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.
Despite a committee report that proposes to eliminate Henderson’s senior transportation program due to cost, city officials are not ready to drop the program without a low-cost alternative in its place.
A Tuesday morning gas leak closed a North Las Vegas street and led to the evacuation of a high school.
A pedestrian was in critical condition after being hit by a car Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police say. The collision happened just after 4 p.m. near Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway. The pedestrian was suffering critical injuries and was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, police reported.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a motorcyclist killed in Sunday’s accident in northeast Las Vegas.
Uber is either the greatest transportation innovation of the decade or one of the biggest dangers the riding public has ever encountered. The San Francisco-based company operates in 111 cities worldwide, but has yet to establish itself in Las Vegas.
Who doesn’t love driving a golf cart? Most of them are nimble and quick with a tight turning radius. The electric ones have a quiet takeoff, just like a Prius.
An accident Saturday evening on Sky Pointe Drive and Centennial Parkway, near the 215 Beltway, ended with a vehicle flipped over, according to Las Vegas police.
The Regional Transportation Commission is considering spending up to $4 million to modify its 400-bus fleet with safety enclosures and hire more security officers to protect bus drivers from assaults.
A one-vehicle crash on northbound U.S. Highway 95 Thursday morning has been cleared and traffic is moving normally again.
Northwest valley residents will have to wait until at least 2017 before they’ll be able to drive the first piece of the interchange linking U.S. Highway 95 with the 215 Beltway. Representatives of the Nevada Department of Transportation and the city of Las Vegas gave an overview of what’s expected to be a $225 million to $287 million project on Wednesday night.
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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.”
