will be greatly missed. "she'll be missed in the fight for education dollars and capital construction. with the school board capital bond issue coming up, her voice will be missed." "i used to joke that she was my 'caucus mom'. she didn't like hearing that; she perferred "caucus sister'. "she taught me a lot. how to be a better legislator, and ultimately, i think she set an incredible model for how to serve constituents. she was an amazing public servant." governor brian sandoval released a statement. -quote- "today we remember her legacy as a true nevadan with a fierce devotion to her constituents and state, particularly to public education and the children of nevada. i will personally miss her greatly and nevada will miss her leadership," -end quote- governor sandoval has ordered all flags on state buildings

the day of her funeral debbie smith was 60 years old. she is survived by her husband greg, and her children, erin, ian, and olivia. today seems very similar to what we saw on saturday. we're seeing some high level clouds with sun filtered behind it. temperatures are mild for this time of year, into the upper 50's and low 60's. winds right now are light, sustained at five to ten miles per hour. they will pick up this evening in advance of a

weak system will give us more cloud cover tonight and a few sprinkles closer to the oregon border. temperatures tomorrow morning will near the freezing point. monday will be dry. turning to campaign 20-16. the nevada democratic caucus is over, and hillary clinton has been declared the winner. so how was saturday's voter turnout? ryan canaday tells us statewide turnout was low as anticipated. "caucus" although the washoe county turnout was better than clark county... nevada still had a very low caucus participation rate compared to states like iowa and new hampshire..with nevada attracting less than 12 percent

side. that's the problem with the caucus state and maybe the problem with the west where we're much more jaded about politics a lot more distressful about candidates so building enthusiasm out here is challenging." but could poor participation affect nevada's value as first caucus in the west during future elections? lokken says that answer is less about voter turnout and more about harry reid's decision to retire from the u.s. senate. "with that kind of longevity came tremendous influence in power, we could immediately see the loss of frontloading status for the caucuses but i'm hoping nevada will also reconsider caucuses and go back to primaries, we have far better participation rates, even though they're still abysmal." but even though the participation isn't always the greatest in nevada, lokken believes our state is more reflective of america than states like iowa or new hampshire...making the democratic caucus a great test for both campaigns. this is now a reality check for the sanders revolution or movement and it's a chance for the clinton team to score a win

start of their new momentum which is what i tend to think is exactly what will happen." what then does this all mean for the republican caucus later this week? lokken believes it'll be more of what we saw on saturday. "the party is going to see at best a 7 or 8 percent turnout, you know we really do, i hope in the 2017 legislature need to stand back, look at this process and rethink it, especially in the post reid years and we really should rethink what we're doing if we think more people should be involved." covering campaign 2016 ryan canaday channel two news a dwindling pool of gop presidential candidates heads out west this week for the nevada republican caucuses. danielle nottingham has the latest from southern nevada. donald trump is on a roll after picking up 50 delegates in his south carolina victory. but trump isn't underestimating his republican rivals. "i'm

people, smart people, good people.i think they'll be competing. we still have competition." its shaping up to be a three man race between trump and senators marco rubio and ted cruz heading into tuesdays caucuses in nevada. rubio picked up the endorsement of nevada senator dean heller-- it could be key in his effort to become the choice of establishment republicans. "the democrats don't want to run against me, but i want to run against them" "cruz is hitting the ground hard here in nevada after a disappointing third place finish in south carolina, where he lost the evangelical vote to trump." "it is becoming clearer and clearer that we are the one campaign that can beat donald trump. infact we're the only campaign that has beaten donald trump." his supporters agree. "he will do the best to save our country. more than that he's going to save the constitution. we're going back to the constitution." senator bernie sanders was also looking to rebound from a tough loss

he attended church services in south carolina sunday trying to court black voters. the democrats have their next contest saturday in the palmetto state. danielle nottingham, cbs new, pahrump, nevada. and heading into the g-o-p caucus, here's a look at the delegate count. donald trump leads with 67. cruz is second with 11, rubio has 10, kasich 5, and carson 3. jeb bush had 4 delegates, but suspended his campaign yesterday. in advance of tuesday's g-o-p caucus, ben carson stopped in reno for a rally at the atlantis resort. according to recent polls, the retired neurosurgeon is polling in last place in the silver state. after a strong showing in iowa, gaining three delegates, he had poor results in new hampshire and south carolina. today, he tovched on many subjects, including what he feels is the death of the american dream. "that used to be the american

carson will hold a town hall meeting a the piper's opera house in virginia city tomorrow morning starting at 9:30 a-m... doors open at 7:30. and florida senator marco rubio will hold three rallies in northern nevada tomorrow. he will be in elko at 9-30 a-m... at the peppermill in reno just after noon... and at minden park at 3:30 p-m. and the g-o-p frontrunner will be in sparks on tuesday. donald trump will host a rally at the rose ballroom, starting at noon. doors will open at 10 a-m. to r-s-v-p for any of these events, head to k-t-v-n dot com and click the blue "news links" button. and with the g-o-p caucus here on tuesday, and super tuesday a week later, be sure to stay with channel two news on air, online, and on facebook and twitter for continuing coverage of campaign 20-16. in cone zone... a large boulder rolled onto westbound u-s 50 last night,

it happened in the glenbrook are of lake tahoe at around 6:30 on saturday. n-dot estimates that the boulder is nine feet wide and six feet tall. n-dot plans to contract specialty equipment to first break apart and then remove the boulder. until then, one lane of westbound u-s 50 will remain closed. work to remove the boulder is expected to last through monday, and potentially tuesday if needed. the kalamazoo community is coming together to remember the victims killed in the michigan shooting rampage. i'm kenneth craig with

a michigan man is in custody - accused of carrying out a series of random shootings that killed six people and injured two. kenneth craig reports from kalamazoo, where people are gathering together to mourn. music and prayer brought hundreds of grieving kalamazoo residents together sunday night at a church service to honor the victims killed in a deadly shooting rampage. "this kind of tragedy happens in california, or in new york city, or overseas. it doesn't happen here." authorities say 45-year-old jason dalton's spree allegedly began when he seriously wounded a woman around 6pm saturday night outside an apartment complex. four hours later, a father and son were killed at this car

say dalton killed 4 women at a roadside restaurant. a 14 year girl was seriously injured. "investigators say the women were in two cars here in the cracker barrel parking lot. authorities are still searching for a motive." cbs news confirmed dalton was working as an uber driver and passed the company's background check. matt mellen says he was dalton's passenger less than 2 hours before the rampage. "we were driving through medians, driving through the lawn, speeding along and finally once he came to a stop, i jumped out of the car and ran away" mellen's fiance posted on facebook to warn other passengers to stay away. authorities believe dalton would have continued his shooting spree, if he weren't stopped. kenneth craig, cbs news, kalamazoo michigan. angela will have a look at your

welcome back... fiji has started to clean up after the strongest storm ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. tropical cyclone winston slammed

more than 180-miles-an-hour saturday. that's the equivalent of a category-five hurricane. the storm brought heavy flooding... flattening trees and knocking out power across the nation. and some forecasters are concerned about possible landslides after heavy rains. the fiji government reports at least 17 deaths from the storm. today seems very similar to what we saw on saturday. we're seeing some high level clouds with sun filtered behind it. temperatures are mild for this time of year, into the upper 50's and low

now are light, sustained at five to ten miles per hour. they will pick up this evening in advance of a weak system to our north. this weak system will give us more cloud cover tonight and a few

the oregon border. temperatures tomorrow morning will near the freezing point. monday will be dry. futurecast stays quiet this week with some more cloud cover on

strengthens on thursday and friday. seven day shows quiet weather with highs in the mid to upper 60's and overnight lows in the upper 20's and low 30's. coming up in sports, it was photo finish at the 58-th

the nascar sprint cup season got underway this afternoon with the 58th running of the daytona 500... with 40 cars and 500 miles of racing... this years running of the great american race featured a last lap pass for the lead... and the closest

lets head to daytona... kyle busch the defending sprint cup champions... dale earnhardt jr. always a favorite to win... and then 20 year old rookie pole sitter chase elliot taking over for the now retired jeff gordon... but elliott's hopes for a 500 victory were dashed early... lap 19 he spins coming off of turn 4... and when he gets to the trioval grass his front splitter digs in and causes heavy front end damage. now 31 laps to go... and dale earnhardt junior also spins as he exits turn 4... and he will nose it into the wall... ending his hopes of third daytona 500 win... he was alright... but junior nation... frustrated. 13 laps later you ride with greg biffle he has a run on danica patrick in the locally sponsored natures bakery car... they make contact... she gets knocked into the infield where her car would suffer terminal damage... she would finish in 35th... so final lap.. matt kenseth out front... but his teammate denny hamlin has a run... he looks high and then cuts underneath him to take the lead... kenseth falls back

between hamlin and martin truex jr... truex noses ahead but at the line its denny hamlin winning by 1 hundreth of a second... take a look at the finish... as hamlin said afterwords it was the best moment of his career. " it is the pinnicle of my career for sure, i don't have a championship yet so this is obviously the biggest win for myself." "wish we could of won obviously. i will have to watch that on the highlight reel for the rest of my career. today was a great day. we all want to win, this is compitition. i would be lying if i said i didn't want to win." so here is a look a the final results... top 6. speaking of wild finishes the last 15 seconds of regulation speaking of wild finishes the last 15 seconds of regulation between nevada and unlv last

before the rebels would go on to win in overtime. game tied at 77... rebel ball... ike nwamu's go ahead shot is no good... lindsey drew pulls down the rebound and he'll give it tom marqueze coleman... coleman will then decide to step into a 25 foot three pointer... and he burries it... nevada leads 80- 77... with less than 2 and half seconds to go... but the wolf pack in foul trouble decides not to pressure the rebels... and patrick mccaw races up the court and he hits a three pointer of his own... that sends it to overtime... where the rebels took all the momentum and would go on to win 102-91. so nevada will look to rebound on wednesday when they host utah state... the pack beat the aggies last month in logan 89-84... tip off set for 7pm. the big news from last night was the wolf pack swimmng and diving team as they won the mountain west championship down in texas... the ladies finished first out of 10... including beating the meet favorites boise state... carson city native krysta palmer was named mountain west diver of the

the team celebrated by jumping off the diving boards and into the pool. this is also only the second mountain west championship in nevada wolf pack history... the nevada baseball team won the first one last spring. the pack will now go on to the ncaa zone e diving regional's set for march 7-9th... in flagstaff arizona. while the ncaa championships are march 17-19th in atlanta. and the wolf pack baseball team earned a split with the northwestern wildcats this weekend in arizona after today's 10-6 win... tj freidl and keaton smith both hit their first career wolf pack home runs... the wolf pack will stay in suburban phoenix for another couple days before they will play one game against arizona state on tuesday. and the wolf pack soft ball team is off to a great start... 8-2 after going 5-0 at the desert classic this weekend... including blanking robert morris and southern utah respectivley...in the first game against the colonials nevada won 9-0... galena alum raquel martinez... carson alum jennifer purcell... and melissa arriga hit homeruns while mckenna

shutout... in game two it was 8-0... amanda weis hit a homer... along with purcell who had quite the day... she also hit a homer... brooke bollinger pitched a complete game shutout. coming up..... kobe bryant made another stop on his farewell tour tonight.. those highlights

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the kobe bryant farewell tour continued this evening as the lakers legend made his final stop in the windy city to play the chicago bulls. prior to the tip off kobe embracing his longtime teammate pau gasol... 3rd quarter lakers down 2... and the mamba goes to work.... he goes to his right and the fade away jumper is nothing but net... that ties it at 66... bryant had 22... but in the fourth quarter the bulls begin to pull away...

screen and knocks down his shot... and chicago wins 126-115 as the fans send kobe off with a standing ovation. pelicans and pistons and that guy anthony davis had himself a ball game... all tied up at 66 in the third davis from straight away three and ker-splash... that gives new orleans a three point lead... later in the 4th quarter... jrue holiday with the bounce pass to davis down low and he finishes with a two hand jam... get this stat line... 59 points... and 20 rebounds... and they needed about all 50 of them... as the pelicans win 111- 106... former nevada star and galena grad luke babbitt did not play. final round of the northern trust open... bubba watson was on point in the final few holes... for birdie here on 16... and he gets this one to drop... that gives him a share of the lead... but adam scott was hot on his heels... chipping for birdie on 18... and this one is online and scott heads to the club house with a share of the lead...

mood for a playoff... on 17 he makes another short birdie putt... and then on 18 he seals the deal with the par putt... as watson wins this tournament for the second time in three years. then angela will have a final look at our weather.