Good morning. Its thursday, february 18th. Im Amanda Sanchez and im dave lawrence. Its a first alert day. The winter storm dropping snow down to the valley floor but fortunately. Most of the problems seem to be in the mountains. Kolo 8 news nows rebecca kitchen is live from gold ranch where traffic has been stopped since early this morning. Officials with caltrans say interstate 80 at stateline is closed due to severe weather. All vehicles are being turned around at the gold ranch casino exit on i80. They say semi trucks and four wheel drive vehicles are getting stuck in the snow, causing multiple clusters of cars to block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when i80 will be back open. Stay with kolo 8 news now for any updates. A fastmoving, but intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the t
Block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when i80 will be back open. Stay with kolo 8 news now for any updates. A fastmoving, but intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening hours. Rain will develop in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the tahoe basin before midnight. Snow levels will drop to valley floors before sunrise, bringing the possibility of a few slushy inches for the morning commute. Snow levels will rise on thursday and showers will diminish by evening. Dry, mild weather will return friday through early next week. Officials with caltrans say interstate 80 at to severe weather. All vehicles are being turned around at the gold ranch casino exit on i80. They say semi trucks and four wheel drive vehicles are getting stuck in the snow, causing multiple clusters of cars to block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when
Marco rubio is holding on to third place and hes going into saturdays primary with a key endorsement from South Carolinas popular governor. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest right now on the campaign trail from abcs ray raimundi starting with the republicans. Reporter the clash of the republican candidates now going into overdrive. The battleground, South Carolina, where four of the six republican candidates participated in town hall for rums across two cable networks. I do attack people when im attacked. Reporter republican frontrunner donald trump all alone on msnbc where he attacked his fellow counterparts and defended his fiery temperament. In a year from now, people will respect what i did. Youre so worried about being nice and being politically correct. What would you rather have me do, be nice to everybody. Reporter over on cnn ted cruz and marco rubio along with dr. Ben carson got their chance to address questions from South Carolina voters. Cruz whipping out the ham
Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders in a dead heat. So who will come out on top . Thanks for joining us on good morning reno. Im Amanda Sanchez and im dave lawrence. The snow moved in fast some problems for people heading over the mountains. Kolo 8 news nows rebecca kitchen is live at gold ranch with more on the traffic nightmare. Officials with caltrans say interstate 80 at stateline is closed due to severe weather. All vehicles are being turned around at the gold ranch casino exit on i80. They say semi trucks and four wheel drive vehicles are getting stuck in the snow, causing multiple clusters of cars to block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when i80 will be back open. Stay with kolo 8 news now intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening hours. Rain will develop in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the tahoe basin levels wil
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