The 132-foot, 1.2 million-pound locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a whistle stop in Las Vegas Tuesday night. It’s on display until 4 p.m. Wednesday before it resumes its journey at 7 a.m. Thursday to a restoration yard in Cheyenne, Wyo.
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A Metro police officer was hospitalized with what the police department described as non-life threatening injuries after a collision near downtown Las Vegas Monday afternoon.
The city of Las Vegas’ long-envisioned plan to turn Main and Commerce streets downtown into parallel one-way couplets is on track and once the project that is expected to cost at least $34 million is done, a new president will be in the White House, Resorts World Las Vegas will be open on the Strip and students entering high school next fall will be ready for their senior year.
Somebody has been shooting out the windows of buses and limousines with a pellet gun, and the executives of one company hit hardest has a message for those responsible: You’re going to get caught, and when you are, you’ll do time.
A rollover crash closed U.S. Highway 95 southbound lanes just north of Las Vegas on Friday morning. Nevada Highway Patrol responded to U.S. 95 just south of Corn Creek Road, which is between Kyle Canyon and Lee Canyon roads, around 10:30 a.m.
A rollover crash on Interstate 15 created delays for northbound drivers Friday morning.
Portions of Carson Avenue, Sixth, Seventh and Fremont streets in downtown Las Vegas will be closed Saturday for a one-day beer festival.
Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the Democratic whip of the U.S. House, met Monday with representatives of Southern Nevada’s business community, vowing to support infrastructure investment, including efforts for an interstate to connect Las Vegas and Phoenix.
A crash caused delays for midday commuters on U.S. Highway 95 near the Summerlin Parkway Monday.
The merger of Southwest and AirTran could bring more international — and maybe Mexico — flights to Las Vegas.
Three people involved in a Saturday morning vehicle-into-pole collision were taken to the hospital with minor-to-critical injuries.
Caesars Entertainment’s Linq retail district apparently is driving more than tourism to the heart of the Strip. Officials with the Las Vegas Monorail Co. say it’s partially responsible for a boost in ridership for the 3.9-mile elevated transit system that has seen a downward spiral in ridership since 2007.
At a time when New York City’s mayor has pledged to remove horse-drawn carriages from his streets, the Las Vegas City Council decided Wednesday to add them to its already congested downtown streets.
A Las Vegas flight bound for Duluth, Minn., had to return to McCarran International Airport this week after being swarmed by bees.
Senior citizens who go on bus outings from North Las Vegas’ Neighborhood Recreation Center will have new wheels starting Thursday. The city is rolling out the first of four donated RTC paratransit buses to provide rides for senior outings.
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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