amanda ketchledge is live at one of the current signs to tell us about a state contest for high school students. amanda-- kristen--state officials tell us that this sign is out of date and doesn't reflect what nevada has to offer. so graphic design students are being challenged of create a new, friendly welcome sign for travelers. bethany drysdale, nevada department of tourism: "it could have gone to a professional graphic designer, it could have gone to a big firm or paying a lot of money for this. but what a great a way to get a student involved, to get a student to proudly say i did that. something they can put on their resume when they look for a job later." governor sandoval, along with tourism have all teamed up to make this opportunity possible for students. three finalists from each region will be chosen and then it's up to the public to pick the winning design. right now there are 50 entry points where the new signs design would go up. bethany drysdale, nevada department of tourism : "it's really a way to get people to understand there is more out here than what they may think

amanda ketchledge is live in the newsroom with the latest. amanda-- landon-- the last overflow shelter had copper stolen...causing the water, heat and power to not work inside the building. so while the city has identified a possible new location, there's work needing to be done on that in the meantime, volunteers of america staff is accommodating people in their warming centers. sandy isham, development and community relations officer for volunteers of america: "in there they're safe and they're warm, but they're sitting up at a table. so it's not as ideal as sleeping in a bed." elaine wiseman, management analyst for city of reno: "there's that complication obviously. however we have great community partners that have stepped up and provided additional beds." northern nevada hopes and the reno sparks gospel mission have provided nearly 50 additional beds to temporarily help the shortage of space. but the city and the v-o-a both say it's crucial to get a news overflow shelter up and running because it prevents people from freezing out in the c

amanda ketchledge is live at one of the current signs to tell us about a state contest for high school students. amanda-- kristen--state officials tell us that this sign is out of date doesn't reflect what nevada has to offer. so graphic design students are being challenged of create a new, friendly welcome sign for travelers. bethany drysdale, nevada department of tourism: "it could have gone to a professional graphic designer, it could have gone to a big firm or paying a lot of money for this. but what a great a way to get a student involved, to get a student to proudly say i did that. something they can put on their resume when they look for a job later." governor sandoval, along with the nevada departments of transportation, education and tourism have all teamed up to make this opportunity possible for students. three finalists from each region will be chosen and then it's up to the public to pick the winning design. right now there are 50 entry points where the new signs design would go up. bethany drysdale, nevada department of tourism : "it's really a way to get people to unders

amanda ketchledge joins us live in the newsroom with more... amanda? well ari, deputies say carson mays' cell phone was in his jacket pocket the whole time.. and the phone was in a waterproof case. but when the out of luck. today our affiliate in sacramento got the opportunity to speak with mays' father.. who says he's sharing his story--in hopes of changing future search and rescues. mike may: "when you find a body it's pretty hard to deny that it mike may: "when you find a body cell phone so i think new under five feet of snow...the same location where may's cell phone "pinged" before the battery ran out. that's why may wants privacy laws suspended during search and rescues. he wants to see investigators use stingray surveillance.... a controversial phone tracker technology used in fbi or missing persons investigations. with it, crews could locate a phone's exact location with stingray or portable cell phone towers. may says he's emotionally scarred from losing his son, but he's on a mission to make change. mike may: "there's an open wound the may fa

amanda ketchledge is live in the newsroom to tell us about this contest for young nevadans. amanda-- landon-- with the help from high school artists, the state hopes to greet travelers with a new friendly 'welcome to nevada' sign. and officials say they made this contest to highlight these creative students and their future careers. bethany drysdale, nevada department of tourism: "it could have gone to a professional graphic designer, it could have gone to a big firm or paying a lot of money for this. but what a great a way to get a student involved, to get a student to proudly say i did that. something they can put on their resume when they look for a job later." governor sandoval calls the current signs outdated. so state officials are hoping the new design will better represent what nevada has to offer for tourists passing through. sandoval, along with the nevada departments of transportation, teamed up to make this opportunity possible for students. three finalists from each region will be chosen and then it's up to the public to pick the winning design. right now there a

i'm amanda ketchledge and coming up next, i'll tell you why it's crucial to get the new space up and running. paul: "this month has been really nice for sunshine and been good our future water supply. i'm paul nelson, coming up after the break, i'll show you how our snowpack numbers andi "pretty soon, fresh greens like these will be served to the needy in our community. i'm andi guevara, coming up we'll tell you about a new partnership between the "this is channel 2 news, coverage you can count on" jeff "we've gotten closer to where we want to be but we just didn't get closer fast enough." february was a warm, dry month -- and the lack of precipitation has brought our snowpack levels down from where they were four weeks ago. that is tonight's channel 2 news big story at 5:30. good evening, i'm landon miller -- kristen has the night off. winter got off to a great start, with snowpack levels well above normal -- but that has been reduced-- now 96 percent of normal. paul nelson shows us how the water content stacks up -- and what kind of precipitation pipe scraping february is one of ou