The COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson is now in Washoe County. The Washoe County Health District received its first shipment of the vaccine Tuesday, totaling 3,600 doses. The County’s Regional COVID-19 Response Team is working to distribute the new vaccine, but details have not yet been released. Experts say you should get whatever vaccine … Read more
Authorities say a suspect in a Reno homicide was taken into custody over 200 miles away after a chase involving officers from multiple agencies. Officials said the vehicle was pursued north to the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation on the Nevada-Oregon border where the driver was arrested. Nicholas Silva, 23, was arrested on suspicion of homicide … Read more
Nevada’s 2021 legislative majority is backing vote by mail and straight ticket voting. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-030321-HANCOCK-Mail%20Ballots.mp3
Rich Hancock reports Nevada’s 2021 legislative majority backs voting by mail; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-030321-HANCOCK-Mail%20Ballots.mp3 Read more online at; carsonnow.org
Nevada’s 2021 legislative majority backs voting by mail. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-030321-HANCOCK-Mail%20Ballots.mp3 While Arizona, Georgia and 6 more Republican-majority states move to roll back voting opportunities, Nevada’s legislature proposes permanent mail-in voting expansion. A record number of votes were cast in 2020 by mail or drop box.
A former UNR football player accused of being involved in a child sex ring avoids jail time. Christopher Greene was arrested along with more than two dozen others in October of last year. He admitted to a charge of conspiracy to solicit a child for prostitution and got a year of probation.
Washoe County sheriff’s deputies are working on what they’re calling an “enormous backlog” of concealed carry permit applications. Sheriff Darin Balaam says they hope to get through them by July 1st. He says the delay is in part due to administrative services being shuttered for 10 weeks due to COVID-19, but also just the sheer … Read more
Snowpack sits at 65% of normal. Hydrologists say the snow at Mount Rose isn’t as deep as it was a month ago. Truckee Meadows Water Authority called the situation “not ideal,” but also “not dire.” They say reservoirs are at 42% and they’re hopeful that storms in March will add to that.
Troopers suspect impairment in a rollover crash that sent the driver to the hospital. It happened Monday on U.S. 50 near mile marker 29 in Lyon County. Police say the driver had to be flown by CareFlight to the hospital.
We now have the name of a man who was found badly injured in midtown Reno and later died. He is Meinrado Rivera. Rivera was found hurt at Vassar Street and Holcomb Avenue Saturday. Police have not detailed his injuries.