Voters in Washoe and Nye counties were the last to finish voting, which delayed the release of election results for the primary election.
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 $71.5 million project is the third and final phase of widening the I-15 north corridor, which previously included expanding the interstate between the Spaghetti Bowl and Speedway Boulevard.
The Henderson Interchange is set for an estimated $335 million revamp and the Nevada Department of Transportation is looking for public feedback as before shovels hit the ground.
Las Vegas gas prices have hit record highs each day this week. Nevada’s statewide average is at $5.64 per gallon Saturday, also a record high.
Allegiant Stadium will play host to two matches of the inaugural Soccer Champions Tour next month, headlined by the Real Madrid versus Barcelona showdown.
Tuesday’s average price in Las Vegas is 3 cents above Monday’s price, 21 cents above last week’s price and 31 cents higher than a month ago, according to AAA data.
Incumbent Clark County Recorder Debbie Conway is running for a fifth term, facing a trio of challengers.
It’s no secret that the running joke among Las Vegas Valley residents is that the unofficial state flower is the orange traffic cone.
If it wasn’t already evident before the opening of Allegiant Stadium, it sure is becoming clear: Las Vegas is a soccer town.
Various dignitaries are kicking off the nearly three-year-long project at a news conference Tuesday morning at Allegiant Stadium.
The first season with fans allowed to attend Raiders home games saw a fairly significant difference between paid attendance and actual attendance.
After years of talking about it, groundbreaking for a $305 million project to revamp the Tropicana-Interstate 15 interchange is set for Tuesday.
The several mile backup often seen on Interstate 15 at the Nevada-California border, as recently as Monday following Electric Daisy Carnival coming to an end, could soon see some relief.
Downtown Las Vegas to see U.S. 95 travel impacts this week, tied to paving operations for the viaduct rehabilitation project.
After two years of pandemic-related travel impacts many have been looking for any reason to take a trip out of town and Memorial Day is as good an excuse as any to make a weekend getaway.