disease has killed 60 Washoe County residents in December, alone. There are so many new daily cases that the Washoe County Health District’s investigators are scaling back. “Our disease investigators are overwhelmed and we’re no longer able … Read more

A construction worker died while working on a home near Geiger Grade on Wednesday. According to a Washoe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, it happened about 3:45 p.m. when deputies responded to a report of an injured man who was working on a home. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no reports … Read more

Joyful Noise will be virtual this holiday season. Conductor David Bugli has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-121020-BUGLI-Streaming%20Joyful%20Noise.mp3