Valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. A jaw dropping revelation about the stadium bill. Had nevada lawmakers reconvening after midnight last night to review the new information. brian loftus it came to light just hours ago. That if a stadium was built. The Nevada Department of transportation would need to accelerate nearly 1 billion dollars in freeway projects. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio. Lawmakers reconvening after midnight, right . The bill would approve using 750 Million Dollars in public funding from a Hotel Room Tax increase. To pay for the stadium. But just hours ago. Lawmakers learned the Nevada Department of transportation would need to speed up hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements if the stadium were to open by 2019. This all began late last night. After the Las Vegas Review journal published an article citing the results of a it had been kept quiet for several days and the article was quickly deleted. Th
Marzano academy will be the 12th Magnet School the district has opened. brian loftus and the clark county School District now says more students will don their cap and gown this year. District leaders say the Graduation Rate increased bt 2 point 6 percent. This year. Now up to 74 percent of the class will receive their diploma. Ccsd says its gone up 15 percent in just the past 5 years. 2016 is the districts largest graduating class. With more than 17h dr. Mike barton, chief student achievement officer i think im proud of the people within the clark county School District, im proud of the students as well, that really, if they had atrisk obstacles on their shoulders, they still came to school, they studied, they succeeded. brian loftus the results were read at chaparral high school. Because that school alone saw a 14 percent increase in its Graduation Rate. brian loftus today, North Las Vegas is expected to make a historic announcement about whats called ban the box. The movement aims t
Kirsten Joyce North Las Vegas police need your help finding a missing toddler believed to be in danger. 4 year old kylee boyd went missing last night in the area of mlk and ownes avenue. The family says she was on her way home with her relative 48 year old Vernon Barnes when they went missing. Kylee was last seen wearing a blue polo shirt with a pink sweatshirt and blue jeans. Vernon was last seen wearing a blue and white checkered shirt with blue jeans. Anyone who has any information is asked to call crimestoppers. weather . katie boer pleasant conditions will persist through saturday. The next storm system will impact the region sunday and monday, bringing breezy winds the area. Conditions will then improve during the middle of the week. Dry and quiet conditions are expected to persist through saturday as High Pressure remains in place leading into the weekend. This will result in an uptick in temperatures both friday and saturday, with highs topping out around 10 degrees above norma
Kirsten Joyce North Las Vegas police need your help finding a missing toddler believed to be in danger. 4 year old kylee boyd went missing last night in the area of mlk and ownes avenue. The family says she was on her way home with her relative 48 year old Vernon Barnes when they went missing. Kylee was last seen wearing a blue polo shirt with a pink sweatshirt and blue jeans. Vernon was last seen wearing a blue and white checkered shirt with blue jeans. Anyone who has any information is asked to call crimestoppers. weather . katie boer pleasant conditions will persist through saturday. The next storm system will impact the region sunday and monday, bringing breezy winds the area. Conditions will then improve during the middle of the week. Dry and quiet conditions are expected to persist through saturday as High Pressure remains in place leading into the weekend. This will result in an uptick in temperatures both friday and saturday, with highs topping out around 10 degrees above norma
Nevadans will begin deciding the future of our country. Most of the early voting sites open at nine in the morning. 8 news now reporter karen castro takes a look at final preparations and how clark county is keeping voter information safe. karen castro were inside the clark county election department. This is where they keep all their equipment. In fact, these are the machines that are going to be going out to the different sites. Crews have been out all day setting up 28 early voting locations around the valley. Clark county began using touchscreen machines in 2004. These macn provides a paper receipt copy that is used as a backup. The cartridges inside the machines are taken out daily during early voting and brought back to the election department. Where they are stored in a vault overnight. Clark county says the system used during an election period is secured and its never connected to the internet. joe gloria clark county registrars of voters our tabulation is also stand alone and