These were some of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Bryan Horwath’s most memorable local news stories of 2025.
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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.
Two Thursday morning traffic accidents that were blocking lanes on southbound Interstate 15, just north of Charleston Boulevard, have been cleared.
A Thursday morning roll-over accident caused a light pole to fall and land in the street in west Summerlin.
When downtown Las Vegas’ Life Cube Project comes to a fiery end Friday, several streets around the 24-foot art display developed by Scott Cohen at Ninth and Fremont streets will be closed to vehicle traffic.
Two people were killed in a traffic accident involving a pickup in south Las Vegas early Tuesday morning.
A man was killed after being hit by a car on the right shoulder of U.S. Highway 95 near the Rainbow/Summerlin Parkway exit Monday night.
A $6.8 million flood control project began Monday to ease the type of flooding that happened in northwest Las Vegas in August. Motorists can expect detours along Grand Teton Drive and North Grand Canyon Drive during the project.
Las Vegas is angling to host the 2016 Republican National Convention at the same time the Nevada Taxicab Authority is trying to shake off a reputation for lax enforcement of taxi drivers who long-haul passengers to illegally jack up fares.
A motorcycle rider was in critical condition after crashing while racing another motorcycle near the Las Vegas Strip Monday morning.
Las Vegas cab companies admit that long-hauling does occur, but say that there are exceptions to the rule and experienced cabbies know the best way to get from Point A to Point B.
Next weekend marks the first arrival to McCarran International Airport of Surf Air, which tells customers they can fly all you want for a set monthly price.
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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.”
