KOH Special News Reports

Fire crews are knocking down a wildfire in the Pleasant Valley area near I-580. According to Fire Chief Charles Moore from the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, no structures are being threatened at this time. The blaze, which is burning mostly grass, has charred around 40 acres and is 10% contained.

An inmate who walked away from a prison camp in Humboldt County has been captured while a second inmate is still at large. Nevada Department of Corrections officials say Nicco Donavan Way was arrested after someone saw him sleeping near a Reno business and called police. 23-year-old James Westbrook is still on the loose. The pair walked away from the minimum security Humboldt Conservation Camp 66 miles northeast of Lovelock. They were reportedly seen at a convenience store on Grove Street in Reno Saturday afternoon. Westbrook is described as 6'2", with hazel eyes, brown hair, and a medium build. The word "Jay" is tattooed on his right forearm.

Power has been restored to thousands of customers near Idlewild Park. The outage happened at the substation near Idlewild Drive and Booth Street around just before 11 o'clock last night. According to NV Energy, the power was restored around 2am this morning. At one point more than 6,000 customers were without power.

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The Barracuda Championship is keeping their tradition of giving back to the community alive this year by donating another $25,000 to a worthy cause.

Smokers in Nevada can get free gum, patches and lozenges from the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program of the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health

The Carson City Sheriff's Department wants to add the canine division to the general fund budget, so when canine officers age-out, they can be replaced, rather than looking to the community to fund the division.

He wants you to know, he is not voting for Hilary Clinton for President. But Senator Dean Heller isn't endorsing Donald Trump either.

Not wanting America to be flooded with refugees doesn't make you a bigot.

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