Meet The Team

John Huck is the Emmy® award-winning Evening News Anchor for FOX5 News weeknights at 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11.

Kim Passoth anchors our 4 and 6 p.m. newscasts weekdays alongside John Huck.

Jaclyn Schultz is the co-anchor of FOX5 News each weekday alongside John Huck.

Three-time Emmy award winner Joe Vigil comes to sunny and warm Las Vegas from Anchorage, Alaska.

Alexis Fernandez is an Anchor/Reporter for FOX5 News.

Dave Hall is the co-anchor of FOX5 News This Morning every weekday from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Alyssa Deitsch is the weekday morning news co-anchor and co-host of MORE weekdays at FOX5.

Jason Feinberg is a three-time Emmy award-winning journalist with more than 24 years of experience in television news.

Nkiruka Azuka joined FOX5 as a reporter in October 2020.

Ken Smith is the Traffic Reporter for FOX5 News.

Mike Allen is an Anchor/Reporter for FOX5.

Shawna Khalafi is a reporter and weekend evening anchor for FOX5 News.

Dani Masten joined the FOX5 team as a Multi-Media Journalist in April 2022 and transitioned to the MORE team in September 2023.

Nicole Reynolds is the Sales Host/Producer for MORE & Studio 5 Live.

Victoria Saha anchors FOX5 News at 1 p.m. and reports throughout the day.

Sean Dowling anchors FOX5 News at 2 p.m. weekdays and reports in the evening.

Molly McBride is a weekday FOX5 News reporter.

Karla Salinas joined the FOX5 team in October 2024 as an anchor and reporter.

Andryanna Sheppard joined the FOX5 team in July 2024 as Investigative Reporter. She is passionate about making a difference, shedding light on injustices, and helping others.

Elaine Emerson is the Director of Content for FOX5.

Cody Lee is FOX5's digital news reporter and producer for the station's mobile and streaming apps.

Justine Verastigue is the Digital Content Manager for FOX5.

Rachel Zalucki is a digital content producer at FOX5 Vegas.

Brittany Defran joins the FOX5 team from Shreveport, Louisiana, where she launched a digital newscast using new technology.

Amanda Dalton is a news producer with FOX5 Vegas.

Lisa Sturgis joined FOX5 Vegas as a producer in April 2023.

Arianna Schmidt joined FOX5 Vegas as a producer in September 2023.

Austin Teegarden joined FOX5 in October 2024.

Sam Argier is the Chief Meteorologist for FOX5 News.

Ted Pretty is Chief Drone Pilot & Meteorologist at FOX5, and can be seen weeknights on FOX5 News.

Kyndell Kim is the weekday afternoon meteorologist at FOX5.

Les Krifaton joined FOX5 in June 2004 as a reporter. Exactly two years later, he was officially promoted to the FOX5 Weather 24/7 team as the weekend weather anchor while still reporting 3 days a week.

Matt Gontarek is the morning meteorologist for FOX5 News.

Sports Director/Reporter Kevin Bolinger joined FOX5 in 2005 and oversees the station’s sports coverage including the Raiders, Golden Knights, Aces, UNLV and all of the major sporting events around town.

Vince Sapienza joined the FOX5 family in July of 2016, telling stories and covering every major sporting event in this city including Super Bowl LVIII, F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Golden Knights Stanley Cup season, the Raiders relocation and construction of Allegiant Stadium, along with the Las Vegas Aces back-to-back championship seasons.

Paloma Villicana is a sports reporter for FOX5 News.

Mike Davis was born in Philadelphia and raised in South Jersey. Prior to joining the MORE team at FOX5 Las Vegas, Mike worked at KYTX CBS 19 in Tyler, Texas. There he hosted the talk show, “19 Now," as well as co-hosted the weekday morning show, “The Morning Loop."

Mariah is a Sports Reporter and co-host of weekly nationally syndicated sports betting show ‘Beat the Odds.’