kolo 8 news now's catherine van spoke with the senator via satellite today... what kind of edge does he have on hillary? he definitely has strong support from silver state. pundits say clinton is the more pragmatic candidate... but sanders' bold stances give hope to the middle class here in nevada. he's known to be a crusader of the middle class... hoping to shift the value of wall street in his presidential campaign. nats: we will take on the billionaire class and bring on change for the working families in this couny. one way bernie sanders plans on creating jobs for those working families is with renewable energy... a direction nevada... he says is going backwards. bernie: the idea that the puc in nevada would make it harder for people to move to solar, the idea that they would make a decision that resulted in laying off hundreds and hundreds of workers in solar workers, is to me basically insane. and resurrecting yucca mountain is not even an option in his presidency. bernie: we've got to phase out nuclear power in america. everything i've read says yucca m

that was catherine van reporting. one down side to the that was catherine van reporting. one down side to the app... it can only be used if your phone is turned on and working. if you doubt the popularity of drones... you probably won't now... and the manufactured "love holiday" bringing in big time cash! here's america's money... >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- a new recall for honda. >> honda is recalling about 45,000 of its 2016 civics. equipped with four-cylinder engines, a missing or improperly installed piston clip could cause the engines to fail or even catch on fire. >>> there are now more registered drone operators in the u.s. than there are >> the fda says drone owners that's about 5,000 more than the number of registered aircraft. drone registration only started just before christmas. >>> and a healthy report about spending your valentine's day. it says that on average, we'll spend nearly $147 each. according to one study. >> a record total of $19.7 billion collectively will be valentine's day is on sunday. >> yeah, i'm sure you'll tell your husb

that was catherine van reporting. concerns over school construction and repairs will be addressed in a ballot question, but the figuring out which funding source it will use. you can add your input this thursday at 6pm at the washoe county commissioner chambers. n-v energy proposed a new cutoff date for customers to be grandfathered into lower solar energy rates. n-v- energy is now proposing to allow the lower rates for existing solar customers if they installed or applied for their system by september tenth, 2015. n-v energy proposed seven ways the grandfathering could work yesterday. the nevada public utilities commission will hold a hearing on the the world health organization has declared the zika virus outbreak to be a public health emergency of global concern. the agency says the spreading rapidly and population immunity spurred the w-h-o into action. "members of the committee agree that the situation meets the conditions for a public health emergency of international concern. i have accepted this advice." last

kolo 8 news now's catherine van has more on candidate security. they're hard to miss... nats of driving presidential candidates rolling through town... with a fleet of secret service and cop cars surrounding them. and in the silver state... it's becoming a norm. tim: it's very taxing reno police along with sparks pd, washoe county and nevada highway patrol are working around the clock to accommodate the secret service and the candidates. tim: the secret service ranks higher the tier, the more security they need from local law enforcement. for example... when a high-tiered candidate like hillary clinton came to reno monday... local agencies were informed two weeks before her appearance was even announced to the public so they could come up with a game plan. tim: we're all on the same sheet of music, we're on the same radio frequency so we know where everybody is at, where the candidates at, when they're leaving, where they're going to be going, so we can makes sure we can keep them safe and the community informed. each candidate has and will make a

but only for certain types of kolo 8 news now's catherine van explains. no... it's not quite spring yet... though the weather might say otherwise. it has green thumbs itching to get back to their gardens. jon: it's very busy. we get a lot of people calling for consultations about their yard to improve their yard. for the moana nursery... the plant doctor says this is one of the busiest times of the year. jon: even up through three weeks ago, had people want to buy pansies and flowers for their yard to spruce them up. despite the unseasonable nevada weather... jon bruyn says... there are ways to plant around the cold snaps. jon: if the plant is in the proper location it's not a problem. our plants are coming in a dormant state so they are not actively growing so they are ready for anything mother nature gives them. plants that haven't flowered yet like fruit trees and perennials can survive the changes in weather. jon: the trees know it's winter. they're not reacting like human they're not growing, their roots are active so they're dormant. and this so called sp

here's kolo 8 news now's catherine van. mos: a lot of people drink and drive and it's bad. mos: it's not going to stop people for sure. mos: they're going to drive drunk even if it's 0.00 if slinging back a few cocktails didn't stop you from getting behind the wheel before... a new proposal by the national transportation safety board might do the job. bill: it could possibly bring in more arrests. it's asking states to lower the legal limit by nearly half from .08 to .05. in the u.s... one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol in the last 15 years. if the states adopt the standard... they could get more funding for highways. bill: if the states don't comply with the requests, then they try to provide incentives and the incentives are usually more traffic funding. nats of blowing the equivalent to one drink for a woman who weighs less than 120 pounds... and about two drinks for a 160 pound man. or if you look at alcohol servings...a 12 ounce beer, a glass of wine or a shot is about a .02 difference....so having all th

live in the studio...catherine van kolo 8 news now. a week-long d-u-i trial ended with the conviction of a reno man. 28-year-old daniel wilson was charged with hit-and-run-- and driving under the influence of marijuana and alcohol. prosecutors say in august, wilson hit a 41- year-old man with his truck in midtown reno and drove away. he's set to be sentenced next month. he faces up to 40-years in prison. ### a taxi driver had a narrow escape from three dangerous escaped inmates in california. those inmates are back in custody in southern california. today, a cab driver who reflecting on the ordeal. long ma says he was kidnapped at gunpoint. he was held captive for a week.. and was forced to drive the fugitives to the bay area in this honda civic. but on inmate left the other two fugitives. he told ma to come with him. ma says that fugitive: bac duong, helped him escape "from the bottom of my heart i can say this, bac duong saved my life. and i owe him. i am so thankful so grateful to him." duong set ma free after driving to southern ca

now's catherine van explains... the district is still facing challenges. nats: the future of washoe county school district is in all of our hands. superintendent traci davis is making it her goal to make sure each of the district's 64,000 students leaves school with a name, a face and a diploma. traci: we didn't have one comprehensive school with a graduation rate of under 73 percent, which is the first time in history that has happened in washoe county. 2014-15 became a benchmark year for the school district. while nevada is once again ranked last in education... this district proves it is outperforming other school districts in, test scores, attendance and graduation rates. nats: by the year 2020, our graduation rate with be 90% now... it's being awarded a private grant of 13 million dollars that will span 13 years to help close gaps that may impede a student's substance abuse, a variety of things and ensuring we provide for those needs and the matthewson foundation has come forward and said we value that in our c

kolo 8 news now's catherine van spoke with the president of the organization who says it will be at least a year before things get back to normal. nats: as you can see they grabbed as much as they could and threw it on the ground. each room and drawer... got the same treatment... thieves leaving nothing untouched. bill: robbing from a charity, i don't know if it gets worse than that. junior achievement is a local non-profit that gives kids both business field. bill: we go into classrooms, k- 12, and get community volunteers to teach our programs based on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurships police believe three or four people may be involved. in what seems like a well-executed plan... thieves pulled up next to the freeway late monday night... cut open the fence and threw a rock through the window. nats: they put that down to step on it and get into the window. there... they rummaged through the building stealing almost everything in sight. bill: it was a gamut of things. the most expensive were computers, servers, printers, those types of things, but they also took foo

in the studio catherine van kolo 8 news now. downtown casinos are gearing up for what will likely be a very busy week for asian tourists. today marks the start of chinese new year. celebrations generally include music... dancing... big part of asian culture. downtown casinos have doubled their number of tables for pie pai gow poker.... and baccarat. "when all the people are together, we try to have more fun, so we play majong or gamble a little bit, and the reason they do that is just trying to enjoy the new year." the silver legacy is also welcoming chinese singing superstar... j-j lin on sunday. throughout the weekend... there will be traditional chinese lion dances-- in both the silver legacy and the eldorado. both casinos will also have chinese themed buffets. ### doctors are taking steps to irradicate the zika virus. but, we're looking at a long battle ahead. in tonight's medical minute, the timeline until we can stop this virus-- for good. so what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we wi

in the studio catherine van...k8nn. kolo 8 news now's ed pearce expected a different scene, outside the state's urban areas. city, he found it. the process was the same, the vibe very different. two precincts of republicans gathered at virginia city's high school where the lines were short. the shrimp and cold cuts neighborly. no one was in a hurry. if you wanted to cast a vote and leave, you could and some did, but a surprising number stayed we followed precinct two down the hall where hot button issues were dissected and argued. this is party politics at its most elemental. neighbors sharing views much like they've always done in small town barber shops, coffee shops and bars. each candidate was discussed at length. ben carson made local history here just yesterday, the first visit by a presidential personage in nearly a century and a half and he was rewarded with some love, leavened by concern about his chances. there was considerable enthusiasm for donald trump, but worries about his temperament. fewer spoke up for

in the studio catherine van kolo 8 news now. a-b-c's brandi hitt has the highlights from tonight's academy awards. sot -- // "mark rylance - bridge of spies" // the "best supporting actor" category? was full of hollywood heavy hitters? with the oscar going to mark rylance. sot -- // "if you ever wondered if working with tom hanks helps? the answer is clearly yes." actress"? sot -- // "thank you so much!" while "mad max - fury road" swept several awards? including production design? film editing.. sound mixing and editing...and make up and hair styling. sot - chris rock // "if they nominated hosts... i wouldn't oscars host - chris rock - didn't pull any punches academy's diversity controversy? sot - film parody // "i'm the danish girl!" placing black actors in parody's of several nominated films? sot - film parody // "the martian" moment with chris rock. even calling hollywood racist. sot - chris rock // "hollywood is sorority racist? we like you rhonda.. but you're not a kappa." best actress went to "room's" brie larson. sot --

in the studio catherine van kolo 8 news now. cruz isn't the only canidate making stops in northern nevada. through northern nevada on a last minute bid for votes, still looking for his first win, but with renewed momentum following a second place finish in south carolina. in an obvious reference to donald trump and ted cruz, the florida senator told a crowd of several hundred at the peppermill, the party will lose if they nominate a candidate, a majority of republicans don't like. he argued that he was the candidate who could unite the party in an election he said was pivotal for the nation's future. rubio told the crowd president obama had set the country on a downhill track and he said this election was coming at a pivotal moment. rubio: "i don't care how much you think they're funny or how interesting they may sound, if we nominate someone that 40 to 50 percent of our party can't stand, we are going to lose. we are going to lose to hillary clinton or bernie sanders. we have to nominate someone who will bring us together. and

that was catherine van reporting. district wide-- the repairs to existing schools total more than 250 million dollars plus hundreds of millions dollars more to build new schools. that is why a 781 million dollar bond measure paying for the bond would mean possibly raising taxes. shaun carey, buildourschools.com, " you would need approxmiately a half cent increase in our sales tax rate and that equates to about $8 a month for a family of four. $8 a month would provide you greatly improved schools and if you did this on property tax would be about $10 a month." advocates for the bond say if voters don't pass the measure -- the school district could start double sessions and impose year round school for elementary schools. you can add your input the washoe county commissioner chambers. the fight over solar power in the silver up. at issue is the rate increases approved by regulators in december. proposing solar customers. yesterday n-v energy proposed seven ways it could work. one would allow the lower rates for existing

kolo 8 news now's catherine van has more. jed: it is a sheet of ice nats it is nasty, there's not visibility nats snowing became a sheet of ice in the last couple of hours when i was trying to make it home. a trip that would have freeman three hours... doubled... jed: i don't know how the wheel turns. thanks to sunday's non-stop storm. jed: a lot of cars the ditches, lots of accidents. one rollover with people we got out, just skidding and fishtailing. parts of i-80 were shut down at the state line and at wadsworth after having more than 25 cars... including 4 big rigs piled up... and the other main roads... weren't that much better. jed: 395 into reno was the worst part i had. don't go out. the snow was relentless throughout the day... but so were the crews working to roads. thor: all snowplow drivers have been summoned, we got them out, they're taking more than 12 hours shifts and they're overlapping, and our plows never turn off, so we're switching people. the nevada department of transportation says conditions. the weather and slick roads are expected to cause some difficulties in gettin

kolo 8 news now catherine van joins us from the robb drive overpass with a look at current conditions cat? it hasn't stopped snowing all day and while i80 looks clear here...roads are a mess going further west at the stateliness. cal teams is reporting more than 29 car crashes already that's including 4 big rigs. but city and state crews have been working hard already that's including 4 big rigs. but city and state crews have been working hard all day an will continue to throughout the night to make sure roads are safe to drive. i'm with thor dyson of the nevada department of transportation to talk about what they've been doing. thor you've been have your crews going been preparing? black ice is going to be a huge factor. how will they keep the roads drive able tonight as into the morning? did out more about nevada road conditions? and just stay with kolo 8 news now. we've been leaving updates online and through our push leaving updates online and through our push alerts all day. tonight at 11, we'll have a closer look at what you can expect in your morning commute. live at the robb d

but would the proposal here's kolo 8 news now's catherine van. mos: a lot of people drink and drive and it's bad. mos: it's not going to stop people for sure. mos: they're going to drive drunk even if it's 0.00 if slinging back a few cocktails didn't stop you from getting behind the wheel before... a new proposal by the national transportation safety board might do the job. bill: it could possibly bring in more arrests. it's asking states to lower the legal limit by nearly half from .08 to .05. in the u.s... one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol in the last 15 years. if the states adopt the standard... they could get more funding for highways. bill: if the states don't comply with the requests, then they try to provide incentives and the incentives are usually more traffic funding. nats of blowing blowing a .05...is about the equivalent to one drink for a woman who pounds... and about two drinks for a 160 pound man. or if you look at alcohol servings...a 12 ounce beer, a glass of wine or a shot is about a .02 difference....so having al

as kolo 8 news now's catherine van explains...the key groups that will make an impact in our caucuses are college students... latinos... and women. two households... nats: bern: thank you new hampshire nats: trump: we are going to make america great again. ....looking for a win that could set a precedent for the next primary in south carolina and caucuses in nevada. fred: nevada is incredibly important. it will likely preserve some campaigns, certainly damage or end some campaigns and may have one of the great surprises of the entire primary caucus season. sanders, clinton, trump and cruz have all looking at nevada... which will likely influence the rest of the nation. starting now, we can expect the presidential candidates to fight hard for silver state votes. fred lokken a political science professor at tmcc says the key issues for voters are immigration, the economy and race. issues the clinton campaign will need to focus on, to win. fred: this is a state where she should do better than bernie sanders. if she doesn't, in my opinion, a devastating blow to her campaign. lokken says t

kolo 8 news now's catherine van has the sweet story. nats: i've got valentine's day... it's not every day you see 35 men in penguin suits... march around campus... singing their hearts out. nats: m meet the guys of reno's phi mu alpha. for more than a decade... the fraternity has made your traditional valentine's day a little less predictable. dinadan: why are these people here? and the person who bought the valentine says 'i got you a valentine's gram because i love you so much.' these musicians have been serenading and on campus to give more meaning to the holiday eddy: when you actually perform for each other and for other people, really takes away all those selfish thoughts of yourself and really just goes ahead and brings a lot to the around you that you love. you pick out three songs off their list... aldrin: they're songs of timeless love so you have can't help falling in love with you, for the longest time, my girl sign up for a specific time... ...wait until the perfect moment and then... nats eddy: it just brings so much joy into someone's life. you never know

that was catherine van reporting. the non-profit is now in need of computers and supplies. if you'd like to help.... you can make donations directly to them at 785 west sixth street. we're getting a look at the man who police believe led them on a 19 year old rylin wolfe dangerous. police say he stole a truck-- then took off when he saw police. that's when they say he stole a second truck that had been left running in a driveway. wolfe is 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. anyone with information about where he is-- is urged to call reno police or secret witness at 322- 4900. a new community panel is being created to oversee the washoe county school district's spending on construction and repair. the school board unanimously authorized the "capital funding protection committee". the district is asking voters to approve a 781-million dollar tax increase in november. for the possible ballot question. one-- would involve tax. the other would raise a combination of sales, and property taxes. the "public schools overcrowding and repair needs" committee will d

kolo 8 news now's catherine van has more on a town hall meeting carson hosted in reno yesterday. ben: thank you very much. it was a last minute visit the carson campaign decided to make. ben: i've very impressed that so many people showed up on such short notice. still... more than 350 people came to the atlantis casino resort spa to support the republican candidate... some looking to support a new candidate after their favorites have dropped out. don: i am as they say, shopping. doing my due diligence and fairly looking at the candidates who are in the race still coming to nevada. carson... known to be supporters believing he carries the big stick that will help america win the war against isis. ben: they have the ability to attack us with dirty bombs, with cyber attacks. cyber will be the new weapon of mass destruction. he says he ran because he wants to protect faith and family... two of what he calls are the pillars to the country's strength. ben: political correctness has obliterated the family and family is where the values come from. and for generations to come... the nati

kolo 8 news now's catherine van explains. : nats of accident at every incident... an ambulance is not far behind. when paramedics respond... they rarely know who they're dealing with. cindy: half the calls we go on we don't know their names, unless they're available to give it to us or the mental capacity to tell us. that's when your iphone comes in handy. cindy: if you are unconscious, unresponsive, if you're unable to speak, if you're having a stroke of if something like that is going on, we can go into your phone without the code and clilck on a button. it's called the my health app. it's free and it's already built into your i-phone... showing only information that you want health care cindy: the first thing we want to know is what their age is and what their name is and if we get any other information about their medical history, that for sure is a huge help for us. here's how you set it up... tap the app fill in your info and upload. it's ready to go. cindy: if you get into a car accident, what if you can't speak? then we could do that for you. then we wouldn

that's here we find kolo 8 news now's catherine van. cat-- ?how is it looking over there? this is one of the largest locations in washoe county...with 22 people go through today. the speeches have just begun in each room...... senator ted cruz even made an appearance hoping to sway voters...,but many people i spoke with came with their mind already are up. the rubio campaign's strategy was overload the public with signs and stickers. we were seeing lots of trump and cruz supporters, a few for rubio. trump and cruz supporters, a few for rubio. this caucus is set to wrap up at 8-30. results can come in late tonight or early tomorrow morning. tune in tonight at 11 with a look at the process here at reed. door have been open a little more than an hour at north valley's high school. thats the location of where our first time--undecided--21 year old repbulican will be caucusing tonight. kolo 8 news now terri russell joins us from school with an update there. yesterday we introduced you to matt weber who will be caucusing for the first time. he says he is undecided and leaning to

kolo 8 news now's catherine van reports. people started lining up hours before doors even opened... laura: i stood in line at the rally for three hours so i wanted to get here. nats: thanks for coming tonight one man who braved the crowds was senator ted cruz. he stopped by to shake hands to try and win more votes... but many say they came, with their minds already made up. diana: on my facebook i posted, 'hanging out with cruz on my was easy. nats: straight down the hall and make the first right and right. but that was the hump, many people couldn't seem to get over. karen: i've been inline since 5:30. we were wrapped around the back of the auditorium. and once the sun set... so did the cold....which means bad news for those who have been waiting outside for hours. tom: we had no idea we had that many people. the volume became too much for the six volunteers at reed high school to handle. soon they were running out of ballots... and time. tom: to streamline the checkin process is always the challenge no matter what the even

some telling our own catherine van they were looking for that new candidate to support. carson behind in the polls and coming in last in south carolina's lot of ground to make up. however speaking to the crowd yesterday at the atlantis... he seemed to have an air of confidence... saying people shouldn't assume trump will be the nominee.... and he told the crowd... that voters should pay closer attention to policies... ben: people of america would awaken, they would recognized they would they were being manipulated and controlled and they will rise up and gain control of america and i say now is the time. the soft spoken carson does have his supporters.. they say they like that he hasn't gotten caught up in the mudslinging. carson and some of his supporters also have been comparing him to teddy rossevelt.. saying carson carries the big stick to help america win 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. pt "we the people" town hall piper's opera house 12 b street virginia city, nv 89440 interesting fact... i believe this will be the first presidential canditate to visit virginia ciy since ul

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins us live from robb drive with a look at some of the current conditions. cat? colin... it's been snowing pretty steadily here all day... nothing heavy. looks like we have a and if you look down at i80 going west bound... this is a video of traffic on i-80 right now. both eastbound and west bound traffic is california highway patrol closed the roads just before three this afternoon due to multiple crashes at the floriston. caltrans is reporting 25 cars and four big rigs crash. you see cars trying to turn around... no injuries have been reported and there is no estimated time of when the freeway will reopen. stay with kolo 8 news now... we're posting updates online and sending push notifications throughout the day. but if you can... avoid the roads today. live at the robb drive caused some problems with the sky tavern junior ski program this year... but this weekend was a go... and hundreds of kids had the chance to take advantage of the fresh powder. kolo 8 news nows chris buckley has more. "the last four years have been terrible so it's time we have this

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins us in the studio. cat-- ?how exactly could this proposal change the law? the national transportation safety board is asking states to lower the legal limit from point-zero-eight to point-zero-five percent. so those couple of glasses at dinner could land you in jail if this proposal is adopted. blowing a point-zero- five...is about the equivalent to one drink for a woman who weighs less than 120 pounds... and about two drinks for a 160 pound man. looking at alcohol servings... a 12 ounce beer.... a glass of wine... or a shot is about a point zero two difference....so having all three can easily put you over the limit and under arrest. but lowering the limit... might not make a big difference. washoe county says... 70 percent or more of deadly accidents caused by drunk drivers blowing a point-one-five. bill: .05 at that point they're not as impaired as a .08 so they are harder to detect because they someone with a higher alcohol concentration would be at. if states adopt it... it could mean more funding for free

kolo 8 news now's catherine van takes a look at your options and the consequences if you get caught. nats of dogs the dog park is a playground for man's best friend. but hidden valley park suddenly became a home for two dogs. woman: talking to another dog walker this morning, she said happened. a local dog walker... who wishes to stay anonymous... says she and a few other regulars found a black lab and a german shepherd mix locked inside the park tuesday morning woman: the bed was there the food was there. with a few supplies to tie them over, it's unknown how long they've been there, but it was clear the owner wasn't coming back. woman: the dogs were dumped. if anything that really irked me. now, they're staying at animal services...joining hundreds of other pets.. .also abandoned. shyannne: animals are left because owners aren't sure how to handle them. or they might be in a situation where they had to be left abruptly or they were evicted and unfortunately animals get left behind. animal control works closely with the nevada humane society to help owners surrender their pet. there

kolo 8 news now's catherine van will have all the highlights tonight at 11. this is not cruz's only stop in northern nevada, he'll have several more rallies tomorrow. he'll have a rally at the journey community church in fernley tomorrow morning. then a rally at the carson valley improvement club hall in minden. and his last scheduled stop will be at the brewery arts center in carson city. doctor ben carson was at piper's opera house in virginia city this only, where his supporters listened to him talk about his tax plan, and the government's irresponsible fiscal policies. carson says he is still in the race at the encouragement of supporters. he admits he is soft spoken, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. "sometimes in the news people will say well carson is too soft, he's too nice and he'll never do anything because he just wants everyone to feel good...wrong." carson will be in las vegas tomorrow for a town hall prior to the caucuses gettng underway beginning at five in clark county. donald trump will be in sparks on tomorrow. he'll speak at a rally i

kolo 8 news now's catherine van takes a look at how he plans to win over nevada at todays caucus. the excitement began hours before ted cruz took center stage. vicky: i think he is the man that can make the difference many in support of cruz... others. nats these lands are your lands, in protest. nats: these lands are my lands. cruz. a supporter of giving away federal lands. struck a chord with a group dead set on protecting nevada's public lands. lynda nelson: everything else is private in texas. we don't want that we want to keep our public lands public. of more than a thousand people. making promises he says would see through as president. cruz: we will repeal every word of obamacare... common core ends today... we finally, finally, finally secure borders and end sanctuary cities. he's calling for a reagan revolution that stands for liberty, fights for christianity and defends the constitution. cruz: every justice i put on the court will be faithful to the constitution and ferociously defend the bill of rights for my children and for your children known as a traditional conserv

that's our own catherine van singing the national anthem tonight at the reno bighorns game. next stop -- a gonzaga game! shop of reno, team of the wek we have to give the nod to the carson senators... they came back to beat galena by two points in the grizzly den... it's their 12th win in a row!... they are still undefeated in league play... the carson senators, our nutri shop of reno, team of the wek some great team efforts,... but only one can earn the coveted greg's garage player of the week award we've got to give it out to katie turner from bishop manogue... she scored 22 points on tuesday in the win over damonte ranch... followed that up with 21 tonight on the road at douglas... i'm no math major, but that's an average of 21.5 points per game this week... katie turner,our greg's garage player of the week... here's your hobey's casino boys top five... no changes so far... 1 in a row!... 2 elko - they've won 14 of their last 15 games... 3 reno - the huskies went 1-and-1 this week without one of their best players... 4 spanish springs - they beat reno, but lost to mcqueen

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins us live in the studio. cat, this is a hard blow for the organization. they thieves didn't leave them with much. they even took pens and paper. staff are cleaning up the mess they've created... and expect it will be at least a year before business is back to normal. nats: as you can see they grabbed as much as they could and threw it on the ground. each room and drawer... got the same treatment... thieves leaving nothing untouched. bill: robbing from a charity, i don't know if it gets worse than that. junior achievement is a local non-profit that gives kids both classroom and hands-on experience in the business field. bill: we go into classrooms, k- 12, and get community volunteers to teach our programs based on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurships police believe three or four people may be involved. thieves pulled up next to the freeway late monday night... cut open the fence and threw a rock through the window. nats: they put that down to step on it and get into the window. there... the

kolo 8 news now's catherine van tkaes a will be facing. jed: it is a sheet of ice nats it is nasty, there's not visibility nats snowing became a sheet of ice in the last couple of hours when i was trying to make it home. a trip that would have normally taken jed freeman three hours... doubled... jed: i don't know how the wheel turns. thanks to sunday's non-stop storm. lots of accidents. one rollover with people we got out, just skidding and fishtailing. parts of i-80 were shut down at the state line and at wadsworth after having more than 25 cars... including 4 big rigs piled up... and the other main roads... weren't that much better. jed: 395 into reno was the worst part i had. don't go out. the snow was relentless throughout the day... but so were the crews working to keep the powder off the roads. thor: all snowplow drivers have been summoned, we got them out, they're taking more than 12 hours shifts and they're overlapping, and our plows never turn off, so we're switching people. the nevada department of transportation says black ice will be the biggest hazard drivers will be facing unt

kolo 8 news now's catherine van is live at the bridge with a look at where the project stands this evening. sarah... starting tomorrow... first street from virginia to sierra streets will finally be open to commuters. form months... it's been closed as crews place new concrete on the roadway at that intersection. that part of the project is now complete. in the next few weeks... crews will be working on paving the first portion of virginia street up to the bridge. they will be working monday through morning to 6 in the evening... but the upper portion of the riverwalk will stay open so you still have access to all the restaurants and boutiques. the bridge is set to reopen in may... just in time for the summer. live on the virinia street bridge...cvk8nn. a canadian native has been arrested in elko raptor and raptor parts. deputies arrested dana morley mcivor on sunday. kolo 8 news now terri russell is showing us hat was taken at the time of the arrest. this is video from nevada's department of wildlife showing eagle and hawk feathers allegedly found in 30-year-old dana morley mcivor's posse

kolo 8 news now's catherine van goes behind the scenes with a look at how wing stop prepares for its busiest day of the year. nats welcome to wingstop it's the constant communication nats 10 bbq, 5 buffalo, side of fries... ahead of the game. darius: if we didn't have a good working crew, there's no way we'd be able to keep up with the sheer number of people who come to get wings. inside this wing stop off mae anne... this team has been practicing all year for that big day when all hands are on deck... and all bets are off. darius: it's just busy busy busy. super bowl sunday. darius: it;s like the kitchen itself is alive. nats you've got 3 people on the fryers, 4 people working on the saucing, seasoning and packing nats just so we can try to keep ahead according to manager darius thorne... between 500 and 700 people will walk through these doors... leaving with about 10 thousand wings. he had to order 50 extra boxes ...each with up to 350 wings... on top of the regular 30 boxes. darius: we're completely overstocked. it's a little bit of a through everything starting at 9 a-m... these

kolo 8 new now's catherine van takes a look at how this caucus is setting the way for a national trend in this year's election. nats: thank you nevada! thank you so much! hillary clinton shows that the most valuable lesson is learned from experience. fred: she's basically playing from the obama playbook in 2008 that had defeated her so she's learned her lessons in that process. fred lokken, a political science professor at tmcc says after winning a tight race against bernie sanders... this is a major game changer for the the clinton fred: if this turns out to be a firewall and she's able to move forward and establish momentum, nevada will be recognized as the state that really defined that candidacy and put it on track. voter turnout was low... the 80 thousand democrats who did show up today... fell short of the key groups--the youth and latinos... many of them caucusing for the first time. fred: we had 60 percent today for the democratic caucus had never participated in the caucus before. that number may be very real for the republicans as well. a flaw... lokken says that roots deep i

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins in the studio-- with the resources enliven, has to offer. the only programs available in northern nevada that helps young adults detect and treat mental disorders. it's a place where they can feel safe and its all for free. today... enliven opened there's a stigma that mental health is untreatable and it's usually uncomfortable to talk about. kathleen: mental health is just like any other type of disease. enliven is a program that offers a safe place for people ages 15 to 25 who may feel too ashamed to admit they may be suffering from mental health issues. kathleen: it's a huge need. there are very few outpatient programs that people have that has intensive services. the children's cabinet offer services that link patients and their families with ocial workers, psychologists and psychiatrists all for free. tracey: this is a very important condition and so there's some designated dollars for conditions like this. don't worry about the dollars, just get here and we'll figure out what resources we can get to you. according to dr. tracey green f

kolo 8 news now's catherine van taking a closer look at the damage. on the corner of deer street and steelhead avenue... is a church hundreds called home. lorena: it's really tight. whenever someone needs something, that's the place to go is the church. for some... it's the only church they've know their entire lives. lorena: i was baptized there and also grew up here in the community. so when vandals attack the heart of the church community... like they did on valentines day... it brings out emotions members don't quite understand. nicholas: i'm a super strong catholic and this is just super offending to me. edgar: you shouldn't do anything like that even out of anger. it's just not acceptable to like anybody. the head and fingers broken off... the paint from the last attack... burned onto the marble... the virgin mary lorena: i was taught to always go pray there and every time i go by i and every time we go by it, we pray and we do our stuff so it's pretty sad. i can't believe someone would do something to that. last september... vandals spray paint

kolo 8 news now's catherine van will speak with him about the issues important to people in our area. cruz has rallies planned in fernley, minden and carson city tomorrow. ### one local young republican we spoke with says marco rubio is on his short list. so is ted cruz. matt webber engineer here in town. tomorrow will be the first caucus for this 21 year old. he comes from a political family and has done his research. while his support fluctuates between rubio or cruz, he says donald trump is off the table. matt weber/21 year old: he is not being bought out by the lobbiests. but i would say donald trump has some filters he might need to not offend, you know, china, russia. webber's weber's caucus site is north valley's high we will follow him through the process ultimatley sides with tomorrow evening.### to another: this year's list of oscar nominees stacked. oscar, or have been nominated before. but as brandi hitt reports, many eyes are on leonardo dicaprio... and whether the five- time acting nominee will finally take home the gold statue. "leo!" ...competing for oscar gold. eddie

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins us in the studio. cat, this weather is a break for a lot of people. noah... many are itching to get their hands dirty in the soil while the plant doctors are give you the greenlight... but only for certain types. no... it's not quite spring yet... though the weather might say otherwise. it has green thumbs itching to get back to their gardens. jon: it's very busy. we get a lot of people calling for consultations about their yard to improve their yard. for the moana nursery... the plant doctor says this is one of the busiest times of the year. jon: even up through three weeks ago, had people want to buy pansies and flowers for their yard to spruce them up. despite the unseasonable nevada weather... jon bruyn says... there are ways to plant around the cold snaps. jon: if the plant is in the proper location it's not a problem. our plants are coming in a dormant state so they are not actively growing so they are ready for anything mother nature gives them. plants that haven't flowered yet like fruit trees

kolo 8 news now's catherine van was at the state of the school district address tonight. she joins us live in the studio with more on the plans the superintendent has laid out to make this year successful. cat? noah... with increased graduation rates and national recognition for its social and emotional learning program... as traci davis sees it.... this has been a successful year for the school district. but it's challenged with funding problems that could devastate students and teachers if they are not resolved by the end of the year. nats: the future of washoe county school district is in all of our hands. superintendent traci davis is making it her goal to make sure each of the district's 64,000 students leaves school with a name, a face and a diploma. traci: we didn't have one comprehensive school with a graduation rate of under 73 in history that has happened in washoe county. 2014-15 became a benchmark year for the school district. while nevada is once again ranked last in education... this district proves it is outperforming other school districts in, test scores,

for that lets turn to k olo 8 news now's catherine van. she joins us live in the studio-- how this is going to shake up voting in our state. cat? noah... the caucuses in nevada could be a game changer for the front runners. campaign to western values that nevadans hold dear. the key groups that will make an impact in our caucuses are college students... latinos... and women. two households... nats: bern: thank you new hampshire nats: trump: we are going to make america great again. ....looking for a win that could set a precedent for the next primary in south carolina and caucuses in nevada. fred: nevada is incredibly important. it will likely preserve some campaigns, certainly damage or end some campaigns and may have one of the great surprises of the entire primary caucus season. sanders, clinton, trump and cruz have all bagged wins... now looking at nevada... which will likely influence the rest of the nation. starting now, we can expect the presidential candidates to fight hard for silver state votes. fred lokken a political science pr

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins us in the studio. cat, it takes a lot of coordination to keep the candidates safe. noah... usually when a candidate schedules to come here... they contact secret service... the secret services then calls the local agencies usually weeks in advance to makes sure they get proper resources. and that can get hectic. they're hard to miss... nats of driving with a fleet of secret service and cop cars surrounding them. and in the silver state... it's becoming a norm. tim: it's very taxing reno police along with sparks pd, washoe county and nevada highway patrol are working around the clock to accommodate the secret service and the candidates. tim: the secret service ranks each candidate by tier level. the higher the tier, the more security they need from local law enforcement. for example... when a high-tiered candidate like hillary clinton came to reno monday... local agencies were informed two weeks before her appearance was even announced to the public so they could come up with a game plan. tim: we're all

kolo 8 news now's catherine van has more on a town hall meeting carson hosted in reno yesterday. ben: thank you very much. it was a last minute visit the carson campaign decided to make. ben: i've very impressed that so many people showed up on such short notice. still... more than 350 people came to the atlantis casino resort spa to support the republican candidate... some looking to support a new candidate after their favorites have dropped out. don: i am as they say, shopping. doing my due diligence and fairly looking at the candidates who are in the race still coming to nevada. carson... known to be

kolo 8 news now's catherine van takes a look at how he plans to win over nevada at todays caucus. the excitement began hours before ted cruz took center stage. vicky: i think he is the man that can make the difference many in support of cruz... others. nats these lands are your lands, in protest. nats: these lands are my lands. cruz. a supporter of giving away federal lands. struck a chord with a group dead set on protecting nevada's public lands. lynda nelson: everything else is private in texas. we don't want that we want to keep our public lands public.

that's here we find kolo 8 news now's catherine van. cat-- ?how is it looking over there? this is one of the largest locations in washoe county...with 22

kolo 8 news now's catherine van joins us in the studio with what happened. about 10-thousand customers in south reno lost power....so those with dish...direct-tv... and over-the-air customers... weren't able to watch. the power outage knocked out our transmitter ... which cut out the over-the air signal... cable takes our signal before it goes to that transmitter... which is why those who have u-verse were still able to watch. we do have a backup generator at our transmitter ... but our engineers are investigating why it didn't work. the cause of the power outage is unknown... nv energy is investigating. we will re-air the beginning of the oscars after the "on the red carpet" post show----- -----which will be sometime after 12:35 a-m, so set your d-v-rs. we also have a list of all the winners on kolo- tv-dot com. here's the list of the big winners tonight. "spotlight" took home the biggest award of the night, winning best picture. after a long wait, leonardo dicaprio won an oscar for best actor in his role in "the revenant." brie larson won best actress for

some telling our own catherine van they were looking for that new candidate to support. carson behind in the polls and coming in last in south carolina's primary.... really has a lot of ground to make however speaking to the crowd yesterday at the atlantis... he seemed to have an air of confidence... saying people shouldn't assume trump will be the nominee.... and he told the crowd... that voters should pay closer attention to policies... 0222d100 :11 ben: please learn and read. don't allow yourself to be manipulated like that. find out what socialism really is. the soft spoken carson does have his supporters.. they say they like that he hasn't gotten caught up in the mudslinging. carson and some of his supporters also have been comparing him to teddy rossevelt.. saying carson carries the big stick to help america win 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. pt "we the people" town hall piper's opera house 12 b street virginia city, nv 89440 interesting fact... i believe this will be the first presidential canditate to visit virginia ciy since ulysses s. grant in the 1870s. ted cruz is ho

van has the story use a sheet of ice. he's missed the news who is already snowing in the cue sheet of ice last couple of hours. those looking to make him a trip that would have taken jed freeman three hours double. i don't know how the wheels turned into sunday's non stop storm in a lot of cars in the ditches lot of accidents one rollover with people that we are now in skating and fish tailing part of i eighty was shut down its state line and was fourth after having more than four big rigs pile up and the other main roads weren't that much better or worse three men find into the nose it was gorgeous the snow was relentless throughout the day but so were the crew was working to keep the powder off the roads. also the drivers had been summoned we've gotten out there working more than twelve hour shifts and their overlapping and some of the trucks never turn off so we're switching people. the nevada department transportation says black ice will be the biggest hazards drivers will be facing until the afternoon the storms goin

stage, it is going to showcase van slyke republic. a more accurate align up is impressive from metallica to the days mackey band and alecia keys. -- the dave matthews band >> catherine: you can find superbowl 50 with a detailed list of road closures in san francisco and at lee by stadium, all of that just a click away at kron4 dot com. pam? >> pam: crews, it is claimed that he stole the iowa caucus. announcer: during sleep train's presidents day sale save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, plus same day delivery. sleep train's presidents day sale is on now. announcersave up to $300train's on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, plus same day delivery. sleep train's presidents day sale is on now. >> pam: another war of words between donald trump and tech-- ted cruz... trump accusing the texas senator of stealing the republic iowa caucus. now he is calling for a new voting there or the results to be nullified. >> what kind o