Between AI in classrooms, mosquito labs and a storm-damaged retirement home, here are the best articles this year from Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Spencer Levering.
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In a year that the Nevada Legislature met twice, including a special session in November, legislators passed hundreds of bills. Some of the laws take effect the first day of 2026.
The company has begun limited Vegas Loop service to Harry Reid International Airport.
Nevada is among a group that will receive a nearly $150 million settlement with German automotive manufacturers accused of skirting emission regulations in vehicles
A home fire in east Las Vegas left one person dead on Monday, the Clark County Fire Department said in a press release.
City of Las Vegas Communications Director David Riggleman’s final day is Feb. 2. He took his post on Oct. 4, 1999, in Oscar Goodman’s first term.
A Clark County Detention Center inmate who was found dead inside a cell with an imprisoned Discovery Channel reality show star has been identified.
A slaying on the Las Vegas Strip, a skydiving crash and a shooting at a local gym were among Harrison’s most memorable stories of the year.
CCSD’s Central Kitchen is the school district’s hub for producing and distributing meals that fed students an average of 238,000 meals per day last year.
A new twist on the game of Bingo is giving seniors throughout the Las Vegas Valley an education in how to spot scammers before they strike.
When the crowd of over 340,000 revelers ring in the new year this week on the Strip, many roads in and around the resort corridor will be shut to traffic.
A son killed both his mother and father in the east Las Vegas Valley according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
Notable Nevadans who died in 2025 include a leading philanthropist and co-founder of Mirage Resorts; a tourism promoter who coined the term “What happens here, stays here”; several longtime casino executives and a myth-busting Nevada historian.
A tornado did, in fact, spin through Los Angeles on Christmas, the National Weather Service confirmed, damaging a home and a commercial strip mall.
A scandal, a meltdown, a million-dollar benefit. These were among the top stories covered by investigative reporter Mary Hynes this year.
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A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights claims the Reno college discriminates against women with policies that allow students to participate in sports based on their gender identity.
Bryan Vargas-Caicedo previously pleaded guilty in District Court to reckless driving and, in a lower court, to misdemeanor DUI in connection with the death of 37-year-old Wesley Larsen.
