Job-seekers will be encouraged to consider careers in transportation, construction, engineering and design during an event set for Wednesday, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said.
Art Marroquin
Former North Las Vegas/Transportation reporter
Art Marroquin completed working at the Review-Journal in mid-2018. A Southern California native, Marroquin covered breaking news, transportation and politics for more than 20 years. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton. His work has appeared in more than a dozen publications including the Orange County Register, Daily Breeze, Los Angeles Times and Newsday.
Several downtown streets will close for about eight hours on Saturday for the Helldorado Days Parade, Las Vegas city officials said.
Investigators will take a closer look at how the Federal Aviation Administration deals with maintenance oversight of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air and American Airlines, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s inspector general announced Wednesday.
North Las Vegas Police Chief Alexander Perez announced Tuesday that he will retire May 24, meeting a promise to serve only a brief, three-year tenure marked by hiring additional officers and expanding the department’s outreach to the city’s Spanish-speaking residents.
A poll released last month by AAA’s Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 87.5 percent of us believe distracted driving is getting worse, outpacing traffic congestion, aggressive drivers, motorists who use drugs and drunken driving as “growing concerns” on the road.
The 19 water wells and reservoirs serving North Las Vegas will be fixed over the next three years under a $3.3 million contract approved Wednesday by the City Council.
The North Las Vegas City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday night to ask officials with the federal Bureau of Land Management to auction a 22-acre chunk of land that could be purchased by a developer.
A second community block grant has been allocated to finish the construction of a two-story library spanning 7,000 square feet in downtown North Las Vegas.
Revelers drinking a few too many beers, margaritas or tequila shots during Cinco de Mayo fiestas have a cheap option to get home safe this weekend.
National Bike Month will kick off Friday evening with tacos and a “Cycle de Mayo” tour of downtown Las Vegas hosted by the Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada.
Following more than a year of debate and consideration, the Taxicab Authority authorized taxi drivers to use a set of preapproved “parallel routes” along Frank Sinatra Drive, Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, Koval Lane and Interstate 15 when Las Vegas Boulevard is congested.
Joe “JD” Decker was named interim director of the regulatory agency that oversees the 16 taxicab companies in Southern Nevada, though he said Thursday that he does not intend to keep the job permanently.
Sections of a major freeway interchange will close for overnight work Thursday as crews continue widening a five-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
Roughly 58 percent of Southern Nevadans are planning a vacation before June 21, according to AAA’s poll of 250 people mostly living in Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas, with a handful of responses from Moapa Valley, Boulder City and Pahrump.
Traffic will get a little tight along Las Vegas Boulevard for the next several months as crews install the first zip line on the Strip known as Fly Linq.