Washoe County School Board Trustee Jacqueline Calvert has resigned after she admitted to moving out of the district. Calvert claims she failed to realize the error and the impact it would have on her elected office.
Most northern Nevada hospitals are at capacity, according to the Nevada Hospital Association, as unvaccinated COVID-19 patients push the region’s health care system to the brink. As of Tuesday, over 250 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Washoe County and Carson City. The ‘overwhelming majority’ were unvaccinated, according to hospital officials.
With more on the governor’s emergency COVID-19 action, Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-091521-HANCOCK-Vaccine%20Mandate.mp3 Read more online at; carsonnow.org
Rich Hancock has more on the governor’s emergency action regarding COVID-19; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-091521-HANCOCK-Vaccine%20Mandate.mp3 Read more online at; carsonnow.org
Nevada’s governor signs an emergency on COVID-19. Rich Hancock has more; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-091521-HANCOCK-Vaccine%20Mandate.mp3 More at; carsonnow.org [recorded copy] Governor Steve Sisolak has signed an emergency regulation requiring Nevada public employees in state-operated health care settings or detention facilities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1st, following a 4-0 vote by the Nevada Board of … Read more
Squaw Valley Ski Resort has a new name. The resort will now go by the name Palisades Tahoe. Owners say the new name better reflects the unique and welcoming spirit that defines the resorts. They added “squaw” is a hurtful word-one they no longer want to be associated with. The resort’s new logo features an … Read more
We’re learning more about a fatal crash in Yerington. Troopers say 29-year-old Katianne Turner of Wadsworth who was killed when someone hit from her behind in the September 8th crash was eight months pregnant at the time. She and her unborn baby were both pronounced dead at Renown.
Washoe County deputies are looking for two suspected credit card thieves. They say surveillance video shows the man and woman who covered most of their faces with a mask leaving with merchandise from big box stores on Damonte Ranch and Sierra Center parkways. Detectives believe the credit cards were stolen in vehicle burglaries in early … Read more
Containment on the more than 219,000-acre Caldor Fire, burning near Lake Tahoe, grew slightly to 67%. President Biden surveyed damage caused by the fire and approved a disaster declaration for California. Meantime, all Red Cross shelters set up for residents affected by the Caldor Fire have now closed. Sites at the Reno Livestock Events Center … Read more
With more on a Higher Ed vaccine mandate coming to Nevada, Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-091421-HANCOCK-Vaccine%20Mandate.mp3 More at; thenevadaindependent.com