UNLV athletic director Erick Harper said Thursday the school is doing all it can to be ready if an opportunity to move up to a Power Five conference presents itself.
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.
The employee would earn an annual salary and benefits package of $218,000 to start.
Motorists should brace for travel impacts on Hoover Dam bridge next week.
Robin Lehner’s purchase of a snake farm began a “Tiger King”-like episode featuring alleged nonpayment of funds by the Golden Knights goalie and the murder of the snake farm’s previous owner by his wife and another man.
Tuesday night marked the start of “Dropicana,” part of the demolition of the Tropicana bridge tied to the $305 million I-15-Tropicana Interchange project.
Tuesday will mark the beginning of “Dropicana” — the start of the demolition of the Tropicana Avenue bridge tied to the $305 million Interstate 15-Tropicana Interchange project.
Months before Robin Lehner and his wife Donya filed for bankruptcy, a Wisconsin company sued the Golden Knights player for $3.9 million over the alleged failure to repay a business loan.
The first columns are in place for what will be a 300,000-square-foot, four-story paddock facility, the centerpiece of the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The revamped NFL Pro Bowl doesn’t stop at adding flag football to the game itself. New football and non-football challenges will be added to the event’s skills competitions.
As of Tuesday afternoon there were 315 reported flight delays and 23 cancellations coming out of or into Reid airport, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
Talks between the Oakland Athletics and one key Las Vegas player have apparently stalled, which could mean a preferred Southern Nevada ballpark site is in play.
Impairment and speeding are the largest contributing factors to deadly crashes in the state, a NDOT official said.
Those who travel between Las Vegas and Utah should brace for another bridge project set to snarl traffic on Interstate 15.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman started off the new year on Twitter, again calling for California and federal officials to widen Interstate 15 between Primm and Barstow.
Attendees arrived via various transportation modes to the main hub of the multi-facility show, that is expected to draw around 100,000 people.