Kirsten Joyce so far, flights heading to the east coast from mccarran. Are on time this morning. But if youre traveling by car. The roads will be packed. Kirsten joyce the people at trip advisor say more than 35percent of travelers are packing their bags and heading home today. brian loftus 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live above the i15 with what you can expect if youre hitting the roads today. Good morning michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Its expected to be a very busy day on our roads. Over 60percent of people planned to drove to their labor day destinations this year. And if those numbers hold true a major interstate like the i15 could be packed . In order to keep everyone safe on our roads. A number of Law Enforcement agencies have been teaming up all weekend to target heavily las vegas. Listen to these numbers. On average, about 45thousand people drive this stretch per day. Adding up to about 16million cars per year. With this stretch being one of the busiest i
Their life jackets. Shakala Alvaranga what youll also want to keep a look out for is the wind. Though it is calm now, when it picks up. It can form waves up to 10 feet tall. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. paul joncich a huge wildfire in Northern California has now charred more than 25thousand acres. The gap fire in the Klamath National forest is still only 30percent contained. The blaze has been burn new evacuations in some areas near happy camp over the weekend. More than 18hundred firefighters are working to put the fire out. Investigators are still trying to figure out what started it. paul joncich the gap fire is just of one several wildfires burning in california. This was how it looked yesterday in the valley as smoke from fires burning in the southern part of the state drifted into Southern Nevada. Its promted an air quality advisory for clark county until the end of today. The county air quality problems to limit their time outdoors. Christianne Klein in parts of
Police in iowa city are once again looking for a suspect in an armed robbery. There were a string of armed robberies in iowa city in late july and early august. August. Sunday morning at about five witnesses told officers a black male walked into a mcdonalds with a handgun and left with cash and find a suspect and crimestoppers is offering a thousand dollar reward. Reward. At least four businesses in iowa city have been robbed over the last month and a half. Police say First American bank and culvers along highway one, pancheros on Riverside Drive and another mcdonalds along mormon trek have all been sites of armed robberies. Police havent said if any of those are related. A kalona woman is dead after an atv crash over the weekend. Weekend. Police responded to the crash at 100 shilo drive the crash report says the driver was 28yearold alex merrit from iowa city and he lost control of the atv on private property throwing him and 22year old Elizabeth Lenton from kalona off the atv. Lento
After a warm night of around 70, well be pushing 90 tomorrow afternoon. Then the forecast has a chance for some thunderstorms. You can see while were at 90, its o only 77 in minneapolis. As that push sots toast southeast, theres a chance tomorrow night that a strong storm or two could gop develop in our northern counties. By saturday, that moves to the re of eastern now new into the newsroom tonight, conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly died today, schlafly helped defeat the equal rights amendment and founded the profamily eagle forum in the early 70s she was still the president. She spent 70years focusing on protecting views on the traditional family and wrote several books fighting to roles. Schlafly died in her saint louis home surrounded by family. Schlafly was 92. A minnesota family has . Some closure tonight a minnesota family has some closure tonight after their sons body was found 27 years after he went missing. 11yearold jacob weterling was riding his bike a brother and a friend