Despite new rounds of COVID-19 regulations going into effect in each state, the border of Nevada and California near Primm remains open to traffic.
Mick Akers
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Hawaiian Airlines is offering drive-through or walk-up COVID-19 testing at select cities to allow travelers to skip a mandatory quarantine upon their arrival in the islands.
Thanksgiving will likely see significantly fewer travelers years amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a recommendation from the CDC for Americans to stay home.
As coronavirus cases surge across the country, a spike in positive cases in Transportation Security Administration employees at the nation’s airports has also occurred.
The nearly 1.98 million passengers reported by the Clark County Department of Aviation marks the busiest month at McCarran since March when the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact began.
Driverless technology company Motional has been given the nod by the state to begin next year operating autonomous vehicles without a safety driver in place.
After over eight months of construction the $6.5 million downtown gateway arches wre lit up Wednesday as the sun sets on the Las Vegas sky.
Crews wrapped up a two-year, 6-mile widening project on state Route 160 that serves as the main connector between Las Vegas and Pahump, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
Travelers will be able to book flights between Spokane, Orange County, Asheville, N.C. and Flint, Michigan, early next year the airline announced Tuesday.
The Nevada Department of Transportation says it doesn’t expect Gov. Steve Sisolak’s “Stay at Home 2.0” order to keep out-of-town visitors away from Southern Nevada.
After being removed from many state’s travel ban after the initial coronavirus impacts, the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Nevada has put the Silver State back on those lists.
California, Oregon and Washington all issued travel advisories Friday aimed at reducing the possible spread of COVID-19 as cases across the nation are skyrocketing.
Motorists in the Summerlin area can expect travel delays on portions of the 215 Beltway over the next two weeks.
Despite signs all over McCarran and regular announcements over loudspeakers, a handful of travelers were walking around the baggage claim area without a face covering Wednesday.
A conceptual map of the route was shown Tuesday evening as part of the project’s special use permit application to the city’s planning commission.