Records over the weekend, casting more than 70 thousand ballots at the polls. Christianne Klein both democrats and republicans are making a final push to sway undecided voters. With a closer look at the numbers. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga paul and christianne, as a key swing state, the Voting Results in nevada matter. And so far we are seeing a huge turnout from locals. On saturday, 39 thousand 309 ballots were cast. It beats the 2012 general election figure by about 6 thousand votes. And on sunday, 31 thousand 249 people voted in clark county, 2012 general election by more than 5 thousand votes. Polls show the races for president and a senate seat are tight in nevada. Today u. S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez masto and state sentor ruben kihuen highlighted whats at stake for nevadas Latino Community and the importance of voting early. for us to stay home is not doing our civic duty. Its not enough to say enough to say that. Every vote counts. Shakala Alvaranga meanwhile, Republic
Gradually diminish from west to east by early tomorrow am. Places farther south. South of 215 may continue to see some scattered storms. Winds will also be noticably less after 4pm too. Nice pleasant, drier conditions will return tuesday through thursday. Currently were still seeing plenty of breezy winds noticing those highest breezes south of red rock n jean. Temps. Have had a hard time climbing thanks to our added cloud cover most spots only in the 60s. Looking at your extended forecast. Well be nice and dry tuesday through thursday. More active weather returns friday through the weekend when another rain and storm chance returns to the region. Denise Valdez as a key swing state, saturday and over the weekend, clark county residents hit the polls in record numbers. More than 70 thousand people cast their ballots. Shakala alvaranga is live near main street and charleston with a look at the turn out so far. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga denise, as locals hit the polls for early voting b
Brittany edney is live from the spaghetti bowl. With the detours that start tomorrow Brittany Edney this time come tommorow night. The spaghetti bowl ramp closures begin which means headaches for valley drivers keep in mind, these closures arent short term. The ramps may reopen at the end of february at the earliest. So, heres whats being impacted. Ndot says 24 7 closures are set for i15 south and northbound ramps to us 95 northbound. 115 north and southbound ramps to mlk boulevard. And. The 95 northbound ramp to mlk. Getting around there. Drivers can take various detours. Using surface streets like charleston, lake mead and mlk. Project neon officials are advising motorists to take alternate routes. Also saying these closures are a temporary inconvience for longterm benefits. dale keller, ndot project neon manager thats the goal of project neon. Safety and mobility. And we know its going to get worse before it gets better and time in the scheme of things impacting this movement. We as
Me is mlk boulevard and thats where traffic will be flowing for the next four months to get from interstate 15 northbound to the 95 north. Crews are out now setting up to do work over the next several months moving forward with project neon. The closures took effect just about an hour ago. And detours are taking drivers through side streets. Folks wanting to get onto the 95 heading northbound from interstate 15 south they will have to get off at lake mead boulevardhead west and then go jump onto the 95 northbound. Which is going to create a lot more traffic in the area. The northbound mlk boulevard off ramp has a number of closures from now until february next year. Drivers heading northbound on the 95 will have to get off at rancho drive and turn around on us 95 to exit mlk blvd. Traffic heading northbound on the 15 will exit charleston blvd. Westbound to get to mlk boulevard. And traffic will exit at lake mead boulevard to access mlk boulevard if theyre coming from the 15 south. Ndot
And cool evening temps in the 70s to 60s later. Tomorrow more sunshine back to the 80s by afternoon. But how warm will we get this week . And theres another chance of showers in the 7day. Thats all straight ahead in the extended forecast coming up morning commute if the weather gets soggy. Especially with even more longterm closures happening at the spaghetti bowl over night in what ndot is calling carnado. The next major closure for the next four months is taking this time its the interchange between 15northbound and the 95 north. Thats the big ramp over the entire spaghetti bowl. Traffic will get diverted to the mlk exit and back onto the 95 with only one lane. So ndot says drivers are going to have to be patient. Theres already a number of closures in place. The 15south to 95 north ramp is shut down. We traveled the detour having to exit lake mead boulevard. Heading down the road to mlk there is a whole lot of orange cones and slowing down going on. With the potential for rainits cr