From the Moapa Zoo to O.J. Simpson to the Bunkhouse Saloon, here’s a look back at some of the people and places we wrote about this year.
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Tourism experts say Sunday night’s Strip crash that killed an Arizona woman and injured 35 people won’t have long-term repercussions on visitation, but may come up as transportation leaders consider making Las Vegas Boulevard safer for pedestrians.
An organization of business people and institutional groups is spearheading a movement for big changes along 4 miles of Maryland Parkway.
A futuristic transportation company said Tuesday it will set up a test facility at a North Las Vegas industrial site, a move hailed by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state officials as another coup in Nevada’s quest to lure high-tech industry to the Silver State.
Ride-hailing company Uber on Tuesday began operations at McCarran International Airport, ending a stalemate with Clark County that lasted more than a month.
What started as a do-over on a county ordinance for ride-hailing licensing in Clark County has erupted into a pressure campaign urging something Uber already is allowed to do — operate at McCarran International Airport.
While Southern Nevada residents are thankful for falling gasoline prices as they drive during the Thanksgiving holiday, the sudden drop over the last month has left many puzzled why it’s taken so long.
Las Vegas will get the first look at what mysterious electric carmaker Faraday Future’s eventual product will look like at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. By that time the public should know if that product will be manufactured in North Las Vegas.
Contracted drivers for ride-hailing companies will be required to have Clark County business licenses to operate and their companies will be required to provide a monthly report listing who they are.
Las Vegas takes on a little Detroit ambience this week when it plays host to Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week and two trade shows that will draw more than 140,000 people to Southern Nevada.
Southern Nevada residents should be just catching their breath after enduring the huge Project Neon program sometime after 2020 when the next big Interstate 15 freeway work gets underway.
Prospective Uber drivers got their first road tutorials Thursday — how to maneuver through heavy traffic in a tight parking lot.
Customers who hail a ride on Uber or Lyft from Mandalay Bay to the Fremont Street Experience can expect to pay about $24 based on rates the companies submitted in their applications to the Nevada Transportation Authority.
Even though transportation regulators have proposed knocking down the cost for a transportation network company to be licensed in the state, it’s still substantially higher than anyplace Uber and Lyft operate.
The oldest of the pedestrian bridges that crisscross the Las Vegas Strip will be overhauled in a $26 million upgrade that will be paid for by the people who use them most — Las Vegas tourists.
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