President Joe Biden officially announced $3 billion in federal funding for Brightline West’s $12 billion high-speed rail system today in Las Vegas.
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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 three people killed in the shooting at UNLV’s Lee Business School, as well as a fourth victim who was seriously injured, were professors at the university.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company purchased a plot near Chinatown where a future Vegas Loop station is planned.
Road closures tied to the aftermath of the fatal UNLV shooting affected afternoon commutes in the valley.
The 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas is just 68 days away and it is shaping up to potentially be the biggest “Big Game” in NFL’s history.
It is expected that President Joe Biden will make an official announcement about the grant award Friday in Las Vegas.
Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix road impacts continue while crews wrap up dismantling the track and associated grandstands from the race.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and other officials celebrated the substantial completion of the $272 million project, where construction has been going on since 2015.
The National Finals Rodeo is staying in Las Vegas through at least 2035, officials announced Monday. The NFR’s current deal was set to expire in 2025.
A freshly erected fence with Brightline West advertising draped over it could signal that work on the long-discussed $12 billion project could soon get underway.
UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine cited the speeding statistic as it announced a federal grant to study traffic-related injuries and deaths.
The updated renderings could include some form of a retractable roof and/or a retractable wall for the $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat stadium.
Eight years and $272 million later the Centennial Bowl project in northwest Las Vegas is nearing completion.
Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 hotel room rate schedules are available and their asking prices are much lower than what was originally advertised for the 2023 event.
The NBA In-Season Tournament’s semifinal and championship games take place Dec. 7 and 9 at T-Mobile Arena. The NBA expects the first-time event to be a hit.