Morning briefing · October 26, 2026

Life Time Opening Fitness Club at Old Sullivan Square Site + 4 more Las Vegas stories

• Life Time Opening Fitness Club at Old Sullivan Square Site

  Life Time told the Review-Journal its 128,000-square-foot club across from Ikea will open in December, filling a 15-acre site where a failed mid-2000s high-rise project left a giant hole for years.

• Boulder City Principal Urges Mammograms After Diagnosis

  Melanie Teemant, principal of Garrett Junior High, was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer after a routine mammogram in March. She is sharing her story to encourage women to keep up with annual screenings.

• Switch Seeks Approval for Tahoe-Reno Data Center Gas Plant

  Switch wants state approval for a 510-megawatt gas-fired plant to power data centers, the third such private plant before regulators, as a pipeline expansion that would supply it advances, Nevada Current reported.

• Chapala on East Tropicana to Close as Owners Retire

  Chapala Mexican Restaurant on East Tropicana Avenue will close when its lease ends next month, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The Flores family is negotiating with another group in hopes of keeping the business and its recipes going.

• Nevada Late Mail Ballots: Rules, Counts and Delays

  The Nevada Independent breaks down Nevada's rules for late-arriving mail ballots, how many came in during 2022 and 2024, and why other factors also slow the release of the state's election results.

• New CALV Leader Sees Resilient Commercial Real Estate

  The Las Vegas Sun interviewed Toya Simon, the 2027 president of the commercial real estate arm of Las Vegas Realtors, about land prices, federal land, data centers and her goals for the group.

• AI Agents Pitch Stories to Editors, Who Say No

  Wired reported that bots, many from a startup called iLands, have been sending editors story pitches. Editors say they won't run the work, though at least one agent claims it has earned money elsewhere.

• Trump Escalates Attacks on El-Sayed in Michigan Senate Race

  At a Sunday rally in Port Huron, President Trump intensified anti-Muslim attacks on Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The race against Republican Mike Rogers is among a few that could decide control of the Senate.