KOH Special News Reports

One Nevada lawmaker thinks Harry Reid's name should live forever on the airport in Las Vegas. Democratic State Senator Tick Segerblom plans to introduce a measure renaming McCarran International Airport during the 2017 legislative session. Segerblom said the time has come for Nevada to move away from the checkered legacy of longtime Nevada Senator Pat McCarran, the airport's namesake. A number of lawmakers including Reid have tried to move the state away from McCarran's image over issues with the late senator's anti-immigrant and anti-semitic views.

The man who robbed a U.S. Bank in Stateline on Wednesday wearing bandages on his face may also be responsible for robbing a Chase Bank, in the Sacramento suburb of El Dorado Hills, on Friday. The man is believed to have been involved in several bank robberies. Authorities describe him as a large white male with short blond hair.

A fire burning on the border of Elko and Humboldt counties has reached 69,700 acres according to Jill Silvey, district manager of the Elko district of the Bureau of Land Management.

The Trailhead Fire which started around 2pm on Tuesday, along the middle fork of the American River near Foresthill, has burned 3,936 acres and is still only 12 percent contained.

Increased fuels due to the wet winter and spring, drying vegetation, drought conditions, increasing daytime temperatures, and several human-caused fires have prompted the Bureau of Land Management , Carson City District Office; USDA Forest Service, Bridgeport and Carson ranger districts; the Nevada Division of Forestry; the Bureau of Indian Affairs ; and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to announce the implementation of fire restrictions on all lands under their jurisdiction in western Nevada.

Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze, in the Stagecoach area, that destroyed several buildings and vehicles yesterday afternoon.

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District wants to keep you safe this busy fire season.

A fire near Alicia Way in Lemmon Valley burned about 11 acres yesterday before being extinguished.

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