The Nevada football team completed its 2026 non-conference schedule with the addition of head coach Jeff Choate’s former school.

The Wolf Pack will host Montana State on Sept. 12, 2026 at Mackay Stadium. Choate coached the Bobcats for four seasons from 2016 to 2019.

The game completes Nevada’s 2026 nonconference slate. The Wolf Pack will host Western Kentucky in its 2026 home opener Sept. 5, then following the game with Montana State will travel to UCLA (Sept. 19) and Middle Tennessee (Sept. 26).

The 2026 meeting will be the first between Nevada and Montana State since 1996, a 31-7 Wolf Pack victory at Mackay Stadium. Nevada leads the overall series, 12-6, including a 9-4 mark in Big Sky play from 1979-91.

Choate led the Bobcats to a combined 19-9 record over his final two seasons, making consecutive appearances in the FCS playoffs with a run to the semifinals in 2019.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) -The Nevada Department of Corrections this week announced the deaths of inmates in Lovelock and Carson City.

Anthony Quinones, 36, was pronounced dead Dec. 14 at the Lovelock Correctional Center.

Quinones was sent to prison in March 2020 from Washoe County and was serving a sentence of 91 months to 228 months for kidnapping and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm. His next of kin have been notified.

Quinones and another defendant took a man to a Spanish Springs credit union and forced him to withdraw money at gunpoint.

William Redman, 71, died Dec. 24 at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. Redman was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for murder in May 2011 in Clark County,. He was serving time in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center when he died. NDOC reports no next of kin have been found.

Court documents said Redman stabbed and killed his 12-year old daughter in his family’s mobile home in Las Vegas. Redman believed he needed to kill his daughter and himself to stop Armageddon.

NDOC reported no causes of death for either inmate but said autopsies were requested.

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LAS VEGAS — Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it was investigating a fire at the entrance to the tower. The public was told to avoid the area, though the police noted the fire had been put out.

The driver pulled into the valet area of the hotel and the vehicle exploded, according to an official. The driver is apparently dead and, so far, the only casualty from the incident. Seven bystanders had minor injuries, authorities said.

Investigators do not know what caused the blast, such as whether something was wrong with the vehicle or whether something external prompted it. Determining what was behind the explosion is the key focus of the probe.

An official briefed on the probe told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck had a load of fireworks-style mortars onboard. Investigators are urgently working to determine a motive and whether the driver intended to set off an explosion and why.

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Until a motive is determined and other possibilities are ruled out, police are treating the explosion like a possible criminal act and a possible act of terror. Evidence collection and investigation are ongoing.

As police continue to investigate whether what took place was a malicious act, the sheriff said he does not believe there is any further threat to the community.

“We believe everything is safe now,” said Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

But he did warn the public to stay away, saying, “We don’t know what we don’t know.”

The property is the subject of frequent threats and heightened security given its connection to President-elect Donald Trump.

Eric Trump, his son and the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, posted on social media about the incident.

“Earlier today, a reported electric vehicle fire occurred in the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas,” he wrote. “The safety and well-being of our guests and staff remain our top priority. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Las Vegas Fire Department and local law enforcement for their swift response and professionalism.”

The hotel also issued a statement on X suggesting the car involved was electric.

“Earlier today a reported electric vehicle fire occurred in the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas,” the hotel wrote. “The safety & well-being of our guests and staff remain our top priority. We extend our gratitude to the Las Vegas Fire Department and local law enforcement for their swift response.”