The influx of added international flight service to Las Vegas is made possible partly through an incentive program from the Department of Aviation.
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.
The Nevada Highway Patrol began policing the high occupancy vehicle lanes on U.S. Highway 95 and Interstate 15 Thursday following a 30-day grace period.
A 6-month-long road improvement project on a stretch of Eastern Avenue going from downtown to North Las Vegas gets underway Monday.
The RTC chose 20 bus stops in various parts of the Las Vegas Valley where steel posts will be installed to better protect riders as they wait for their ride.
Spirit Airlines partnered with McCarran International Airport, launching a self-service bag-drop station and two new nonstop flights from Las Vegas.
The $78 million Kyle Canyon interchange project will improve safety and traffic flow today and ready the area for the expansion of Interstate 11, officials said.
Starting today, motorists driving in high occupancy vehicle lanes in Las Vegas who are not carpooling will be subject to citations from law enforcement.
Road work on various areas of the Henderson Spaghetti Bowl will lead to overnight closures for more than a month.
New regulations on 22 miles of carpool lanes will be fully enforced beginning Thursday and Nevada Highway Patrol Troopers will be out in force citing motorists breaking the law.
Work on a new bridge on the Las Vegsa Strip, linking Park MGM and the MGM Grand, will affect traffic overnight on a trio of days beginning Monday night.
Allegiant Air will launch new nonstop service to Las Vegas from Redmond, Oregon, marking the 56th location the low-fare carrier flies from Las Vegas.
One of the 65-ton steel canopy trusses on the west side of the stadium was installed last week only to be later removed.
Paving and striping work on Interstate 15 will having road work occurring right up to high occupancy vehicle lane enforcement kicking Thursday morning.
The free ride is over for Las Vegas motorists enjoying the new high occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 illegally, as heavy saturation efforts begins Thursday.
A new 3-D scanner installed at McCarran has the ability to detect for explosives and other threats by creating a 3-D image that can be rotated for increased analysis.