A lightning strike fire has been burning near Area 51 for nearly 2 weeks, in case you're wondering why Las Vegas is extra smokey.

Vegas tunnel builder Elon Musk and Vegas hotel owner Donald Trump are feuding.

There's a Tesla Model S driving around Las Vegas with an "F ELON" badge on the back. (📸 George Baker)

Will the new Trump tariffs hurt or help the Las Vegas economy?

Spotted on I-15: "Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill"

A new lawsuit claims that an elderly woman died after being "violently ejected" from a revolving door at Trump International Las Vegas.

In a surprising turn of events, MGM Resorts is trying to attract Vegas locals to the Strip by offering a special deal at the Wicked Spoon buffet in Cosmopolitan. Just $38 per person every Wednesday from 8 am to 2 pm, for up to four guests, with valid Nevada ID.

There are reports of a shooting at Circus Circus. Huge police response. Avoid that part of the Strip. (📸 @CalixtoAshley)

Happy National Blackjack Day to all who celebrate

"PLEASE REMAIN CALM AND RETURN TO YOUR SLOT MACHINES"

An unnamed individual is donating a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. It's the largest law enforcement fleet in the country and will be "badass" according to Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

February 20-21, 2019

Las Vegas resident Kash Patel is the new head of the FBI. We urge him to take stronger measures to address the triple zero roulette problem.

Tried to get a video of the Thunderbirds but they were so quick! @lasvegaslocally.bsky.social

Las Vegas Aces superstar A'ja Wilson made it onto the cover of TIME Magazine!

The USAF Thunderbirds are returning to Las Vegas today and will fly over the Strip sometime between 10 and 11 am.

The rumors going around about ICE immigration raids and "checkpoints" in and around the Las Vegas Valley are false. In fact, there are no verified reports about large-scale federal immigration enforcement efforts anywhere in Southern Nevada.

Flamingo GO Pool update, via Keith Meredith. Pool season begins in 28 days... #lasvegas

Out looking for something to inspire me on the south end of the strip. Not much is calling to me here.

What are you doing today, Vegas-wise? (Bonus points if you share a pic 📸)

Day 200 without measurable rain in Las Vegas. Some people are starting to get worried.

The last time it rained in Vegas the Mirage was still open

Donald Trump will visit Las Vegas tomorrow to thank Nevada for voting for him and, we assume, give us an update on the whole "no taxes on tips" thing.

Las Vegas Metro police will not engage in mass deportation roundups, according to LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill. "Officers will not stop and question, detain, arrest, or place an immigration hold on any individuals on the grounds they are an undocumented immigrant."

Don't freak out but it's only rained 0.35 inches in the last 10 months. That's about 12% of the normal amount. Las Vegas hasn't had measurable rain in over 6 months, the second-longest dry streak in recorded history. 💀

The Biden administration has moved to ban all oil, gas, and geothermal development in Nevada's mysterious Ruby Mountains, located in a far away land known as "Elko County," for the next 20 years.

A Tesla Cybertruck exploded at the entrance to Trump International Las Vegas this morning. (🎥 X/kaaaassuu)

It's been exactly 25 years since December 31st, 1999 — the end of the Golden Era of Las Vegas. 📸 by Jeremy Woodson, via @vintagelasvegas.bsky.social

The Las Vegas Monorail will operate continuously for 43 hours straight for New Year's, beginning today at 7 a.m. and ending on January 2nd at 2 a.m. (📸 JT Cruz)

If you're not in Las Vegas this week, you have made a grave error.

For the first time ever, robot musicians will perform live in Las Vegas tonight, as part of a 4-act "cybernetic opera" at the Sphere. This could mark the beginning of the end for human cellists on the Strip. (via LVCVA)

One of the best gifts you can give a Las Vegas resident today (or any day, really) is a new pair of windshield wipers.

Merry Christmas from the Monorail

Who remembers back in the day when it used to rain in Vegas?

Hell of a season!

It's going to be 70° on Thursday lmao

Who knows where this is....and what it is?

There have been zero sightings of large drones over Las Vegas lately. Just regular UFOs.

Nature is teasing Las Vegas with moisture by dropping some light snow on Mount Charleston. (📸 U.S. Forest Service)

Las Vegas has not recorded measurable rain for 147 days — the 3rd-longest dry streak since records began in 1941.

Somebody hacked the digital sign in the Best in the West shopping center on Rainbow and Lake Mead (📸 @GoGoPowerRaider)

The biggest game in UNLV Football history — and potentially for the Mountain West Conference as well — happens tonight in Boise.

It's so warm in Las Vegas there are hummingbirds flying around Summerlin.

The price of the Las Vegas Athletics stadium has skyrocketed to $1.75 billion — a quarter billion dollars more than originally estimated — due to inflation and "the addition of 70,000 square feet of ballpark features," per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The Athletics will have to prove they have the financing available to build a $1.5 billion stadium on the Strip, in a meeting with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board set for Thursday. Many critics doubt that John Fisher, the team's owner, can secure the necessary funds.

Happy Thanksgiving Las Vegas

The Sands Hotel used to hold an annual "Turkey Trot" event where the showgirls would be allowed to determine the fates of the resort's wild turkeys. The ladies would chase the birds across the casino floor while gamblers paused mid-roll of their dice to cheer them on.

Happy Vegas Thanksgiving to all the casino employees who have to eat the turkey tonight.