8 news now. Denise Valdez mauricio. Did the aircraft head straight to victorville from las vegas . Mauricio Marin we looked into that. It was about a two hour flight. Through an online flight radar we saw the jet head towards the phoenix area. Then it finally made its way to victorville. Weve been told it was doing test flights. Back to you. paul joncich the 15th annual las vegas taste and sounds of soul festival is taking over the fremont street experience. Denise Valdez its to celebrate black History Month. And thats where meterologist tedd florendo joins us from. Tedd. Outside right now very looking outside right now very sunshine. Winds remain light to calm throughout the valley, with some Colorado River valley. Heres the forecast for this evening hour by hour. Mild early on if you want to come down here and check out the festival. Still plenty of sunshine or clear weather this evening. Winds remain on the light end and we should be comfortable through the evening. Mild even by late tonight. Denise Valdez thanks tedd. paul joncich an update on Quest Academys roberson campus isnt closing but the Charter School isnt in the clear, yet. The nevada state public Charter School authority met this morning. 8 news now reporter brittany edney, joins us now from outside the roberson location. Brittany. What did the board decide . Paul. Ive been following this story all week and it just continues to become more complex. Everyone from students, parents, faculty and officials at the Charter School authorty, all agree that Quest Academy is in a bind but theres no easy solution to this. The receiver, who currently is overseeing management, says the Charter School is two point four millioin dollars in debt. One of many things the board had to consider during todays meeting. ,along with debt, roberson is also stuck in a building lease that uses 44 percent of their entire campus revenue. And even if the doors close, quest would still be legally to the agreement. The fact that the Campus Special use permit expires in july. And no one knows if that will be renewed. So heres what the board concluded the roberson campus will close and quests High School Program will end ifthe special use permit is not renewed. The other contingency that the receiver must be sucessful in renegotiations for the property lease. Many in the room admitted its a long shot. But students say it gives them hope. At the same time, its hard on them as well. john killman, student if youve ever seen this cartoon where theres this person who is sad and theres this very dark thundercloud above them, thats pretty much how i am now. Thats how i feel about this, im that person just Walking Around with that raincloud. the other ruling of today is that all Quest Academy parents are to be notified of whats going on. And they are advised to find back up School Options for their kids. Parents i spoke with say, they are going to look in other options for their kids for the but what they arent going to do, is give up on this. Reporting live, brittany edney, 8 news now. paul joncich so, who has the next say on this because it sounds like the school is back to square one . . Paul. In a way it is. The only difference, is today, the Charter School authority chose not to close it down. Next its going to be up to city council. If they dont renew the special use permit, then its over. And coming up at five, ill have more on parents reaction to days meeting and their plan for the next phase of this situation. Paul, back to you. Denise Valdez a woman has died. Following a crash on i15 near moapa. Around 9 30 a pickup crashed into a car and a semi truck. The driver and passenger of the pickup were taken to umc in critical condition. One of the people died at the hospital. About half an hour before that crash. A motorcycle also went down in the same area. The two people on the bike were Denise Valdez a 57 year old woman has died after she was hit by a pickup truck crossing the road. The crash happened early wednesday morning. On del rey avenue just west of rainbow. Police say flora largusa and her husband jerry were walking their dog in a marked crosswalk. When a man in a dodge ram hit them. They were taken to umc trauma. Where flora later died. Police say the driver stayed on scene. And didnt seem impaired. The investigation is ongoing. paul joncich weve learned the name of the man. Killed in a shooting yesterday. The conorer identified him as 27yearold lamar jones. The shooting happened just before 3pm. Metro says a 911 call came in from this house on viking road. According to police. The female caller said her husband shot someone in the backyard. Turns out the couple were Property Managers that metro says. Recieved a call from a locksmith. Someone was inside the home. There was a bit of a wrestling match and the property manager shot the alleged intruder. Police are now trying investigating to see it was self Denise Valdez donald trump gets a big endorsement. paul joncich the governor who once was his gop rival. Thats now getting behind the billionaire businessman. Denise Valdez and navy sailors are getting a lesson in celestial navigation. Something they havent done in more than a decade. The reason theyre turning to paul joncich a person is rushed to the hospital. After being hit by a vehicle. It happened just after 3 00 on warm springs and shadow crest. Thats near spencer. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police have shut down the intersection. So youll want to avoid that area for a couple hours. Authorities told us. The driver did stay on scene. Denise Valdez donald trump picked up a major endorsement today. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie threw his support behind this gop frontrunner. Christies endorsement comes heads with florida senator marco rubio and texas senator ted cruz at the cnn debate in houston. Christie was a gop contender in the race but dropped out earlier this month. Denise Valdez 8 news now is your local election headquarters. For everything and anything in this election year. Both on air and online at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich the navy is bringing back an old navigational technique. Due to the threat of cyber attacks. Sailors are once again learning celestial navigation. Which the navy stopped teaching more than a decade ago once when gps became available. But due to the threat of a cyber attack on digital navigation devices. The navy is once turning to the sextant. A tool that cant be hacked. shane condon Naval Academy junior i had never done it before, never seen it before, never imagined i would be doing it. Katie lazzeri Naval Academy junior you never know whats going to happen. You want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. paul joncich Naval Academy midshipmen get three hours of instruction in a classroom and lab and then practice on the water. Quality sextants are expensive thousand dollars. Denise Valdez the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is celebrating a big birthday in style. paul joncich the biggest sports event in nevada is passing a mile stone with some great history. That story is coming up next. paul joncich the Las Vegas Motor Speedway celebrates its 20th birthday. The facility has changed the landscape of sports in nevada. Denise ValdezSports Reporter ron futrell, who covered the speedway from day one, takes a look at its past and a peek into its future. < richie clyne lvms developer just look around you, this is the greatest thing in the world in las vegas. Ron futrell its hard to argue with richie clyne who had the vision of a superspeedway in las vegas prior to this, the stardust speedway on the west side of town was the best las vegas had to offer clyne then brought together casino legends bill bennett and raply englestadt. They put up the cash then he had to find the land lots of it. Clyne theres 36 individual owners of all this property i had to go around and buy each one of them quietly not letting them know what i was doing. Ron futrell the speedway held 67 thousand people watched the Indy Racing League then the next year, nascar cup racing came to las vegas. A short time later the speedway was sold to speedway motor sports. Enter chris powell who was working for Winston Motorsports at the time and got a surprise phone call from a friend chris powell lvms general manager he said bruton and smi have just acquired lvms and theyre looking for somebody to go out and run the facility and would you be interested. I cannot tell you how shocked i was by it. And it hardly seems like 20 years ago. Ron futrell over the years the speedway has seen a lot of changes, most notably with the neon garage being built here. But the speedway has also been home to a number of lets call them crazy events like edc. Chris powell when i first heard the idea of edc i sort of rolled my eyes. I just talked to an organization that wasnt to bring the beatles here the Rolling Stones and crazy ideas. Ron futrell the crazy ideas and a lot of racing has brought 4. 5 billion dollars into the local economy and countless years of enjoyment for local racing fans. Chris powell weve pleased a lot of people over the years with a lot of great events nascar, nhra, the bullring kurt and kyle busch cutting their racing teeth out here. Richie clyne way past my wildest dreams what chris powell and bruton smith have done out here its fabulous. Chris powell weve had a pretty good run for 17 or so years here and look forward to a lot more. Ron futrell as do the local race fans ron futrell reporting 8 sports now. Denise Valdez the speedway was built 100 with private were used in the construction of the track of course, nascar will be racing out at the paul joncich a celebration of black History Month is taking tonight. Denise Valdez its called the taste and sound of soul festival. And thats where we find tedd florendo. Tedd. Are you hungry yet . gorgeous outside with nice comfy temps today and this evening. Warmer in phoenix and arizona. Comy also in Southern California whith chilly conditions up in ely and cedar city. Satellite and radar composite shows another front moving into the west coast specifically bringing rain the Pacific Northwest and northern california. More clouds coming in over the nevada and well have partly cloudy skies tonight with more sunsine tomorrow and warmer temps. We do not expect to get any raidrops due to the system crawling north of us. Tonight expect a low of 52 and cool with partly cloudy skies and light winds. Tomorrow 80 for the high and warmer. Mostly sunny light winds. Recreation forecast 57 at Mount Charleston mostly sunny and cool. Mid 70s for red rock with breezes early in the day and calmer as the day progress. Warm at lake mead near 80 with sunny skies and light breezes. Extended forecast shows warm near 80 for a few days. Then north breezes by first of the week. Windy by the second half of the week heading into nascar tedd florendo paul joncich thanks tedd. Denise Valdez the mob museum is unveiling a new exhibit tonight. paul joncich the hit tv show it will be based off. And the props that will be on display. Denise Valdez how much do prescription drugs . Well back in 2014. 4. 3 billion prescriptions were doled out and 374 billion was spent on them. Thats a lot of money. And the prices of many prescriptions continue to go up every single year. Its such a big deal. A Congressional Committee spent the first part of this year looking into prescription price gouging. They said prices have skyrocketted 76 percent in just 4 years. Some people say they cant even afford to buy the medicine they need anymore. But that could soon change. 8 on your side consumer advocate has uncovered a simple way to save on medicine. Its not illegal. And it doesnt require much work. Just simple consumer saving tricks. Shell reveal tonight at 11 how she cut one persons bill by more than half. paul joncich more construction in henderson, means more delays for your commute. Demetria obilor shows you whats going on along Galleria Drive and how much longer it will last, in whats driving you crazy . resident says, theres a lot of construction happening on gibson road right now. Crews are building the new hospital between boulder highway and Galleria Drive. This is a very busy area. Construction happening in this area is part of the Henderson Hospital construction. The city of henderson says crews are installing a drainage culvert from boulder highway to just past gibson road. This is a developing area, with homes nearby and the cowabunga bay water park. Construction of the hospital is not a city project, but its Public Works Department expects work to be completed by the end of may. The hospital is set to open this fall, right in Union Village off us 95 and Galleria Drive. Hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez its another step to cutting back on wait times. At the dmv. The new generation of dmv in a box will have. That will serve an even greater number of people. Announcer now, nevadas first choice for news. This is 8 news now at 4 the long line at the dmv. Denise Valdez but now the agency is adding another way for you to do business without going to the office. There are nearly 50 dmv kiosks statewide and this one inside the triple a on East Charleston will now allow customers to use cash. A third of all dmv patrons prefer cash over credit. Many of them dont have a bank account. Since the kiosks rolled out they atm type device process 55 thousand transactions annually and that number climbs every year. Terri Albertson you can do your registration renewal online but then you have to wait for it to come in the mail and people like having that registrtration certificate and that decal when they walk away from that kiosk. You can walk away from here you put that decal on ur license plate and off you go. Denise Valdez right now two kiosks are ready to accept cash but soon it will be added statewide. Besides a license or registration renewal you can also get a driving history. Get long so its encouraging nevadans to use the kiosk and skip the line. paul joncich the 15th annual las vegas taste and sounds of soul festival is taking over the fremont street experience. Its to celebrate black History Month. And thats where we find meterologist tedd florendo. Tedd. tedd florendo looking looking outside right now very comfortable temps with plenty of sunshine. Winds remain light to calm throughout the valley, with some gusts still blowing down the Colorado River valley. This evening hour by hour. Mild early on if you want to come down here and check out the festival. Still plenty of sunshine or clear weather this evening. Winds remain on the light end and we should be comfortable through the evening. Mild even by late tonight. paul joncich thanks tedd. Denise Valdez the mob musuem is unveiling a brand new exhibit tonight. On the hit tv show. Breaking bad. The opening reception will take place from 6 00 to 9 00 pm. Its based off amcs hit show starring Bryan Cranston as walter white. A chemistry teacher turned meth cook and dealer. You can check out the infamous yellow hazmat suit, along with gas masks and a rubber apron used in the series. Museum leaders say breaking bad effectively dramatized organized crime. In todays drug trade. paul joncich every las vegas local knows youre going and drinks on the strip. But how much. Is too much. When it comes to the prices they charge . I spoke with a local comedian who finds the prices so outrageous, its almost funny. < club doorman look, the only way you guys are getting in is vip Bottle Service. Actor i got that, no this is on us. 18. Okay heres my friend ten and five, one, two, 3, and one for your warmth and hospitality. Doorman 18 hundred actor 18 hundred what . Doorman 18 hundred dollars. paul joncich this scene from the movie last vegas says it all. Anyone who remembers old vegas the strip. And sometimes it seems they charge whatever they want. 16. 95 for a shrimp cocktail at mon ami gabi. 19 dollars for a hamburger at Gordon Ramsay pub 36 dollars for Fried Chicken and waffles at restaurants and clubs arent the only ones playing the high price game. brent mukai local comedian im from hawaii so we took trips when i was a kids and we went to the m m store a