These were some of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Bryan Horwath’s most memorable local news stories of 2025.
Traffic
The latest Las Vegas traffic news, road closures, construction and other updates.
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.
Three of the largest road projects in Southern Nevada that ended in 2025, were worth a combined $538 million.
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.
Ridership is up, the economy is improving, but the question persists: When will Las Vegas see a line extension to McCarran International Airport?
A vehicle crashed into a power pole Friday morning near Russell Road and Jones Boulevard, causing a power outage in the southwest valley, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
A street sign was hanging by a thread late Wednesday morning near the off ramp of the 215 Beltway and Far Hills Avenue.
Traffic engineers are hoping the addition of two traffic signals near the Wet ‘n’ Wild water park this summer will make some of the waits in traffic lines shorter than the lines to get on the best attractions in the park.
Tropicana Avenue was shut down near the Strip after a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police say.
A century-old bridge crossing the Truckee River in downtown Reno is going to be around a little longer than expected.
A Tuesday morning accident is expected to tie up traffic on southbound U.S. 95 Highway at Charleston Boulevard.
A motorcyclist died after crashing into a truck in the east valley on Sunday, according to Las Vegas police.
A report titled “Dangerous by Design,” issued last week by the National Complete Streets Coalition, ranks Las Vegas the 13th most dangerous for pedestrians of 51 metropolitan areas in the U.S., but those numbers don’t consider the number of walking tourists.
Las Vegas police closed Desert Inn Road in both directions between Fort Apache and Grand Canyon in response to a barricade situation involving a wanted person Saturday night.
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Harrah’s Las Vegas would like to congratulate famed Las Vegas headliner and legendary U.S. entertainer Donny Osmond for again taking home the gold. For five years running, he has won the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Best of Las Vegas readers poll for entertainment awards.
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.”
