Right now the crew is down to about a hundred on a daily basis. Garth obviously, when theres snow on the ground, and we get a lot of moisture, weve got to change our operations a little bit, but the nice thing is that were still able to do construction throughout the winter time and thats just helping keep people employed. The project is expected to improve water flow and quality in the Steamboat Creek and create an 80acre wetland complex. Crews have already removed nearly 470 Million Pounds of invasive weeds and infested soil and 3. 8 Million Pounds of trash. Garth that was anything from old box spring mattresses, car parts, barrels of stuff, just a tremendous amount of trash was out here, laying underneath the weeds that people may not see from the road. The project also includes a 10 footwide multiuse path but oksol says the new sixlane road will have the biggest impact on traffic. Garth its going to really greatly alleviate congestion, not only that we have today on a lot of the ar
Been a tremendously good governor in spite of having to deal with some very big problems there. As for president obama he has said hes looking for a nominee with impeccable legal credentials. And he hopes Senate Leadership will reconsider its position on blocking a hearing. Obama my hope and expectation is that once there is an actual nominee, once this is no longer an abstraction, that those on the Judiciary Committee recognize that their job is to give this person a hearing, to show the courtesy of meeting with them. You may recall that governor sandoval served as a judge for the Us District Court before he was elected governor. Covering the big story live, arianna bennett, channel 2 news. Meantime nevadas first in the west caucus results are in the books. Donald trump secured a whopping 46percent of the votes in last nights gop caucus. Finishing in second. Was florida senator marco rubio. With 24 percent of senator ted cruz was in third. With 21 percent. Then its doctor ben carson w
Good morning, im john potter. Thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. Lets start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist Angela Schilling. Its a cool start this morning but more warm weather is in the forecast today. Friday will be the warmest day of the week thanks jeff. The standoff between an armed militia and federal authorities may soon come to an end. Fbi agents surrounded the refuge last night. Agents tried to approach one of the protesters as he was riding the protester returned to the refuge, and the fbi placed agents at all of the barricades. No shots were fired as agents negotiated with those inside. Now. The last four remaining occupiers say they will turn themselves in soon. Now. Overnight. Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy was arrested on his way to the refuge. The fbi has confirmed that bundy was brought to the Multnomah County jail last night. Its still unclear what charges he is facing. And a nevada lawmaker was also on her way to the refu
Runs. Christie and fiorina finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the New Hampshire primary. Christie was seen as a potential frontrunner after the 2012 election. Meanwhile, fiorina had failed to qualify for last weeks Republican Debate in New Hampshire, and was in danger of missing the cut for saturdays debate in south carolina. This also means that Carly Fiorina has cancelled her appearance at the atlantis on february 17th. And please stay channel 2 news and cbs news on air, online, and on facebook and twitter for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. Very warm and dry conditions with variable cloudiness will continue through the weekend, with a record High Temperature on friday a possibility. Highs will climb into the mid60s thursday and could reach 68 by friday, topping the old record by a degree. Very slight cooling that will only drop the highs into the lower 60s. Conditions stay dry into next week, but a couple of storm fronts seem ready to move turning to the crime beat.
The poorly educated. I love the poorly educated and. Hes pulling in the indepedent voters. New hampshire allows non partisans to vote in their caucuses. And herzik says. They made quite a statement there. Eric they voted disproportionately in the republican party. And for donald trump. He won that demographic. In nevada that demographic is growing. Comparing last months registration to january of our last president ial election. Registration has grown equally for both main parties. But the nonpartisan registration has outpaced the parties. By three times. And check this out. The difference between republican and democratic registration right now is 18 thousand. The 234 thousand nonpartisans currently registered are expected to make themselves heard. Eric one reason so many independents. Or nonpartisans. Especially those who have registered recently. Are just im fed up with washington. Im fed up with you guys. Thats the capturing it. Now whether that trend will continue is still a quest