It was a busy news year for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. With the growth the Las Vegas Valley is experiencing, it’s not expected that 2026 will be any different.
Traffic
The latest Las Vegas traffic news, road closures, construction and other updates.
Joshua Johnson, 31, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Friday.
Police targeting impaired driving in Nevada made thousands of traffic stops and more than one hundred arrests statewide on Dec. 31, local and state law enforcement said.
In addition, a vehicle fire closed the ramp from southbound Interstate 11 ramp to southbound I-15.
Southern Nevada’s unusual weather resulted in some flight delays at Harry Reid International Airport early Friday.
Travel lanes on the Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway intersection remained limited to one direction each way Thursday afternoon while crews replace a leaking water valve, the Las Vegas Valley Water District said Thursday.
The company that hopes to develop a low-speed “party train” from Southern California to Las Vegas is making another run at starting an operation, hoping to have trains running by New Year’s Eve.
An insurance company is collaborating with the city of Las Vegas to post warning signs alerting motorists to keep an eye out for motorcyclists.
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries after crashing into a truck in the central valley early Monday afternoon.
A bill that would enable ride-hailing apps like Uber to operate legally in the state was introduced Monday in the state Senate.
Many of us have had that sinking feeling while carefully driving along, following all the rules of the road and being courteous behind the wheel. All of a sudden, from out of nowhere, comes a car with those flashing red lights right on your bumper.
Traffic is flowing smoothly again after a rollover crash on northbound U.S. Highway 95 just north of Boulder Highway caused traffic problems Friday afternoon, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
Uber is making another run at providing its ride-sharing service in Nevada, drumming up support with a news conference Wednesday in anticipation of state legislation that would allow it to operate legally.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Fort Mohave woman was killed in a Tuesday traffic accident in Bullhead City.
The sponsor of a bill seeking to raise Nevada’s speed limit on some highways tapped the brakes Tuesday with an amendment lowering the permissible speed by 5 mph to 80 mph.
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The company has begun limited Vegas Loop service to Harry Reid International Airport.
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.
As 2025 comes to an end, Santa won’t be the only thing coming to town as the Las Vegas Valley readies to host holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations over the next two weeks.
James Leamy Jr. had plans to become a trucker and build his own dune buggy. But after crashing his motorcycle in North Las Vegas on Dec. 12, his mother said “a whole part of me is gone.”
