>> welcome to "nevada newsmakers," on the broadcast today marlene lockard and i talk with the chairman of the board of regents, rick trachok, and the power pundit panel, dorie guy, pat hickey and rew goodenow, coming up next on all new "nevada newsmakers." >> "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you in part by the tahoe reno industrial center, retail association >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> and back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome back to the program the chairman of the board of regents, rick trachok, pleasure >> pleasure to be here. >> we were chatting on the break before we got started, i thought i would bring it up right away and deal with it. the headline in the las vegas review journal a month or so ago, they said northern regents shouldn't reject land for unlv stadium deal and i was trying to figure

test >> welcome to nevada newsmakers on the broadcast sean whaley the political reporter for the las vegas review journal plus on the power pundit panel dorie guy and jesse gutierrez and james smack all coming up on "nevada newsmakers." >> "nevada newsmakers" brought to you in part by the tahoe reno pro group m nevada. >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. >> this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad a no holds-barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" sam shad. >> and back on "nevada newsmakers," we have a great guest as always, sean whaley is here, political reporter for the las vegas review journal. you were one of the people when the whole ownership change came up with the paper that really, along with others of the paper, who i admire greatly, put your neck on the line in terms of telling the story and trying to get the word out about who actually owned the paper. have things calmed down now that glenn cook has been appointed the interim editor? >> they have calmed

screen 3 (bill)>> coming up in 3 about 15 minutes...we will have more on bill clinton's trip to nevada.. including what he had to say during his stop yesterday in las vegas... 3 (sam)>> now to this morning's crime watch... a follow up to a story we brought you yesterday on news 4 today... reno police are looking for at least two suspects in a shooting that injured a man wednesday night... reno police say .. just before 8 o'clock... reno police responded to shots fired in the 21-hundred block of sutro street right near hug school. when they arrived they found a man... who had been shot in the leg. and a female victim was not harmed. 3 (sam)>> police say it began when the two victims were walking with an acquaintance... three suspects armed with pistols reportedly approached them and victim. police tracked down two suspects... "darius jones" and "christina rooney". but detectives are still on the lookout for two others. 3 ((again we belive that we have the firearm that was involved in with it but these two to three other people were involved in the robbery shooting so i would consider th

relative humidity at 92%. doppler radar is showing current showers towards eastern nevada. the snow flurries are beginning to make their way spilling into western nevada. mono county could see anywhere from an additional one him-3 inches above 7000 feet. the winter storm warning has turned into an advisory through tomorrow morning at 1 am for parts of the sierra and western nevada. taking a look at current temperatures across the region, a cold night across northern nevada, in the mid-20s in places. we have had storm after storm and we have another one on the way. i will show you a closer look at that storm track in your hit. >> thanks, medicine.>>> in our crime watch, arena woman is charged with murder after a stabbing downtown. police responded to a fight on fourth street. when they arrived, they found michael bank eco with stab hospital but died from his injuries. victoria sweeting was found at an apartment complex in south reno after fleeing the scene back. officers say after they found her she admitted to stabbing the victim. no word on what started the fight in the first place

>> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. host sam shad a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome for the first time to the program, john scire, adjunct faculty political science at unr. job wrong. >> thank you very much. program, sir. one thing senator reid was pleased about there was no monnethere for yucca mountain. at this point in time, do we presume that as repository for nuclear waste that yucca mountain is truly dead? there may be other uses down the road, but reality this is dead. >> the reality is it is on hold, not dead. and what i've advocated for year, it not be used for storage until waste is reprocessed. if you reprocess nuclear waste, you reduce volume of storage down to about 5% of the total. the nuclear waste because it is 104 sites around the country, target for terrorists. >> what way would they be able to use this for terrorism? >> you got above gro

>> welcome to "nevada newsmakers," on the broadcast today, paul enos and i talk with ray bacon of the nevada manufacturers association and on the power pundit panel, michael hackett, jesse wadhams and mendy elliott, all coming up next on all new "nevada newsmakers." >> "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you in part by the tahoe reno industrial center, >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers," a with host sam shad, a no holds barred mrit car forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we're pleased to welcome back ray bacon, executive director of association. pleasure to have you back on the program, sir. >> thank you, sir. >> last time you were on the program a couple weeks ago, talking about a new project that will be larger in size than switch and tesla combined, that would be 4000-plus acres. >> uh-huh. >> any thought on who that might be? >> 14 rumors floating around on things like that, two or

pro group management, and the >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moving america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers," with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> and back on "nevada newsmakers," we kickoff the year in a very good way with lance gilman, partner broker with the tahoe reno industrial center, one of our proud sponsors, pleasure to have you back on the program, sir. >> thank you so much for this opportunity at the first of the year, the first monday, right, let's kick it off. i've 4 too much rest and i have a lot to share. >> i hope so. 2015 was an amazing year. >> yes, sir. >> with tesla, switch, you know, are you anticipating as big, if not bigger year coming up for 2016? >> actually, i am. subject to several issues that we're going to have to address, south meadows double diamond ranch, a large transaction in our market in those times was 50 acres. you rarely saw 100-acre transaction. if you take a look now,

(bill)>> officials say both suspects used this 20-10 black kia soul with nevada plates of 76-a-501 to flee the scene. also .. warrants for burglary and grand larceny have been issued to both suspects. 3 (bill)>> anyone with information to this case is asked to call the carson city sheriff's office.that number is listed on your screen. 3 (samantha)>> turning now to politics and decision 20-16.... another presidential candidate is setting his sights on northern nevada. ohio governor john kasich (kay sick) will be holding a rally at the washoe county republican headquarters next tuesday. tickets are not required to attend the event .. but you are encouraged to rsvp if you plan to attend.the event kicks off around 1:45 in the afternoon. 3 (bill)>> >nevada is set to receive around 40-million dollars in federal funds to the silver state.governor brian sandoval made the announcement yesterday.... sandoval says the funds will be used to improve recreation areas .. reduce the risk of wildfires .. enhance conservation efforts .. and support wildlife habitat restoration. the money will come from

at the forecast. a series of storm systems will impact the sierra and western nevada through next week with periods of gusty winds...mountain the next storm will bring moderate amounts of snowfall to northeast california, northwest nevada and the lake tahoe region this afternoon through late tonight. there are at least three winners in the 1- point-6-billion dollar powerball jackpot. the winning numbers were drawn last night. here's abc's lauren lyster. wspowerballdrawingwed nats 'can you believe it america, a world record jackpot coming to you right now' or 'tonight's jackpot is approaching $1.6 billion dollars' it was the more than billion dollar moment people across the u-s were waiting for? and that moment undoubtedly changing the life of the lucky powerball players who bought one of the winning tickets here - at this chino hills, california 7- eleven...crowds of people showing up last night after it sot: "it's almost like we won, even though we didn't cause our community won" call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation -- tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a fr

putting a northern nevada program that helps drug addicts get back on their feet back in the spotlight tonight. >> nevada is one of the top states people are moving to. what makes the silver state so appealing for people wanting a fresh start. >>> you're watching news 4 at 5:00 on your side in high definition. >> thanks for joining us tonight. >> new information today after a fatal shooting earlier this week. another person in behind bars in connection with the murder today law enforcement announced they arrested 21 year old reed skenadore in connection with the crime. at kins was likely shot when others tried to rob him of the marijuana he was selling. skenadore was identified as having been at the scene and having fired a gun at watkins. two others are in custody regarding the incident. >>> the city of reno has officially appointed david cochran as the chief of the reno fire department. cochran has been working as the acting chief since last year. he has more than 17 years of experience with the reno fire department and worked his way up through the ranks starting as a fire

pro group management and the >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome amy tarkanian and erline forsyth, both former nevada republican state chairwomen and both supporting carly fiorina. pleasure to have you all on the program. >> thank you for having us. >> i want to start with amy, you and i had lots of conversations off the air, as well as on the air, about all the republican candidates and what was it that finally brought you to carly fiorina? what was the number one thing? >> interesting that you ask that because you're right, we did have an opportunity to meet with she was somebody who struck me as somebody who is confident, very upbeat, knows exactly where she wants to take this country, she has detailed plans, she's very strong, she has had many ups and downs. she's overcome

hail all hitting areas of northern nevada today... and another storm on it's way.... but how much has the latest snow fall helped the truckee good evening, i'm rebecca kitchen in for kendra kostelecky... we'll get right to weather... dick stoddard is in the weather center tracking these storms... a winter storm will continue to impact the region today. a cold front will bring lowering snow levels through the morning with snow mixing with rain possible across western nevada valleys. be prepared for travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. short term... the main core of the atmospheric river moisture plume is currently pushing its way across the sierra and into western nevada. heavy rainfall accumulations have been reported along the west slopes of the sierra so far this morning with some sizable shadowing along the east slopes. right along and just to the east of the crest, rainfall accumulations in the 1 to 3 inch range have been reported thus far and a few tenths to about half an inch of rain across western spillove

northern nevada..this time ... trump rallied inside the reno ballroom yesterday.news 4's jaime hayden was there ... and explains why this rally was somewhat different than his last visit... 3 ((decision 2016)) 3 ((jaime intro: thats right ... security increased this time around compared to trump's sparks rally back in october. secret service agents really made their presence known throughout the reno ballroom ... even media had to be screened prior to the event. but that didn't stop a couple thousand people from waiting hours to hear what trump had to say. donald trump supporters say the billionaire presidential candidate has done it again. sot mos 1: "he's saying things that people want to hear." sot mos 2: "i like that he is so business man." more than 2000 people filled the reno ballroom sunday afternoon for trumps second campaign visit to the area. trump used his usual talking points to get the crowd amped up ... including his plans to increase military power. sot trump: "we're going to make our country safe again, we're going to kick the bleep out of isis quickly." he also spoke on h

>> welcome to "nevada newsmakers," on the broadcast, ray hagar and i speak with governor john kasich of ohio running for president of the united states, the whole show on all new "nevada newsmakers." >> "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you in part by the tahoe reno industrial center, retail >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," program the governor of great state of ohio, john kasich, running for president of the united states. he served 18 years on the house armed services committee, six years as chair of the house budget committee. you know how the system works, to say the least. >> yeah, i did a lot of things when i was there. when i started as member of the minority as a republican, i never considered myself to be in the minority. i considered myself in the majority. i found hammers and screwdrivers

on all new "nevada newsmakers." >> announcer: closed-captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association. this is "nevada newsmakers." with host sam shad. a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters here is sam shad. >> and back on "nevada newsmakers" we're delighted to welcome to the program for the first time the brand new political reporter seth richardson. nice to have you on the program sir. >> thanks for having me. >> we were saying before we went on air that you came from illinois. and you covered president obama from the beginning of his career -- >> i did not cover president obama. >> i take that back. that you covered -- >> i did have the pleasure meeting him as a state senator, u.s. senator. and as a president. now i did cover him as president when i was in dc for a little while. but kind of got to see his story unfold from the beginning all the way up until now. >> and what are the differences if any, in barack obama since day one. >> he's always had that ability to rally people. it's kin

nevada. in addition to overturning an earlier ruling in favor of nevada ranchers, the 9th circuit court of appeals strongly reprimanded a reno judge for abusing his power and showing bias against u- s land managers.in a pair the 9th circuit court of appeals ruled the late "wayne hage" of tonopah and his family were guilty of trespassing cattle on federal land and should be subject to fines. 3 (bill)>> it's radon awareness month... and local organizations are doing their part to make sure the community is more educated on this deadly gas. news 4's alex cannito is live with a look at how you can test the radon levels in your home. 3 (alex - live) 3 national radon action month here at univeristy of nevada cooperative extension free kits from now through february 29th... all nevada residents radon can be a deadly gas... every building has it... depends on levelswhat is radon? naturally occuring radioactive gasno odor, color or taste produced by breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water when levels are high.. can cause lung cancerleading cause of lung cancer in non smokers roughly 2

is the one responsible for corralling the candidates to nevada. the u.s. senator says the task wasn't too tough cause they're all looking for support ahead of february 20th: ((sen. harry reid // (d) nevada: it's part of the success of the caucuses coming to nevada. think about that. we've had a number of debates here -- republican and democrat debates and its been so good for the economy of southern nevada secret... in recent months our state has been in the political microscope. it's because we will be the first western state and the third state in the country to make its voice heard in the presidential primary. nevada democrats say the silver state was first selected to play an early role in the 2008 because of our growing diversity, the regional importance of the west and our designation as a caucus state. they say senator reid played a critical role in pushing nevada to the front of the line on the presidential calendar. tonight's dinner starts at 6pm. all three candidates will speak to an expected crowd of 15-hundred. brian, kirsten? ((brian loftus)) michael, we often hear

would you do with 500-million tonight's powerball jackpot is worth. you can't buy tickets in nevada so that has many people heading to california and arizona for their chance at the big cash. 8 news now's mauricio marin is live from rosie's den in white hills, arizona. how's it going out there? ((mauricio marin)) we're at rosie's den. one of the first locations you can buy a powerball ticket in arizona coming from las vegas. right now.it's the calm before the storm. so if you're looking to pick up tickets now's the time to do it. workers say they'll be a lot busier this afternoon right before the drawing with hopefuls looking to pick up the half- billion dollar jackpot. since any player has won a powerball jackpot.which has allowed it to get so high. this is the fourth largest powerball jackpot ever in history. if one lucky person wins tonight's jackpot.and they choose the lump sum amount.that will total out to just over 300-million dollars. we've been seeing people picking up 10- 20-30-40 dollars in tickets. some going with quick pick. others taking their time and thoughtfully choosin

nevada tonight. reno, we're at 40 degrees now with cloudy skies, and the winds out of the south at about 36 miles per hour. now, live doppler radar is showing this system and then making its way into far western nevada. right now we're seeing snow in the sierra and it is kind of skipping over the reno-sparks area and turning to rain as it hits fallin. we're going to continue to see the chance for showers overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. with that we have a winter storm warning. mainly the county is going to see six to 12 inches of snow possible. advisory in effect for war western nevada. we could see one to four inches of snow below 5,000 feet, and then we also have a wind advisory in effect for far western november unf with gusts upwards of 65 miles per hour in wind prone areas. a lot of weather to talk about and we're going to talk much more about the seven-day forecast coming up in your full forecast. >>> thank you so much, madison. >>> tonight the remaining gop field of seven takes a stage in north charleston, south carolina. the under card debate happening right now. l

department of nevada safety, r, d will use can -- rpd will use the system to clear accidents sooner. >> have traffic control and being in and out of there in an hour. >> reporter: that's a big improvement some investigations could close roads up to 10 hour in serious cases. right now the pharaoh system is travel division, but it has potential for traffic training, back to you. >> thank you, van, amazing stuff. >>> it look like a break in the weather as we're seeing calmer conditions but how long will that last? we check in with forecaster madison corney, i have a feeling not that long. >> not that long ks but we need all the precipitation we can use, 33 degrees with no winds to speak of and relative humidity at 72%. now, we do have clouds out there tonight, but none of that freezing fog we've seen the last couple nights, still slightly possible to see that by the morning though. here's a look at current temperature across the region, northern nevada sitting in the upper 20s to the lower 30s, elko right at that freezing mark and of course, down south in las vegas, a little bit warmer

morning. there is still some very light rain around southern nevada this morning. ................ high humidity and some nice rain totals since yesterday. more than half an inch of rain in some northwest neighborhoods. ...... it looks like we'll take a break for a short while and then another chance of rain and snow later today and tonight. > let's see how the roads are this morning./// < demetria obilor let's see how the roads are this morning./// < demetria obilor > < > spaghetti bowl on the 95 accident in the spaghetti bowl south. it was slowing traffic, but it's picking up now. accident in north las vegas on i-15 and speedway. nhp is reporting it in the southbound direction. accident on pecos-mcleod interconnect and viking, which is north of flamingo. accident on decatur, south of smoke ranch. building fire in residential area on eldora and torrey pines. > < > back to you. /// ((kirsten joyce)) > rain and foggy conditions were causing headaches at mccarran international airport...but you should be okay this morning. many flights were delayed for hours yesterd

>> welcome to "nevada newsmakers," on the broadcast 2d former state senator maurice washington, running for another office. we'll talk to him about it with rand paul. on the power pundit panel, fred lokken, cecilia colling and john sande coming up next on all new "nevada newsmakers." >> "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you in part by the tahoe reno industrial center, retail association >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we're pleased to welcome back to the program after an absence, former state senator maurice washington, now candidate for washoe county commissioner. welcome. >> thanks, sam, good to be here. >> so you're back. >> i'm back. >> running. >> what were you thinking? why are you running, let me put it that way? >> actually i'm looking forward to the opportunity between the local governments, reno, sparks and washoe co

nevada assemblyman's dui conviction, james wilson stated a blood test wasn't enough evidence to richard decree owe. he says the crime lab technician necessary to prove the blood was above the legal limit. deputies say he was sounds asleep in his car last february after reportedly leaving a bar near the capital deering the legislative cbs. the decision -- session. >>> a federal judge has denied a new trial for a nevada trucking company after a crash that killed six peel in 2011. -- people in 2011. john davis trucking is to pay $4.5 million in damages to amtrak after one of their trucks crashed into a train. it happened about 60 miles from reno on highway 95. the jurors concluded an in inattentive truck driver, who was also killed was partly to blame. >>> a warming trend has hit the region, but more winter weather is on the way. >> i love that shot! and we have another one, a look at downtown it, is dry for news, things will change on friday, lot of wind on friday, rain chances moving in, animal moth lake village, we need more snow, it melted whatever was there. so they'll get mor

across western nevada. the keeton" from the "koh radio" traffic center. how's traffic looking so far? smoothly. no major delays on reno area highways. no major delays on highways in northern california. studio. thanks very much mike. an officer involved shooting left one man dead near the meadowood mall. the shooting happened yesterday around 5: 30 p-m after a car crash on mccarran. reno police say several cars were involved in the accident but everyone walked away with non-life threatening injuries -- police say started acting erratically shortly after the crash. witnesses from marinello school of beauty - just two buildings down from the incident - say the the man pulled out a gun. that's when two reno police officers shot and killed him. "anytime we have multiple crime scenes, an officer involved shooting and an accident, you have two separate crimes involved in one incident, so it's going to take a while to piece together what happened this evening. reno police say the harmed but will be placed on administrative leave while the investigation continues. the investigation will now

andrew mackay and buzz harris. >> back on the "nevada newsmakers" we are pleased to welcome for the first time emmy ruiz. she's the hillary for nevada for state director. you had a big weekend with president clinton coming to town. your response was phenomenal. we had president clinton in vegas on friday evening. and our organizers in a max capacity in two rooms of the boys and girls club. so we were incredibly thrilled with the level of engagement. we've been getting calls with people who want to join our campaign. so we've been really excited. when you look at the polls do you have concerns about and the "new york times" did a big piece over the weekend how many polls they are and how "divergent" they are. >> right. we met with ray on this campaign. we always knew this was going to be a tight race. that's this is why we're in democratic primary. as far as polls go polls fluctuate. there is -- it's crazy political season. some of these garage polls and some of are incredible polls. we're really focused on what matters and that's building our organization and beyond. you started wit

brewing at nevada's public utilities commission . the panel refused to delay implementing a controversial rate change for solar customers. this decision comes after hours of testimony from angry solar customers. van tieu has our "on your side" report this morning.. 3 ((solar customers came out in droves to protest the puc's decision. mike haley our former washoe county sheriff is one of them.sot: mike haley/solar customer :17 secondse.c. average people (sot: i have friends who have made investments of $50-thousand dollars out of their own pockets and they're not rich people." everyday people, like linda nerstad- a retiree living in reno's del webb community. she talked 33 neighbors into going solar. they say puc decision is raising their bills significantly making the return on their investment to install solar...impossible to recoup. linda nerstadit's just not right..the decision would customers relying on the sun, instead of the traditional power grid. net metering is the electricity generated by solar customers they dont use--- and then sell back to the utility company- in this case, n

, things are quiet for far western nevada but if you look at the california coast they're getting hit with rainfall and this storm system will hit the sierra as snow and then spill over to western nevada by t tomorrow. we could see 1-4 inches of snow on the valley floors and more above 5,000 feet and really the foothills are going to get hit hard but the possibility of seeing issues on our roadways as well. the winter storm warning, that pink, that takes effect or excuse me is in effect as of now and will remain until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow night. we can see 10-16 inches possible. ski resorts get that snow that reno is 31 right now and relative humidity at 76%. here's a quick look across northern nevada. it's in to the 30s and we'll take a closer look at this storm system and how the rest of your 7-day forecast is shaping up in just a if you minutes. >>> and staying with weather, nevada's first snow survey is in and the numbers are encouraging after four years of drought. this morning hydrologists measured 54 inches of snow depth, which equals water content. they make our snowpack 110% of nor

light snow possible across western nevada. a couple more weak storms are possible next week with temperatures remaining below normal. current ir satellite imagery showing a widespread area of low stratus across much of western nevada. some of the decks have through the carson valley this morning with visibility at the minden airport having already dipped near 1/4 mile. some clearing is evident across lassen trafficking- a carson city man accused of human trafficking in north dakota has plead not guilty. kevin fleming... is accused of offering a 14-year-old girl for prostitution. in court yesterday flemings attorney argued that state lawmakers repealed the human trafficking portion of state law under which fleming is charged... and that a new law didn't take effect until after the alleged crime. prosecutors called the argument ludicrous. another person from las vegas also charged with human trafficking in the case plead not guilty. police found the teenage girl at a hotel in mynot in april of last year.. after receiving a report about her from her mother in las vegas. an investiga

in nevada - after the public utility commission voted to raise fees for customers last week. now - as fox five's ophelia young reports - solar city is beginning to close down its facilities here in the state. today was a gloomy day for solar city employees in nevada... "nats" they emptied this training center even faster than they moved in just one month ago. "a lot of uncertainty its sad a lot of guys heartbroken." the time came to take down the flags dozens of workers - from managers to installers - from different flagships in southern nevada. "nat" all stopped and stared silently. "its not a company i ever envisioned leaving its something i really had plans for doing the rest of my life." john kelly along with all these men says his life is being uprooted. he's been in las vegas 12 years and with solar city three months. now he may have to move. "ill leave my family my kid and wife will probably stay my sons a sophomore at rancho high its hard to pull him out hes got two years left." its a situation 2 thousand solar city employees in nevada face. last month the states public utilit

you want to check your ticket : >>> nevada's public utilities commission is under fire. they refused to implement a rate change for solar customers. critics argue sole later is no longer affordability. argue solar is no longer affordable. it came after-hours of testimony from angry people? >> reporter: the three member panel listened to hours of testimony somering solar, and even thousands of protestors gathered outside the office in las vegas, but in the end, the panel was not swayed. they voted to deny a stay, place. >> solar costs protested the digs -- protestors, customers protested the decision. >> every day people, a retiree talked 33 neighbors into going solar, they athe decision is raising biggs significantly, making the return on their investment impossible to recoup. >> it's just not right. >> the digs would raise the flat rate and net metering rates. that is the electricity generated by customers that they don't use and sell back. >> they broke the contracts, they never let us know solar has i don't blame solar city. they have 18 states that they can do energy with. >> rep

retail ass >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we are always pleased to welcome back to the program marsha berkbigler, she is on the washoe county commission, pleasure to have you back on the program. >> thank you. >> interesting story about a week or so ago, of all places gulack, the volunteer fire department all resigned, including the chief. >> uh-huh. >> this is a tradition across nevada, of volunteer fire departments, what is going on? it appears they are not the only area having problems. >> no, it is not. several volunteer departments are not happy with the plan that we've put in place and largely that is because we are required by federal law to make sure that everybody is trained in a certain manner and that meet a certain physical requirement. and frankly, that's not been the they have not met the requirements and that is okay

wednesday as surface inversions develop across western nevada. the next system moves into the region early friday bringing rain, snow and gusty winds into the weekend. high pressure will pass over the sierra and western nevada today, then flatten on wednesday as a strong pacific jet noses toward 130 west longitude. for today, fog in the 10am with afternoon highs approaching 50 in the nevada valleys with 40s for the sierra. afternoon highs will warm a few additional degrees for wednesday with mid 50s possible for the lower valleys and mid 40s to low 50s in the sierra. as the ridge breaks down wednesday, warm air advection will bring increased cloud cover with virga and a few sprinkles north of i-80 late wednesday night and thursday. we're less than a week away from the iowa caucuses -- and the race for the number one spot is heating up. on the republican side it's trump versus cruz. and for the democrats... it's clinton versus sanders. the campaigns are striking hard-- trying to capture those final votes-- and win in the first contest for the presidency. abc's lana zak has the latest

pro group management and the >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> back on "nevada newsmakers," we're delighted to welcome back jill derby, she's former democratic state party chair and also a cultural anthropologist, we have lots to talk about. the first thing i want to talk about, your thoughts on what is driving the donald trump and the bernie sanders campaigns? >> i think there is this fear out there, this unease, that stems i think partly from the rhetoric that's been out there about how the country is a mess, but the reality that wages haven't risen, so in spite of the fact obama said it right, we have the strongest economy anywhere, but the truth is for so many people, they're stuck in the middle class and losing ground, because wages have been stagnate, a third of our people in the workforce now are part timers, freelancers, the old job and count on retirem

this morning... a federal judge has denied a new trial for a nevada trucking company... after a crash killed six people in 2011. battle mountain based "john davis trucking" is now ordered to pay more than 4- point-5 million dollars in damages to amtrak after one of their trucks crashed into a train.it happened about 60 miles outside reno on highway 95.the jurors concluded an inattentive truck driver .. who was also killed .. was primarily to blame for the crash. 3 (samantha)>> and a jury has sided with the peppermill resort spa casino in an 8 million dollar trade secrets case brought by grand sierra resort. the reno gazette- journal reports that the verdict was handed down yesterday... after a two-week trial. grand sierra had filed its lawsuit in 2013 after a corporate analyst for reset key to gather information from its slot machines. state investigators found the analyst had also collected data from at least 10 other nevada casinos. peppermill was fined 1 million dollars. grand sierra can still appeal the jury's decision. 3 (bill)>> an annual beer festival in northern nevada i

cli venn bundy who you may remember over his standoff with the federal government in southern nevada. group has been occupying land for more than a week. the group grew yesterday when more people showed up to pledge support for the cause. he says his armed group will not leave until there is a plan to turn federal land over to locals. the group is also opposing prison sentences for two ranchers convicted of arson on federal land. >>> happening right now, people are sending their saturday -- spending their saturday standing in line for a shot to win the $9 one million powerbal-jackpot. you can see the line today backing up traffic. people headed to the california state line to get their ticket. tonight's is the largest in u.s. history. and players know the odds are not in their favor with a 1 it it 292.2 million chance of winning. but lottery officials say about 75% of all possible numbers will be sold tonight. meaning it's becoming more likely someone will win. in the chance that no one wins, the jackpot is expected to grow to $1.3 billion. the drawing happens in just a few hours at

in nevada. what this is about if i'm going to represent them. all over the state calling to individuals in the state. it's an incredible experience talking to people. they can come from the worst people are surfing. wages are flat. i've talked to individuals and familiar lues. i've talked to groups as well. >> is the $15 mark, the one we are hearing sthachlt a little too much for businesses? >> the businesses i've talked to support it. i think they are hoping people will understand and get what is going on. you say you've mentioned. where do you see those opportunities when you first do that. it's not going to be any different than what i've always done. it's part of the problem. in the country as well as nevada. problem and find a solution. solving the problems to help people in our countries and benefit working families. that's where we start. what would be the top priority. what's one issue you would pry ties. >> the issues here today, there has to be an opportunity for manufacture us to address. wage vz been flat. unfortunately, we are seeing families struggling. it's ti

already in progress. >> we're a crork and you've done it here in nevada where do you see those opportunities to first do that if you are lining? >> it's not going to be any different than what i've always done. you build coalitions on the issues that are ponte ant and you solve problems and you focus on what is happening in our country and as well as in nevada and we focus on how we solve that problem and find a solution and we work towards that goal and you don't have to be a different party to understand and solving problems that help people in our country that benefit businesses and benefit working families and that's where you start. >> what would be a top priority when you get in to the senate. what is one issue you would prioritize as? >> there are many issues i want to tackle that we're dealing with and particularly here in nevada and working families are struggling and there's got to be an opportunity for t many of us to come together to address thate wages have been flat and for the last 30 years and we've seen unfortunately families struggling and it's type to stop th

hover over southern nevada while... you can barely even see them moving. ashley conroy is in for tedd tonight... are we going to see more rain as the week goes on? a grey start to the first full week of 2016... with clouds covering the valley pretty much all day. ((paula francis)) you're looking at a timelapse from just the past few hours... as the clouds hover over southern nevada while... you can barely even see them moving. ashley conroy is in for tedd tonight... are we going to see more rain as the week goes on? we're definitely anticipating more showers for the entire week -- here's our satellite radar map -- we have two systems protestors say they aretaving anytime soon.e group... led by bunkerl ncher iven bundy's n ammon...ys they'rprotesting aderal judge's ruling to sendo ranchers to prison. patrick walker explains...politicians are now weighing in on the conflict. patrick walker)) a militia group occupying federal land says enough is enough... after a judge ordered father and son ranchers dwight and steven hammond to return to prison. the pair was convicted of setting fires o

joe hart. nevada's commission will reconsider a controversial decision impacting the solar rooftop industry. a hearing took place in carson city this morning. >>> unfortunately it is coming too late for hundreds of workers at solar city, including 100 employees here in reno. on your on your side report. the workers in reno were parking -- packing up today. >> reporter: that's right. after the commity hearing this morning, solar city employees here in reno were closing shop. i spoke to several of them and they say they're baffled and angry over the loss of their good-paying jobs. >> closing down the shop. it is happening all over the state right now. >> reporter: this solar city warehouse now in reno is closing its doors. the solar city installer says he'll soon join the ranks of the unemployed. what are you going to do? what are your plan ? >> that is a good question. as of tomorrow it is going to be my last day so i'll be out of work. >> reporter: he and his co- worker say the company offered to relocate them to another state, but they say for them that's not an option. >> i've go

... nevada down 1... d-j fenner with the steal -- and he'll go coast-to-coast for the easy 2... nevada takes the lead, 54-53... after a u-n-l-v basket, fenner answers again -- this time with the jump shot... wolf pack up 56-55... just over a second left -- wolf pack up 2... the desperation heave from patrick mccaw won't fall... and nevada beats u-n-l-v, 65-63... we'll have the full highlights and hear from the wolf pack coming up later in sports the snowstorm packing a wallop along the northeast. at least 25 inches have accumulated in the new york city area, 31 in parts of pennsylvania, our nations capitol and surrounding areas could see up to 40 the big apple virtually shut down and folks hunkering down for the first big blast of the year. tonight...millions of americans in the northeast still socked in from a crippling snowstorm. sot: traveler "i didn't expect to be caught in the middle of snowzilla it's just such a white out right now" nats: beep beep even the dc police chief stepping in to shovel out stuck patrol cars. nat pop so much snow the plows can't keep up. nats at the jerse

delays to be impacted locally in reno as well as up in tahoe. plows out here tonight and the nevada department of transportation let me know that they are treating road ins reno with salt, sand, and a mixture of salt to make sure they're well prepare fordycey impact of today and into tomorrow. we are going to be watching for some snow flurries tonight, but skies are clear here. we do see blowing snow prom this fresh layer of snow, so that is really the biggest impact now. and those cold temperatures overnight tonight. the department of transportation wants to remind everyone to slow down and drive safe on winter roads, and they recommend checking road conditions before driving by dialing 511 or you can check online at n. v.roads.com. i'm meteorologist kathy wilson on the top of mount rose. back to you. >> thank you so much. be careful on your way down tonight. here is another peek outside at your winter weather and we check in with madison corney how is it going, madison? >> reporter: all of the weather coverage you could possibly want. here is a live look now. we are looking at the

than i have. >> reporter: they placed nevada at the bottom of the list of all 50 states for quality of k. through 12 education and another report released you this week gives nevada an f. grade for financial support of higher education. >> to hear that we are not receiving the same kind of opportunities that other students are at other schools, it is difficult to hear. >> reporter: the report card from the organization young invincible takes into account like how much of a priority the state puts on education and how much state aid is available to students. >> because we are a university and a state university, it is hard to see that students are pocket and receiving less from the state. i think a big focus of the state should be on education. >> reporter: but education officials i spoke to say that's already happening. >> we're not where we need to be, but we have the right focus. >> reporter: the board of regents' chairman says the governor sandoval increased taxes and invested $800 million in k. through 12 education last year. he says the governor also allotted about $135 million

installing energy. this rate change is forcing the nevada. now, the meeting started at 9:30 with angry residents, testifying until around 4:30 this afternoon. this resident, linda, is among those who testified. >> it's just not right. they broke our contracts. solar city has moved out of the state, i do not blame solar city, they had 18 states, that they cano energyith. it's not going to affect them that much. but it sure does affect the people that i encouraged to get solar. >>reporter: now, the public utilities commission was asked to issue a stay on that rate change, that went into effect the first of this year. and basically, that would just press the pause button so they could go back and reevaluate their decision and the rate change. but late this afternoon, and after hearing all of the testimony, the three member panel voted unanimously to deny that stay. reporting live in carson city, i'm terry hendry, i'll send it back to you guys. >> so much frustration over this issue, thanks. that brings us to the my news 4.com web poll question, do you think that the puc should have revers

northern nevada. but, this number grow to thousands. kolo 8 news now's colin lygren joins us. ?what does this mean for our area? sarah and noah... this is just one more indicator that northern nevada has become the west coast hub for warehouse fulfillment. jet dot com is the latest company to join the ranks of major online players like amazon... zulilly... and walmart. nats - unveiling. another good day... for northern nevada. "this is the best place in the nation to do business." governor sandoval and edawn... welcoming jet dot com. an online retailer with plans of making storey county... its west coast hub. "we've grown to ship over 200-thousand packages since and we expect to grow pretty agressively over the coming years." c-e-o mark lore lorry created the company to be an alternative to amazon. instead of sourcing products from across the nation... jet suggests you buy products from fulfillment a center near you. they also allow you to remove perks like free returns... to get your your cost down. "really there has only been one major player in amazon, and we think there is room for a

nevada. travel impacts are likely in the sierra this week and possibly for portions of western nevada as well. && .short term... warm air advection is producing light snow showers for locations north of susanville and light accumulations will be possible so early morning commuters should be prepared for potentially slick roads in those areas. the light showers will begin to dissipate this afternoon as the upper low continues to lift north out of the region. temperatures continue to be tricky early this morning. cloud cover along with some breezy winds are keeping temperatures warmer than yesterday evening in some locations, while other locations remain very cold with strong inversions in place. winds will begin to die down later today as the gradient relaxes less than a month away. and today, new finger pointing. a terrorism recruiting video has surfaced, featuring donald trump. campaign trail? abc's mary bruce is in washington with more. nats "?woman shouting at hrc?" hillary clinton standing up to a heckler. nats "you are very rude and i'm not ever going to call on you." as she come

guard members of nevada's 17th sustainment brigade offically began a tour of duty that will last one year. fox5's les krifaton was there and joins us from the newsroom to tell us about the ceremony - which was attended by governor brian sandoval. the families and friends of 250 members of our national guard, may have been stressed about the year ahead but they were also proud of what the guard will be assigned to do the next year. governor brian sandoval told the audience and guard members that the state of nevada and the country are proud and grateful for their service there is no easy way to say goodbye to loved ones as they prepare to leave to go to the middle east. these national guard members are the latest to be deployed from nevada, joining a military police unit that was deployed last year. governor brian sandoval participated in the ceremony and was beaming about the way the families dealing with this tour. if you attended the ceremony all the children of those being deployed came down and there must have been over a hundred of them. so it really brings home the importance o

... law enforcement here in northern nevada.. has a new high- tech tool to help them handle crash investigations. these stories and more.. coming up on this friday, january 8, 2016. 3 ((male voice: you're watching news 4 today on your side in high definition.)) 3 (bill)>> good morning 3 and thank you for choosing us to start your day. i'm bill frankmore.(sam)>> and i'm samantha boatman. 3 (bill)3 >> we begin this morning... with breaking news.. where police are on the scene of a water rescue... >> the water rescue took place a short time el rancho .. near oddie... (samantha)>> a man has been taken to the hospital after falling through the ice.. news 4's ben deach is live at paradise park with the latest. good morning ben. 3 (ben)>> good morning, that's right fire crews tell us that a man fell through the ice here early this morning. 3 (ben)he was in the ice for what crews say to be about 30 minutes. witnesses saw him fall in and were quickly able to call authorities. he was removed from the ice right around 4 am, and crews cleared out afterwards this case serves as a reminder to s

into western nevada. as such, the previous forecast largely remains intact with the best chances of precipitation north of interstate 80. generally up to an inch of snow will be possible mainly above 4500 feet if this system moves into western nevada by early evening. however, models are beginning to shift some of the timing suggesting a later arrival of the primary front more towards early monday morning. this would promote lower snow levels down to 4000 feet encompassing most western nevada valley floors. there is a growing concern that this system may not be quite as benign as the models are leading us to believe as there are some afternoon. police were called to the star of reno motel at fourth and arlington around two this afternoon. officers arrived, to find a woman with stab wounds to her back and stomach. she was taken to renown for treatment of those injuries. based on the information we received, information was given to other officers, they were able to locate the suspect a couple of blocks away and reno officers are talking to her now. at this time... reno police say the

nevada democrat party. >> we are excited. senator reid was hopeful getting the candidates here and the party along with senator reid are going to be hosting them and what should we expect to hearth them talk about?o >> hear about what their plans are. it's not a debate a chance just to talk with us. they won't be on stage at the same time and tholeic talk about their plans.w a month out, a month and a half out from the caucuses. >> patrick: nevada on the democrat side third up. what does it say to have the candidates six weeks out talking about iowa and new hampshire and take a time out and talk aboutu thee issues. >> a lotar going on for a long time and continues to build. even more boost as we move toward the caucuses. >> we've seen democrats putting in a lot of effort. offices. the hilary campaign a lot longer. how are they doing?t's >> i won't endorse until the caucuses i go to events bothef candidates and both organized and both getting out and talking to voters making phone calls. a lot of people. great for our ticket, our democracy ticket. >> also other seats. the legislatur

good chance of spillover snow into western nevada. a bit of a breeze...with stronger winds at higher elevations.on doppler radar this morning...snow is arriving in the sierra with a few snow showers already surviving into parts of western nevada. here's a look around the area.seasonably chilly temperatures across the area. expect seasonably chilly temperatures throughout the day as well.right now...air quality is moderate with a green burn code.7 day 3 (samantha)>> staying with local weather .. nevada's first snow survey of the year is in ... and the numbers are nothing but encouraging ....after four years of drought. hydrologists with the natural resources conservation service measured 54 inches of snow depth yesterday morning. that equals fifteen point nine inches of water content at the mount rose summit.hydrologists say those numbers make our snowpack one-hundred and ten percent of normal for this time of year. a year ago ... snowpack in the area was nearly half of what it is now ... at just 60 percent of normal.however ... hydroglogists say we'll need a lot more snow to help our