Everyone expected that when Nexstar took over KLAS in Las Vegas that the budget ax would soon be swinging. 

Sin City insiders tell FTVLive that Last week, the new Nexstar management notified the Traffic Department and Accounting Departments they would be laid off.

Now, the cuts are moving to the newsroom.  

Yesterday, 8-year-long KLAS News Helicopter Reporter Ken Smith received word that he is being grounded and kicked to the curb.  

Smith took to social media to break the news of his fate: