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Project will give relief to commuters

This week the Road Warrior goes spanning Las Vegas and answers questions from almost every corner of the valley. Readers want to know if the Lamb Boulevard exit off the Las Vegas Beltway is open yet in North Las Vegas. Is there an extension planned in Henderson for Warm Springs Road, from Boulder Highway to Lake Mead Parkway? When will Clark County build a bridge on Decatur Boulevard to go over the railroad tracks in the southern valley? And why were taxicabs dropping off passengers at a pickup point at McCarran International Airport on Sunday?

Airport thieves get left holding bag

You know the anxious feeling you get while you wait for your luggage to appear on the carousel at an airport? The one that says your luggage has been lost.

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Reopening: Next Week For H Street

This week readers want to know when H Street will be reopened at Bonanza Road; whether there is any way to fix the ramp meters that control traffic flow onto Interstate 15; and whether they are ever going to fix Stewart Avenue between Maryland Parkway and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Drivers, not bus shelters, kill

As vehicles sped by, Mike Gilmore admitted that he worried one would come up on the sidewalk and crash into the bus shelter where he was waiting.

Smoother, edgier Obama does better job addressing Nevada issues

When Barack Obama made his first presidential campaign visit to Las Vegas 19 months ago, I got into it with his press person because there was no access for the local media and while Obama generally opposed Yucca Mountain, there was no answer to my follow-up question: “Then what should the country do with that nasty nuclear waste?”

Second bill for colonoscopy that forced blood test adds insult to injury

The definition of righteous indignation: Having to be tested for hepatitis C because you might have contracted the disease during a colonoscopy. Then having to pay for the test and the colonoscopy. Then, getting a second bill for the colonoscopy you’ve already paid for.

Construction, connections and cell phones

This week readers want an update on the construction on Blue Diamond Road; will the connection between Decatur and Silverado Ranch boulevards ever be made; and are there any plans to make the message signs on Interstate 15 accessible on mobile phones?

$8 billion refuels road projects

It was a scary couple of days for transportation officials across the nation.

This marks first and last time that O.J.’s trial makes my column

Don’t count me among the strange subculture of people who care about O.J. Simpson. He doesn’t impact my life. I don’t find him interesting and I don’t care a whit about his trial. While 585 people obtained media credentials, I’m not among them. Hell no, I won’t go.

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