Desert Pines Golf Club will close July 12 as the city prepares to convert the 100‑acre site into roughly 1,566 mixed‑income homes with education and park space. Players and neighbors are mourning the loss even as city officials point to long-term housing gains.

Mosquito season has coincided with a rise in fowl pox cases among Las Vegas backyard coops; owners are quarantining birds and weighing vaccination.

A fireworks-struck palm tree sparked a house fire in northeast Las Vegas on Saturday, leaving six people homeless and killing a family cat.

A Laughlin bar fight on June 6 left a man injured after a 15-foot fall and a later stabbing; a 23-year-old has been arrested and is due in court July 9.

Triple-digit heat returns with highs near 109–111°F and minimal nighttime relief. County cooling stations are open July 6–8.

Henderson firefighters ran swift‑water drills at Cowabunga Bay as forecasters eye an active monsoon and rising flood risk.

A new analysis using federal childcare data finds Las Vegas families pay the largest share of income for an eight‑week summer camp — squeezing local budgets. Local free and sliding‑scale programs help, but gaps remain.

The Sports Bra has secured 4080 Paradise Road for a Las Vegas franchise that will air only women’s sports, aim for a 2027 opening and lean on local partnerships.

MJ Live will leave Harrah’s on Sept. 9 and reopen at Planet Hollywood’s Saxe Theater on Sept. 21, 2026, keeping its evening 7 p.m. slot. The long‑running Michael Jackson tribute has toured multiple Strip venues over 13 years.

Two Las Vegas locals walked 112 miles and released The Great Depletion, a short film tracing water from the Spring Mountains down to Lake Mead. Screenings are set in August.

A helicopter touched down in a Centennial Hills neighborhood Sunday afternoon; a neighbor said it landed near 9800 West Solar Avenue and details remain limited.

Triple‑digit heat returns to Las Vegas: highs near 108°F today and climbing into the low‑110s midweek. Clark County opened cooling stations to help residents.

Clark County crews extinguished a roof fire at a Pioneer Way commercial building Sunday; investigators suspect illegal fireworks and damage tops $250,000.