The forum we tried yestereday was recommended by the epa to allow parents in to have individual questions answered insead of being frustrated in a large Group Setting and not getting questions answered. The superintendent promised the School District would make personal phone calls to upset parents today. Back in 2003 in northern nevada back a student brought dental mercury on a bus and on campus. Hazmat teams had to strip down more than 70 kids exposed to mercurat Lu Middle School in gardnerville. Their clothes had such high concentrations even months later. They were never given back and had to be destroyed. A firefighter who recalled the incident told us it left parents there angry as well. And caused what he said was a lot of bad feelings in the community. There were negative feelings towards us on the Fire Department theres always experts im a Hazardous Materials technician myself. Dealing with hazmat came out in Public Meetings and said we were all idiots and spent a bunch of mon
Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Pat skorkowsky urged parents to be patient. But didnt have a whole lot of answers. Fox5s adam herbets has more on what he had to say. Closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly will resume shortly closed captioning the Environmental Protection Agency Responded to at least two other cases in nevada in recent years. One here in las vegas. The other in gardnerville in northern nevada back in 2003. And it wasnt just shoes and backpacks. But also everything the kids were wearing that had to come off. And subsequently be destroyed. A firefighter who worked that incident told us it also caused a public backlash. But he believes they would have been criticized had they gone to the extent they did. To make sure none of the kids tracked mercury back home. People that arent particularly well versed in what we have to do in order to manage other people in d
Fled the scene. Araceli hernandez involved in crash we were waiting for a light. He came out of nowhere. I dont know what he was thinking, i dont know whether he thought the light had already turned green, you know he just hit the gas. But it was something that could have been taken care of down at that corner. If he would have waited, this would not have happened. Right now we dont know who was in the silver car that was also involved here or what their condition is. Were waiting for more information from police and we hope to have an update at 1030. Reporting live cl today Johnson Junior High School students didnt report to class again as decontamination crews trie make sure the building is mercuryfree. But a few dozen students and their parents did show up to school to drop off bags of clothes, shoes. Anything that could have been contaminated. This is day three of the school saga. You may remember on wednesday, hazmat crews locked down the school to screen each student for mercury
Expanding. Dave Courvoisier wells cargo wants to add an additional plant on the south side of Spring Mountain near tenaya. Thats where their current plant and gravel pit is located which continues to cause controversy with neighbors. That is where 8 news nows Brittany Edney is with todays top story. Brittany Edney right now homeowners at this neighborhood behind me are meeting with county commissioner susan brager ahead of key county meetings this week which will play a big part in determining whether this plant over hereowned by wells cargo expands. As the fuel for the manufacturing process because it is the cleanest fuel available. We are committed to responsible development and Environmental Compliance with all of our operations. Brittany Edney adding they do their best to contain the dust, from washing and sweeping the streets to also making sure their truck beds are covered when leaving the site. The company adds that its dust and operating emissions are within allowable limits an
Whats going to happen tonight. And it was the same on the democratic side today. With Bernie Clinton campaigning all day long. Trying to secure every last vote. Were going to keep working literally until the last vote is cast. We will continue to update you on results from both parties president ial primaries on the air and online throughout the night. And the nevada caucuses are less than two weeks away. Democrats can register at the door for the february 20th caucuses. But republicans will have to register early for the february 23rd cacucuses. The registration deadline is saturday, february 13th. But the Washoe County registrat of voters will close at five on friday the 12th. Democratic president ial will be in northern nevada this saturday. The vermont senator will speak at the real solutions, for real people summit. The event will be at the jot travis student doors open at 730 in the morning. Advance registration is required. And, republican president ial candidate Carly Fiorina w