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.
Thanks to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ Smog Spotter program, it’s never been easier to rat out your fellow motorists.
One lane is open on northbound Interstate 15 near Mesquite after a semi-truck caught fire Monday afternoon, Nevada Department of Transportation said.
Southern Nevada is in line to get the biggest chunk of limited state road funding over the next four years because of two major freeway improvement projects, state lawmakers heard in a budget presentation Tuesday.
The death of a man killed in single-vehicle crash in December was ruled accidental on Tuesday, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
A Las Vegas limousine company will be required to pay $232,317 to 479 employees for violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and paying workers less than minimum wage.
Interstate 15 in California near the Nevada state line will be closed for a total of 30 minutes Wednesday for electrical line work, according to the California Department of Transportation.
A day after Southern Nevada experienced near-record high temperatures, winter weather afar is resulting in flight cancellations at McCarran International Airport.
The National Weather Service describes the storm as a “crippling and potentially historic blizzard” that could bring up to 3 feet of snow, heavy winds, widespread power outages and epic travel difficulties.
To Uber, the ride-sharing transportation network company, and its legion of fans, it’s an easy fix.
Don’t be afraid. Another diverging diamond interchange — an innovation whose time has come — is opening on U.S. Highway 95 Henderson.
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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.”
