Las Vegas’ McCarran airport soared to record heights last year, when it saw the most travelers pass through its gates in its 70-year history.
Mick Akers
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.
Super Bowl party-goers who may be impaired are urged to seek ride alternatives and not let their Super Bowl weekend end with an unsportsmanlike penalty.
As pedestrians in a marked crosswalk dodged vehicles turning right onto Sahara Avenue from Las Vegas Boulevard Wednesday afternoon, the need for safety improvements was evident.
A busy offramp leading to downtown Las Vegas will close to traffic for 100 days beginning next week.
Fans of the Silver and Black have flocked to state DMV locations to nab their Raiders Nevada specialty license plates.
A stretch of Interstate 15 near the resort corridor will shut to traffic overnight this week.
Nevada lawmakers will look to avoid being roadblocks as southern Nevada further drives into the future of technology.
The 16th annual Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws analyzed 2017 crash data and found the annual economic costs associated with crashes in Nevada is $1.98 billion.
Law enforcement officials across the nation are gaining real world experience with possible life-or-death scenarios without the risk.
A minor security breach occurred Friday morning at the Las Vegas airport.
A surface street downtown will shut to traffic this weekend, ahead of a three-month road project impacting the road.
Customization is an ever-growing segment of the hunting and firearms industry, with one company looking to etch its mark using laser technology.
Leica launched its Rangefinder CRF 2800.COM at the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show, or SHOT Show, Tuesday at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
To celebrate the golden anniversary of that monumental occasion, Case — the maker of the Astronaut Knife M-1 — debuted its commemorative model marking the event at SHOT Show 2019 in Las Vegas at the the Sands Expo and Convention Center.
A surface street in downtown Las Vegas closed down for Project Neon work is scheduled to reopen this week.