covering the story live, arianna bennett, channel 2 news. thanks arianna. and please stay with channel 2 news... on the air... online and on facebook and twitter... for continuing coverage of campaign 2016 coverage... through november. paul: doors are open for reno's newest affordable housing units, and veterans get first priority. i"m paul nelson, i'll take you for a tour, coming up at 5:30." offering your dog unique training. find out more about what k9 games reno is all about...coming up. angela: "the national weather service launches weather balloons twice a day. i'm meteorologist angela schilling, i'll give you an inside look at how they do it coming up." plus... the washoe county school district's implementation of social and emotional learning in all of their schools could have long term effects on nevada's workforce. that story is next. "you're watching channel 2 news... with kristen remington, landon miller, and mike alger's ... earlier this week, we told you about how social and emotional learning is being tought throughout the washoe county schoo

i'm arianna bennett... i'll tell you what emergency managers are most concerned ryan: i'm ryan canaday live at in carson city where people are already gathering to caucus, to caucus tonight... to decide who they'd like to see as the g-o-p nominee for president. campaign 2016 coverage tops channel 2 news at 5:30. the caucus gets underway in just about 30 minutes from now. good evening i'm landon miller. and i'm kristen remington, thanks for staying with us tonight. let's start with, ryan canaday has been at the nugget for us all day. let's start with ryan can you give us an update? kristen a lot of the same as we told you at 5. the lines are still long, and many people are casting their ballots. but we want to give you a closer look at the process. participants enter through these doors, and that's where volunteers check to make sure

covering the story live, arianna bennett, channel 2 news. thanks arianna. as we saw yesterday, our area's winter weather can cause dangerous driving conditions.. so it's important to carry an including a small, inexpensive tool that you might not realize exists. a seat belt cutter is used by first responders to quickly get someone out of their car, but having a personal cutter can help you escape from an accident. spencer- "the best instance to use one of those is if you're carrying it youself is for a self rescue. if you were to crash your vehicle, roll it over, get stuck in a body of water, something like that where you had to get yourself out right away." seat belt cutters are also useful for when you are the first on the scene of an accident. but when assisting someone else, it is extremely important to use the cutter with caution because you never know what kind of injury the person may have sustained. spencer- "you wouldn't want to compromise a patient at all by would be cautious to use them on somebody else." and they are cheap, running anywhere from

covering the big story live, arianna bennett, channel 2 news. we had plenty of sunshine across northern nevada today but will that change over the holiday weekend? chief meteorologist mike alger is in the weather center tonight... mike how does it look? the weather will remain dry and mild, if not cloudless, through the president's day weekend before a storm system finally week. for saturday, morning clouds will likely clear out by the afternoon and temperatures will top out in the low 60s, staying there through tuesday. wednesday, i am becoming more confident that a moderate winter storm will push through the region bringing rain and snow to the mountains, which should turn to all snow in the mountains by thursday, although it's unlikely snow levels will drop enough to cause any the weather will remain dry and the president's day weekend before a storm system finally returns in the middle of wednesday, i am becoming more confident that a moderate winter snow levels will drop enough to cause any accumulations in the valleys. in money watch... va

arianna bennett joins us now live with a look... ari? gas prices are the lowest we've seen since 2004... and a lot of that has to do with a major increase in domestic oil production. there's more american oil on the years... and it's causing a price drop all around the world... and around the nation. on the low end-- we have parts of oklahoma... missouri... and indiana... between $1.22 and $1.26 on the higher end-- arizona... alaska... and california... between 2.99 and 3.14 a gallon. in case you're wondering-- nevada's average now is $2.18 a gallon. and that's great news... for local drivers. jorge: "it's actually made it pretty helpful-- saving me quite a bit of money now." jim: "a truck this size, that's about a $15 a tank difference, so it's a huge difference for me." at this gas station in carson city prices were well under two dollars a gallon today... you may notice prices are higher in washoe county... that is because of different taxes charged on gas. and federal officials predict that we could see prices below two dollars a gal

covering the story live, arianna bennett, channel 2 news. paul: "i'm paul nelson, all this noise is machine gun fire coming from a virtual world of guys practicing a combat mission on a helicopter. we'll show you how it works, coming up." the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction in nuclear weapons... ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. looking for a few things to do this weekend? we've got you covered. how about seeing the piano guys and "this is channel 2 news, coverage you can count on" taylor "it allows you to get that training without having to put yourself in a dangerous situation." the nevada army national guard is using technology for training -- flying helicopters