Nevada loses game, cannon to UNLV 27-22

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada Storm is kicking off the season with a family friendly Bingo Extravaganza!. Offensive lineman, Lindsey Smiley, stopped by Morning Break to talk about how this event supports women’s ability to provide women with the opportunity to play and compete at the top tier of tackle football preparing for international and national competition; while fostering an environment of good will and sportsmanship.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Nevada state Democrats are responding to new Governor Joe Lombardo’s State of the State address. In prepared remarks, Speaker-elect Steve Yeager said:. “Good evening, my fellow Nevadans. My name is Steve Yeager and I am the Speaker-elect for the Nevada State Assembly and the...

WASHINGTON D.C., Virginia (KOLO) - The state of Nevada will be getting more than $55 million for high-speed internet. The money will go towards broadband infrastructure and other digital connectivity technology projects to help connect more than 40,000 households in the Silver State. Money for the projects comes from the...

ELY, Nev. (KOLO) - The Bureau of Land Management and nonprofit organization Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition teamed up to seed more than 19,000 acres of burned public lands in eastern Nevada. The new seeding project will augment previous seedings to improve wildlife habitat and watershed health in areas afflicted by...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - You have until the end of Friday, Jan. 27 to double your impact when you donate to the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation (NNCCF). The William N. Pennington Foundation is matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to $500,000, for the Know the Gold campaign. The six-month community-driven fundraising effort will support local families battling childhood cancer.

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Two Nevada companies are receiving tens of millions of dollars in grants as part of President Biden’s Infrastructure Law. American Battery Technology, based in Fernley, will receive a grant of more than $57 million in grants. The company will build and operate a commercial-scale facility...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Reno Rodeo Foundation’s Denim Drive distribution event will take place this Saturday. Foster parents are encouraged to bring their foster children to the Kids Kottage to pick out their new clothes. The distribution event happens each year following the Denim Drive, which takes place from Nov.14 through Dec. 31.

Greater Nevada Field named Sports Field Management Association’s Field of the Year. Greater Nevada Field named Sports Field Management Association’s Field of the Year. Quiet, chilly weather will continue, with a very slow warming trend into Friday. A couple systems will drop through the region this weekend into early next week. This change will bring snow showers and more cold air our way. -Jeff.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine signed onto a letter with 12 other State Treasurers urging House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to increase the federal debt limit. Conine is urging action in order to prevent economic consequences for the state’s economy. The U.S. officially reached its borrowing...

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will go to a Virginia City biofuel company to produce more of the renewable energy source. The Department of Energy says Comstock Inc. has developed “an innovative and cost-effective process that produces sustainable, renewable fuel from wood byproducts,” that they hope will create new jobs and reduce Nevada’s carbon footprint.

DEATH VALLEY, California (KOLO) - An elderly couple from Las Vegas were found dead in Death Valley earlier this month on Jan. 13, law enforcement officials say. 73-year-old Paul Fischer called the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office to report that he had just killed his wife, 72-year-old Mary Fischer. He...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) - The District of Nevada announced Wednesday it collected $3.9 million in civil and criminal penalties in the Fiscal Year 2022. Of that amount, $3.3 million was collected from criminal actions. The funds collected by the District are used to pay restitution to victims. “This total...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Clark County School District confirmed to FOX5 that a person at a Las Vegas elementary school recently was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). According to a letter sent to parents Tuesday from principal Christina M. Miani of Helen Jydstrup Elementary, “the Southern Nevada...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has appointed Tom Burns to be the next Executive Director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development. His appointment will become effective Jan. 30. “As I said in my State of the State Address, economic development will be a...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -We’ve been living through an uncertain time. The hangover from the pandemic, supply chain issues and rising inflation. What does the next year hold? Are we headed into a recession? Business and government leaders came to the Peppermill Thursday to hear the forecast at the Economic Development Authority’s State of the Economy luncheon.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - The Nevada State Treasurer is announcing a new pilot program that would allow parents to bring their infant children to work. New mothers and fathers who are employees of the State Treasurer’s Office will be permitted to bring their infant children with them to work up until the point they are six months old.

This is a recurring recording of GMR at 5 am. Two teenagers in the hospital after shootout in Carson City. This is a recurring recording of KOLO 8 News Now at 11pm. WCSD Board of Trustees Mtg day after State of State Address. Updated: 13 hours ago. WCSD Board of...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Nevada’s ‘SNAP’, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, helps low-income Nevadans buy food. During the pandemic, the program gave recipients a second monthly payment. Now, three years later, those additional payments will end. Many recipients, like Thomas Brown, will take a big cut. His...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Sheriff’s investigators were still on the scene late Wednesday morning, gathering evidence to explain what happened at the dead end of Carmine Street on Carson’s northeast side 16 hours earlier. This much we know: at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday, bullets were flying,...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - It’s been a year since the Red Cross declared the first-ever national blood crisis. Today, that shortage is still creating problems both nationwide and locally. Vitalant, the non-profit blood bank that serves the Northern Nevada community, says that they’ve been struggling to recover their blood...