The motorist who caused a North Las Vegas crash that killed nine people, including himself, pleaded guilty to speeding nine days earlier.
Mick Akers
Transportation reporter
Email: makers@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2920
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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.
State transportation officials are accepting comments on the Downtown Access Project, which is set to be the most expensive public works project in Nevada’s history.
With Las Vegas becoming a hotbed for major professional sports activity in recent years, one possible newcomer to the market envisions every league calling Las Vegas home at some point.
A source with intimate knowledge of the situation told the Review-Journal the prospects of an F1 race happening on the Las Vegas Strip are “very real.”
Looking to add a larger fan element at its Apex facility, UFC has plans to add the ability to host up to 1,000 people for events.
The fun starts at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, where the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown is slated to occur.
Last year Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport served 39.7 million travelers as travel volume continued to increase from pandemic-related lows.
The target capacity for a Las Vegas MLS stadium sits between 25,000-30,000 people, according to potential team owner Wes Edens.
Wes Edens, co-CEO of Fortress Investment Group, which owns the high-speed passenger rail line Brightline, said he expects to break ground on the project by the end of the year.
An unnamed worker was back at work Friday after suffering minor injuries Thursday when a girder failed, causing a portion of a bridge that was already being demolished to unexpectedly collapse,
Billionaires Wes Edens and Naseef Sawiris have entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Major League Soccer to move toward bringing an expansion team to Southern Nevada.
The Oakland Planning Commission delivered a crucial vote Wednesday night moving forward the Athletics’ push for a new waterfront ballpark in the Bay Area.
Vendors showed off the latest and greatest in sports merchandise and tailgating accessories Wednesday, highlighted by a custom $30,000 Raiders watch.
Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport is one of 50 U.S. airports that will have a buffer zone in place Wednesday when major wireless carriers roll out their new 5G service.
A strong winter storm that hit the eastern United States on Sunday and ongoing staff shortages caused by the surge of COVID-19 were blamed for the disruptions.
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