The Metropolitan Police Department said in a post to X the targeted enforcement resulted in 835 stops on Dec. 31, which yielded 805 citations and 54 DUI-related arrests.
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In addition, a vehicle fire has 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.
These were some of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Bryan Horwath’s most memorable local news stories of 2025.
The monorail will run on overdrive this week as revelers look to get around the Las Vegas Strip while it’s shut down for New Year’s Eve activities.
Two separate downtown Las Vegas accidents on Friday night injured at least two people, one who suffered life-threatening injuries, according to Metro.
A semi-truck crash closed southbound Interstate 15 near the California state line, Nevada Highway Patrol said Friday evening.
Most of the rides Uber drivers have provided to customers in Southern Nevada have taken passengers from local neighborhoods to the Strip, company officials said Thursday.
Two representatives of the insurance industry told members of the Nevada Transportation Authority that ride-sharing drivers cited by regulators for illegally transporting passengers for hire could have their automobile insurance policies revoked because the coverage on their personal vehicles would not apply to driving for a commercial enterprise.
An older man was hospitalized after he and his dog were hit by a car while walking in the east Las Vegas Valley on Wednesday, police said. The dog died.
One person is dead after a rollover crash that has closed the HOV lane from northbound U.S. Highway 95 to Summerlin Parkway, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Several downtown Las Vegas streets near the Smith Center for the Performing Arts will be closed Saturday morning for a charitable event.
A section of Volunteer Boulevard in Henderson is closed after a small plane made an emergency landing on the road.
Two people, including a toddler, were hurt Tuesday when the motorcycle they were on with a third passenger crashed, according to Las Vegas police.
An elderly man was clinging to life Tuesday after a car struck him in a crosswalk in Chinatown, Las Vegas police said.
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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.”
