The Daily Rundown - December 10, 2025
🏀 Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson is TIME's 2025 Athlete of the Year, the magazine announced yesterday. The only four-time WNBA MVP has been part of three championship teams in four years, including this year. She also earned her third Defensive Player of the Year award, her fourth MVP award and a second WNBA Finals MVP award. In her interview with the magazine, Wilson said she is working hard to earn the title Greatest of All Time.
Read about A'ja Wilson's other big win, The Associate Press Female Athlete of the Year award, here.
📚 The new West Las Vegas Library opened its doors yesterday, with music, dance, food, tech demonstrations and more. The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District says it wants the library to be the new home on the Westside for literacy, learning and community. The library, located on North Martin Luther King Boulevard between Owens and Lake Mead, is twice the size of the old one. It includes innovation labs, multimedia labs, homework help centers, story time rooms and event centers. And, of course, books — about 80,000, twice as many as the old branch, it says.
🦆 The Red Rock Audubon Society will conduct a Christmas Bird Count starting Sunday, Dec. 14, through Jan. 2. The Christmas Bird Count acts as a "census" for birds, helping monitor population trends. Organizers say it's a vital research tool for bird conservation in Southern Nevada, which is home to several species experiencing population declines. The Red Rock Audubon has scheduled seven counts in different areas over the coming weeks. Those interested in volunteering with the Red Rock Audubon Society can sign up at redrockaudubon.com.
Read more about last years Christmas Bird Count from State of Nevada
🦇 An estimated 6 million bats across the country have died from white-nose syndrome, and now the pathogen that causes it has been found in Nevada for the first time. The Nevada Department of Wildlife says in a press release that biologists found a case of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) during routine monitoring at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The illness mostly affects bat species that hibernate, which includes 14 of the state's 23 known species, causing them to wake early, deplete their fat reserves and die. Biologists say they did not find bats with clinical signs of the disease, which does not affect people. The state wildlife department noted the importance of bats in ecosystems, which eat insects and support the health of agricultural and natural landscapes. The U.S. Geological Survey said in August the disease had been found in 40 states and nine Canadian provinces.
🏠 Home prices in Southern Nevada hit a new high in November, according to trade group Las Vegas Realtors. The median sale price for an existing home was $488,995, edging past the $485,000 reported for several months this year. That's based on data from the Multiple Listing Service, so it doesn't include homes sold by their owners. Last month saw 7,033 homes on the market, a 26% increase from last November. Condo and townhome prices were up slightly from November of last year at $303,750. George Kypreos, president of Las Vegas Realtors, said overall trends favor homebuyers, with more homes for sale and a dip in mortgage interest rates last week.
Read more recent coverage of the Las Vegas housing market from State of Nevada.
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