The Daily Rundown - February 17th, 2026
❄️ A winter storm warning is in effect for much of Northern Nevada. The National Weather Service is predicting up to eight inches of snow in the valleys and as much as three feet in the foothills. Officials are warning of hazardous travel conditions, which have led to several school closures in the region.
That includes all schools in the Washoe County, Carson City and Storey County school districts. Chain restrictions are in place for most routes through the Sierra. Up on Mt. Charleston, snow is expected this afternoon, according to the Lee Canyon forecast. The snow report also reminds visitors to use vehicles with four-wheel or all-wheel drive, or to have tire chains ready.
🏛️ The partial government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security is entering its fourth day. Funding for the department lapsed over the weekend due to concerns about federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics. In addition to ICE, the department also oversees the Transportation Security Administration.
Analysts expect fewer flight cancellations than during last year’s shutdown because air traffic controllers will continue receiving their salaries on time. However, there could be longer security lines, as TSA officers will not be paid while working. Nevada Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen were among the Democrats who voted to end last year’s shutdown, in part because of the impact travel disruptions had on the Las Vegas tourism industry.
🏈 Just over a week after officially getting the job as Raiders head coach, Klint Kubiak has filled the team’s three coordinator positions. Rob Leonard has been promoted from defensive run-game coordinator and defensive line coach to defensive coordinator. Andrew Janocko will become the Raiders’ offensive coordinator.
He worked with Kubiak during stints with the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints and, most recently, the Seattle Seahawks, where he was quarterbacks coach. Joe DeCamillis is the new special teams coordinator. He spent the last two seasons at the University of South Carolina and has been a special teams coach in the NFL for more than three decades.
🎰 A demolition date has been set for the shuttered Eastside Cannery Casino on Boulder Highway. A spokesperson for owner Boyd Gaming says it will be imploded at 2 a.m. on March 5. The company has no plans to make it a public event, and there will not be designated viewing areas. The casino has been closed for more than five years after shutting down during the early days of COVID-19.
🥇 He was named after two basketball stars, with his father hoping he would follow in their footsteps. In a way, he has. Shaquille Anfernee Murray-Lawrence is a Canadian bobsled push athlete competing at the Milan Cortina Games. Born in 1993, he was named after Shaquille O’Neal and Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, who were teammates with the Orlando Magic and won Olympic gold with USA Basketball at the Atlanta Games in 1996.
Murray-Lawrence likely will not win gold — he and pilot Taylor Austin were 15th after Monday’s first two runs of the two-man event — but he can now say that, like his namesakes, he is an Olympian. At about 5-foot-8, the Ontario high school graduate chose to pursue football in the United States.
He sent dozens of letters to college coaches that went largely unanswered. He eventually enrolled at a junior college in Texas, but the school closed. He then attended another junior college before transferring to UNLV, where despite averaging seven yards per touch, he was perhaps most notable for having what was described as the “longest name ever at the school,” deemed “the hardest fit in Rebel roster history.” Read the full story of the former rebel turned Olympian here.
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