The National Weather Service in Reno says a late season atmospheric river is heading our way tonight through Saturday morning, so it's a good idea keep your flood mitigation plans, and those sandbags, in place.

A woman was killed following a multi-vehicle crash on McCarran Boulevard between Pyramid Highway and Rock Boulevard. It happened shortly after 11 p.m. last night. According to the NHP, the 77 year old woman was traveling in a van when she was hit by a man driving a pickup truck. They were then hit by another car. Authorities suspect the driver of the truck was under the influence of alcohol. He was taken to Renown for minor injuries. A portion of McCarran Boulevard was closed for about three hours as REMSA, Sparks Fire and Sparks Police units all responded to the crash.

A GOP assemblyman is warning about the social costs of legal marijuana, he says while some see it as an easy way to fund schools, he expects other costs.

A woman was killed following a multi-vehicle crash on McCarran Boulevard between Pyramid Highway and Rock Boulevard. It happened shortly after 11 p.m. last night. According to the NHP, the 77 year old woman was traveling in a van when she was hit by a man driving a pickup truck. They were then hit by another car. Authorities suspect the driver of the truck was under the influence of alcohol. He was taken to Renown for minor injuries. A portion of McCarran Boulevard was closed for about three hours as REMSA, Sparks Fire and Sparks Police units all responded to the crash.

A woman was killed following a multi-vehicle crash on McCarran Boulevard between Pyramid Highway and Rock Boulevard. It happened shortly after 11 p.m. last night. According to the NHP, the 77 year old woman was traveling in a van when she was hit by a man driving a pickup truck. They were then hit by another car. Authorities suspect the driver of the truck was under the influence of alcohol.

A woman was killed following a multi-vehicle crash on McCarran Boulevard between Pyramid Highway and Rock Boulevard. It happened shortly after 11 p.m. last night. According to the NHP, the 77 year old woman was traveling in a van when she was hit by a man driving a pickup truck. They were then hit by another car. Authorities suspect the driver of the truck was under the influence of alcohol. He was taken to Renown for minor injuries. A portion of McCarran Boulevard was closed for about three hours as REMSA, Sparks Fire and Sparks Police units all responded to the crash.

Nevada lawmakers are pressing forward with a package of bills they say will make homemade solar energy an affordable option. The proposal would increase the amount of money residential solar users can get back on the energy their rooftop panels produce. Nevada utility regulators decided in late 2015 to lower the amount residents are credited. They later restored a favorable rate in northern Nevada. Those decisions effectively drove up the cost for residents to generate solar power, halting the state's previously booming home-solar industry.