KOH Special News Reports

A federal agency is on path to sterilize wild horses on U.S. rangeland to slow the growth of herds - a new approach condemned by mustang advocates across the West. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management also continues to resist calls from ranchers and western Republicans to euthanize or sell for slaughter the animals overflowing holding pens so as to clear the way for more roundups. Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Steve Ellis delivered those messages at an emotional congressional hearing this week. He offered a glimpse of the challenges facing the agency that has been struggling for decades with what it describes as a $1 billion problem.

A minimum security inmate who walked away from a prison work crew on Tuesday in south Reno has been caught, and is headed back to prison. Zachary David Tankersley, 20, was caught Friday. He was assigned to a work crew cleaning weeds near Interstate 580 at South Meadows Parkway when he walked away. He was serving 12 months to 36 months on a burglary charge at the Stewart Conservation Camp in Carson City after being sentenced in March in Washoe District Court.

35 WWII and Korean war Vets are returning to Reno this afternoon after a visit to Washington to see memorials in their honor .

Police were called to Clinton Court in South Sun Valley at about 8:50 a.m. on Friday with a report of a battery with a deadly weapon, after a man allegedly attacked another man. The suspect was taken to the hospital complaining of chest pain and the victim was treated on scene. A few hours later a trailer on Clinton Court caught on fire and burned down. Two parrots and a dog died in the blaze. Authorities are still investigating if the incidents are connected. American Red Cross volunteers is assisting three adults and two children displaced by the fire.

Due to more accurate mapping, the Marina fire size has been revised down to 758 acres.

Fire restrictions go into effect Thursday, June 30, for the Plumas National Forest.

The Reno Area Gaming Expo, aka Rage-con, is taking place at the Nugget Resort Casino.

Fire restrictions go into effect Thursday, June 30, for the Plumas National Forest.

The Marina Fire has burned at least 819 acres and is 30% contained according to the the U.S. Forest Service.

06/25/16 7A Top of the Hour Newscast