Renown employees will start to receive the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, according to the hospital’s vice president of pharmacy. Unlike the first round, which was administered at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, the second shots will be given at the hospital’s South Meadows location. The second dose will ultimately give people … Read more
A 21-year-old Salvadoran immigrant who faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted of killing four northern Nevadans during a two-week crime rampage in January 2019 is now scheduled to go to trial in September. However, Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman’s latest appeal is still pending before the state Supreme Court, and the district judge in … Read more
A local grant deadline is looming. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-010621-HANCOCK-Grant%20Deadline.mp3 Learn more at; carson.org/government/grant-funding
Rich Hancock reports on a looming local grant deadline; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-010621-HANCOCK-Grant%20Deadline.mp3 Learn more at; carson.org/government/grant-funding
A community grant deadline is pending. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-010621-HANCOCK-Grant%20Deadline.mp3 Learn more at; carson.org/government/grant-funding.
The state’s COVID-19 Task Force is urging you to get tested for coronavirus if you celebrated New Year’s Eve with people from outside your household. They say anyone who did participate in parties should act as if they have the virus-since asymptomatic spread is so common. The state’s positivity rate over the last two weeks … Read more
A man is arrested on DUI and destruction of property charges after police say he crashed his vehicle into two Midtown businesses. It happened Monday. Police say surveillance video shows 36-year-old Duva Orr reversing into Homegrown’s Gastropub patio then striking Shea’s Tavern patio-narrowly missing another vehicle. Police say Orr left the scene, then came back … Read more
Two car theft suspects, we told you about on KKFT, who were wanted have been caught. Deputies arrested 35-year-old Michael Pappas and Priya Khanna. Both are accused of stealing a car in Silver Springs Sunday and ditching it in Smith Valley, where they fled from Lyon County deputies. The search for them prompted a shelter-in-place … Read more
Three more people died from COVID-19 in Washoe County for a total of 508. The latest deaths involved women in their 50s, 70s, and 80s-all with underlying health conditions. The county added nearly 200 cases and 544 recoveries.
The Sierra Avalanche Center is warning about a high danger for avalanches. As more people turn to the backcountry, experts say it’s creating dangerous conditions. Snowpack and precipitation levels in northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra are “below normal” right now according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Nevada’s basins, right now, are about 30% … Read more