Trauma cases and hospitalizations are growing as e-mobility devices gain popularity. Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter-related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries.
That's according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.
So, what do these numbers tell us about the state's drivers and micromobility users?
For Dr. Deborah Kuhls, professor and acute care surgery chief at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, they are a stark reminder that these devices are new and that the traffic environment has not yet adapted to their presence.
Kuhls says this is a relatively new mode of transportation, and people do not need a driver's license to use these devices. As a result, she says, many riders don't really know the rules of the road. She says that in trauma centers, she sees breadwinners who can no longer work and children whose bright futures are now in question.
As for how officials can use the information to make the roads safer for everyone? Kuhls says policymakers need to enact laws such as restrictions on where and when people can ride, as well as helmet and minimum age requirements.
However, those steps may only go so far due to one simple fact: Most roads are designed primarily for cars.
Erin Breen, director of UNLV's Road Equity Alliance Project, has a message for parents: Stop buying these devices for your children. She says much of the problem comes down to the way roads are designed. Streets are built for cars, she says, which makes them dangerous for every vulnerable road user, including pedestrians, bicyclists, e-mobility device users and motorcyclists, because the infrastructure isn't there.
The Henderson City Council is expected to ratify an agreement between the Henderson Police Department and the Secret Service this evening.
The memorandum of understanding would create a $45,000 pool of funds to be reimbursed by the Secret Service.
The funding would be for collaborative work with the agency's Cyber Fraud Task Forces, an enforcement effort pursuant to the Patriot Act.
According to the FBI, Nevada ranked third out of all states in cybercrime reporting per capita last year. Cybercrimes cost victims in the state as much as $300 million in 2025.
After cryptocurrency legislation failed to pass the Senate in September, the advocacy group Fairshake has pledged to spend millions on upcoming midterm elections, including in Nevada.
That's according to the Associated Press.
The Clarity Act aimed to establish a federal regulatory framework for digital assets, including crypto.
Opponents blocked the bill over concerns regarding digital asset investments by political figures, especially those of President Donald Trump.
Fairshake is now directing $1 million to support Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford in Nevada.
Horsford is one of 32 candidates the organization has announced it is supporting. All on the list have previously backed cryptocurrency legislation Fairshake sees as a top priority.
Researchers say water supplies in different parts of the West tend to follow the same pattern, a finding that will help in predicting droughts.
As Kaleb Roedel reports for the Mountain West News Bureau, researchers analyzed more than 20 years of satellite data to compare water conditions in five major regions of the West.
They found several often get wet — or dry — together. The Upper Colorado River Basin, Nevada's Great Basin, California and the Pacific Northwest experienced similar conditions roughly half the time.
Tom Piechota, a water resources researcher at Chapman University in Southern California, says that can create a real challenge for water managers, because a large drought could hit all of those regions at the same time.
He says other regions showed a different pattern. The Lower Colorado and the Pacific Northwest, for example, often saw opposite conditions.
Piechota says those connections matter because when drought hits one part of the West, neighboring areas may have less water to spare.
Las Vegas Raiders coach Klint Kubiak emphasized the importance of getting his team's stagnant running game going after a 30-27 loss to Kansas City on Sunday. He said success on the ground will be a big factor in the Raiders becoming a better football team.
Las Vegas is somehow 3-1 with a ground game that averages an NFL-worst 3.13 yards per carry, and its 93 yards per game is not far from the bottom.
It's a problem the first-year coach inherited. The Raiders were the league's worst in both categories last season.
On Monday, Kubiak put the blame on himself, saying he needs to do a better job of putting the team in position to succeed.
The Raiders addressed their offensive line by signing three-time Pro Bowl center Tyler Linderbaum and veteran left guard Spencer Burford. While the pass blocking is notably better, there hasn't been much push up front on running plays.
The passing game is another story. Quarterback Kirk Cousins passed for 365 yards against the Chiefs, and he and San Francisco's Brock Purdy lead the league with 11 touchdown passes. Tight end Brock Bowers, playing through an illness, caught six passes for 86 yards and a touchdown.
But special teams blunders, including a fumbled kickoff return right after the Chiefs retook the lead, have been an issue this season.
The Raiders visit New England on Sunday.
That's according to the Associated Press.
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