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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

Nevada officials say public health labs and testing sites could soon face a possible post-holiday surge as people return from holiday gatherings. The state reported 23 deaths and 1,414 new coronavirus cases on Monday — about half the jump reported a day earlier. Thousands of visitors flocked to the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s … Read more

Forever homes and the popularity of pandemic pets throughout Nevada. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-010521-HANCOCK-Pandemic%20Pets.mp3 Learn more at; spcanevada.org.

Rich Hancock reports on the popularity of pandemic pets throughout Nevada; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-010521-HANCOCK-Pandemic%20Pets.mp3 Learn more at; spcanevada.org.

The global pandemic has meant good news for man’s best friends in Nevada. Rich Hancock reports; http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/KKFT-010521-HANCOCK-Pandemic%20Pets.mp3 [recorded copy] The Humane Society’s Carson City shelter has cleared out its adoptable animals three times since the pandemic began, with similar success at the Animal Foundation in Las Vegas and SPCA of Northern Nevada.