KOH Special News Reports

The Nevada Department of Corrections says death row inmate Scott Dozier has been removed from suicide watch at Ely State Prison. According to Brooke Keast, Dozier was placed on the watch since his stay of execution last week after making comments that he would kill himself if the state did not carry out his sentence. Dozier was scheduled to be executed November 14th, after he voluntarily gave up his appeals. But his execution has been stayed after a judge ruled there were valid concerns over the paralytic that would be used in the lethal injection process.

The case is now heading to the Nevada Supreme Court. Dozier is a two-time convicted murderer and was sentenced to death in 2007.....

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on I80 in Churchill County. According to officials, the accident happened around 9:30 last night about 30 miles east of Fernley.

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on I80 in Churchill County. According to officials, the accident happened around 9:30 last night about 30 miles east of Fernley. Investigators say the pedestrian was on the interstate when they were hit by the car.

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on I80 in Churchill County. According to officials, the accident happened around 9:30 last night about 30 miles east of Fernley.

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on I80 in Churchill County. According to officials, the accident happened around 9:30 last night about 30 miles east of Fernley. Investigators say the pedestrian was on the interstate when they were hit by the car.

Senator Dean Heller filed bill with South Carolina Senator Tim Scott to double the child tax credit included in the updated tax relief bill.

The first big fall weather pattern is on the way to the Sierra, Lake Tahoe basin and the Truckee Meadows, Wednesday into Thursday. This storm will bring the highest wind speeds we've seen since last winter, but because of it's sub-tropical nature, amounts and snow levels are hard to determine says Scott McGuire with the National Weather Service Reno.

THE N-W-S REMINDS MOTORISTS TO PREPARE FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE SIERRA THESE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

A windy, sub-tropical storm is expected to hit our region this Wednesday through Thursday afternoon, but because it's a warm system, snow levels should stay around 8500 feet, with only a few inches of snow predicted for the Tahoe basin. Scott McGuire with the National Weather Service Reno says you can hold off, for now, on those sand bags.