Lasted between two and four days. Michael Stevens room tax adjustments for a Convention Center expansion. More cops. Are some of the things being discussed in the capitol city. Brian . brian loftus at least 20 deaths in the states are being blamed on Hurricane Matthew. As the storm moves north. Its still threatening areas with rain and flooding. Over the weekend. Matthew dumped close to 15 inches of rain in some parts of nortc more than onethousand people were rescued from the rushing water. The rain has overflowed the states rivers. And is threating towns with record flooding we aint got nothing so were going to try to get some clothes out of there before they get wet. The problem was we had water last week that come in and didnt get gone before this come. So theres nowhere for it to go. brian loftus many roads in the area are damaged. Meaning some may not get back home for days. Another issue. Contaminated drinking water. brian loftus in haiti. The death toll from matthew is now said
Police have not released the condition of the injured minors. The two employees who tried to stop the fight were not badly hurt. Students say the brawl was planned even before arbor view won the game against centennial. 28 to 7. The arbor view football coach tells 8 news now a few of his players were present during the fight. In fact, one of them got jumped. But coach dan barnson says they arl its unclear if any centennial Football Players took part in the fight. karen castro no one has been arrested. If you have any information, youre urged to call Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich Police Say Two people are dead after a crash on state route 160. It happened near the route 159 cutoff. The crash occured just before one this afternoon. Nhp says a dump truck lost its breaks and rear ended a blue sedan. A female driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The dump truck continued to move and rear ended an rv. Two people in
In the room tax is on the line to pay for 750Million Dollars worth of the nfl stadium. And 1. 4 billion dollars to expand the convention center. Casino execs made the pitch today. Asking lawmakers to pass it. But lawmakers didnt get the bill until yesterday. And they are asking a lot of questions. The big takeaway today from the senate. At this point. There are still a lot of reservations. st. Sen. Patricia farley r las vegas i want to make sure that again, theyre good jobs, its got a good wage, t economy, so that were not falling victim to tourism again. St. Sen. Aaron ford d las vegas i mean at the end of the day we have to ask a lot of questions and be able to get some answers, theres a deep divide, a deep split on these issues. St. Sen. Ruben kihuen D North Las Vegas we have students who are sitting on the ground, students who are in portables, why dont we invest this money in our education system, why dont we build new schools . Thats going to put people back to work. Patrick Walk
Infrastructure committee, its addressing tourism as a whole, and as a question, and the more we delay, the more issues we have. Patrick Walker county Commission Chair steve sisolak. Who sat on the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure committee. Says the looming theat of terrorism is a reason hell push for the tax increase if its passed and sent back to the commission. Sheriff lombardo says hes also wanting more officers because of a 14 percent increase in Violent Crime over last year. Patrick Walker this is a onetenth of a percent increase in sales tax in clark county. Additional 31 Million Dollars for Clark County Police agencies. While the assembly has been tackling this issue. The stadium and the Convention Center are in front of state senators. Let me bring Chris Maathius into the conversation. And chris. Chris Maathuis one of the big Early Morning topics with the stadium proposal, centered on unlv and with the rebels be protected should the with the raiders a Reasonable Rent app
Sedan leaving the area. Metro is trying to figure out if this was an attempted robbery. A confrontation or if one or multiple suspects were involved in this shooting. nia wong they are looking at Surveillance Footage from a home in the neighborhood. They ask anyone with more video or information to contact them. Reporting live from downtown. Nia wong 8 news now. brian loftus lets turn our attention to the weather now. Cool and breezy is what we felt this morning. But its starting to warm back up a little. Which is just what sherry predicted. Clear skies at noon and the southerly breezes. A little rain fell from the heavier clouds sliding earlier this morning up past mesquite, near overton. In the valley. Weve had 70s for morning lows. It will be another warm day for Southern Nevada so it wont take long before we start warming up this morning. Highs today near 90 and mostly sunny skies. But temps start mild into the weekend. brian loftus 5 people were hurt last night in reno. When a pic