With 2026 underway, the Reimagine Boulder Highway project in Henderson moves ahead, just surpassing the halfway mark.
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The latest Las Vegas traffic news, road closures, construction and other updates.
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.
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.
Nevada Taxicab Authority board member Dean Collins praised Administrator Charles Harvey and Chief Ruben Aquino on Tuesday but ripped media reports that administrators were discouraging officers from writing citations to cabbies who take their passengers on long routes without their permission to collect higher fares.
Southern Nevadans involved in minor, non-injury car accidents shouldn’t expect a response from Las Vegas police beginning Monday, part of the department’s shift to focus more energy on serious accidents and preventing fatalities.
A woman died Monday night after her vehicle ran into a chain-link fence in an east Las Vegas parking lot.
Since a study suggested changes, 515 bus stops have been renovated to meet new guidelines. The initial number of stops warranting improvement was close to 1,000.
A toddler was in critical condition and three other children suffered injuries after a collision Sunday night near Cheyenne Avenue and Lamb Boulevard.
The predominant attitude of readers this week centered around one question: Do I ask forgiveness or permission?
In one of the attacks, the pilot became so disoriented that he had to land the aircraft and end his shift, federal prosecutors alleged in court.
A man is in critical condition after being hit by a pickup truck Thursday night on the east side of the Las Vegas Valley.
“The last thing (pilots) need when doing safety checks is the added distraction of having this beam come out of nowhere and intrude upon the flight deck,” said Sean Cassidy, first vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association International.
A fluid spill that closed an Interstate 15 onramp at the Las Vegas Beltway Thursday morning has been cleared and the ramp reopened.
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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.
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.
