KOH Special News Reports

Sheriff's deputies are investigating whether two people whose bodies were found in a hot spring, died because the water was too hot.

The City of Sparks is reminding residents who need to take action to control and remove weeds on their property.

Casinos in Washoe County have dodged a bill for back taxes totaling nearly $5 million. A recent audit discovered the county has been significantly miscalculating a portion of the gambling taxes levied on local casinos over the past seven years. The Washoe County Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to bill the casinos the correct amount beginning this year — about $995,000. The panel agreed with their staff's recommendation that it would be too complicated to try to collect all the back taxes at this point. Among other things, they'd have to sort through changes in ownership at some casinos, and in some cases more than once over that period of seven years.

This week marked the 25th anniversary of the cease fire that ended the first Gulf War. During the conflict, nearly 700-thousand U-S troops were engaged. Dr. Ronald Grewenow, clinical director at the Portland V-A medical center, says the war produced fewer physical injuries than other wars, and of those veterans reporting problems, most suffered from the still-unexplainable "Gulf War Illness," which left them with fatigue and muscle pains. War-time stress is the most likely cause, but there are other possibilities too, like nerve agents or pesticides.

The Washoe County Commission has decided it is too much work to retroactively charge casinos for $4.8 million worth of under-collected gaming taxes. An apparent miscalculation resulted in taxes being under-collected over the last seven years. From 2009 through 2015, $4.6 million was under-collected. According to Chris Ciarlo with Washoe County, the miss-calculation shorted Washoe County by $460,000 each year between 2009 and 2015. $460,000 is less than a quarter of a percent of Washoe County's annual general fund. Commissioners decided it would not be practical to charge back taxes because many of the properties have changed hands in the last seven years, but they say the problem has been fixed going forward.

Casinos in Washoe County have dodged a bill for back taxes totaling nearly $5 million. A recent audit discovered the county has been significantly miscalculating a portion of the gambling taxes levied on local casinos over the past seven years. The Washoe County Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to bill the casinos the correct amount beginning this year — about $995,000. The panel agreed with their staff's recommendation that it would be too complicated to try to collect all the back taxes at this point. Among other things, they'd have to sort through changes in ownership at some casinos, and in some cases more than once over that period of seven years.

The Washoe County Commission has decided it is too much work to retroactively charge casinos for $4.8 million worth of under-collected gaming taxes. An apparent miscalculation resulted in taxes being under-collected over the last seven years. From 2009 through 2015, $4.6 million was under-collected. According to Chris Ciarlo with Washoe County, the miscalculation shorted Washoe County by $460,000 each year between 2009 and 2015.

Casinos in Washoe County have dodged a bill for back taxes totaling nearly $5 million. A recent audit discovered the county has been significantly miscalculating a portion of the gambling taxes levied on local casinos over the past seven years. The Washoe County Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to bill the casinos the correct amount beginning this year — about $995,000. The panel agreed with their staff's recommendation that it would be too complicated to try to collect all the back taxes at this point. Among other things, they'd have to sort through changes in ownership at some casinos, and in some cases more than once over that period of seven years.

The Washoe County Commission has decided it is too much work to retroactively charge casinos for $4.8 million worth of under-collected gaming taxes. An apparent miscalculation resulted in taxes being under-collected over the last seven years. From 2009 through 2015, $4.6 million was under-collected. According to Chris Ciarlo with Washoe County, the miss-calculation shorted Washoe County by $460,000 each year between 2009 and 2015. $460,000 is less than a quarter of a percent of Washoe County's annual general fund. Commissioners decided it would not be practical to charge back taxes because many of the properties have changed hands in the last seven years, but they say the problem has been fixed going forward.

A Lovelock woman has begun her two year prison term, after pleading guilty to forgery charges last year.