1/20/18 - 12 Noon - Top of the Hour News

A newly released state audit shows that Nevada's most vulnerable mentally ill residents are living in taxpayer-funded homes amidst human feces; expired food and medicine; and mold, mildew and rodent infestations.

Commuters who travel from the North Valleys are seeing longer wait times when traveling southbound into Reno. NDOT says they're working on the final details, and will have an extra thru lane under construction within the next 5 years, if not sooner.

A 50-year-old man died this morning when his motorcycle collided with a REMSA ambulance around 11:20 a.m.

Governor Brian Sandoval is again pleading with the Senate to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program. He says Nevada's ability to provide coverage is coming to a preventable end because of the elimination of federal funding. He also re-iterated his support for "DACA" adding "I firmly believe pitting one group of children in need against another group of children in need doesn't serve either."

The head of the Department of Health and Human Services in Nevada, Richard Whitley, says he'll take the responsiblility for the state placing severely mentally ill persons in homes with squalid conditions.

Activists have a full day planned for the Women's March in downtown Reno tomorrow (Saturday). The march starts at the Federal Building at 11:30am, and makes its way down to the City Art Plaza at South Virginia and 1st Street. Gianni Guliano with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Northern Nevada, (PLAN) talks about what's going on once they arrive at the Plaza....

If you're a democrat you're a "Lesser Human" according to State Senator Michael Roberson. That's what he said at the GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Eureka County.

For those commuters who travel through the North Valleys, slogging thru southbound traffic into town, the Nevada Department of Transportation says they plan to build another lane within the next 5 years, if not sooner.

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve presented her annual State of the City address last night at the Pioneer Center. One of the major issues she addressed was downtown revitalization.