He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. No word yet on what triggered the crash. The carson city airport is back open after a helicopter crashed near the runway saturday afternoon. Sheriff ken furlong says it crashed during take off right after its engine apparently failed. The pilot and a passenger were taken to renown with minor injuries. The airport was shut down for about an hour. The faa is investigating. Police are looking for answers in the shooting death of a man in sparks. They were called to the 7eleven on pyramid near victorian around 11 oclock friday night. Officers found a man down. He was rushed to saint marys where he was pronounced dead. It was later revealed he had been shot. No information about the victim is being released at this time. If you have any information that could help detectives, youre urged to call the Sparks Police department or secret witness at 3224900. A close call for an oregon man who was rescued after getting stranded for a week on a gra
Kihuen both believe too much is being made of the superdelegates influence at this stage of the process. Both also say the main focus between now and saturday is getting people out to the caucus and helping to move the process forward. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were in town. Courting voters over the weekend. We suprised a lot of people in iowa, we suprised a lot of people in new hampshire,we are going to surprise a lot of peoplin nevada. cheers sanders used a megaphone sunday. To address supporters who couldnt get inside a rally sunday at bonanza high school. During his hour long speech he addressed familiar topics like income inequilty health care and the cost of college. But also touched on the recent solar power rate it is beyond my comprehension what your Public Utility Commission did here in the state of nevada boos . We should be expaning solar, not contracting. cheers . Hillary clinton. Held a rally in henderson saturday. Left to campaign in colorado. And returned
Freezing rain continues for some. Watch for heavy rain and ice this morning. This winter storm continues to wreak havoc on our area and is making things tricky for commuters and people just even trying to walk their dog this morning. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live in Downtown Roanoke for us this morning. Shayne how are the roads looking right now . Good morning garrett. Roanoke, the roads primaries are in decent shape too but the Virginia Department of transportation is reporting slick spots pretty much all across our region. There is some snow and ice on primary routes in bedford, floyd, Henry Patrick and pulaski counties. Garrett ice continues to be the problem causer here this morning and may even be worse than the snow. Shayne Power Outages now topping more than 20 thousand. Where are the hardest hit areas . Garrett that number were no more than 21thousand three hundred right now. Right now some of the hardest hit areas are right in the Roanoke Valley where you see all that red. Roano
And ice this morning. Yesterday many people got lucky with yesterday many people got lucky with yesterday many people got lucky with the timing of the storm and that it fell on a holiday when many people were already off work and out of school. But thats not the case today, and this latest round of winter storm may cause many headaches for people today. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live in Downtown Roanoke for us this morning. Morning, and most importantly how are the roads . Kimberly its downright dangerous out here. The primary roads are in as good as shape as they can be, the plow crews have been working all through the night to get those clear. But there is a lot of standing water and slush on the roads. My 15 minute commute into work this morning took me over 30 minutes. If you went slow yesterday, try to go about half that speed today. Kimberly ice can come out of no where and turn a normal day into a power crews are very on power lines and trees. More than 14 thousand outages reported
Now to decision 2016 where the political spotlight is turning to pennsylvania, the states primary is just six days away now and a president ial Campaign Blitz is under way. Voters in the keystone state have the power to make or break president ial dreams next tuesday. Candidates and celebrities are all crisscrossing the state ahead of the primary. Hillary clinton is in philadelphia right now. Were live where well hear from clinton in just a few minutes. Reporter jim and jacqueline, this is actually the first of two events in philadelphia for Hillary Clinton today. But this is not your traditional rally. Let me sort of move out of the way and show you whats happening here today. You see the stage is set for a panel for the secretary to join in and the audience here, this includes people who have lost loved ones to gun violence and are working to stop gun violence. Some are wearing tshirts and some wearing buttons that have pictures of loved ones theyve lost. Also part of the discussion