Former shuttle astronaut Jose Hernandez, a California regent, will advise the program to develop flight engineers for future trips to space from the Las Vegas Spaceport.
Tourism
For the latest Las Vegas tourism news and stats let the Las Vegas Review-Journal be your top source.
The Clark County Department of Aviation testified in support of Senate Bill 19, which would enable the county to form a new unincorporated town for a reliever airport.
Members of the Clark County Department of Aviation executive team are in Arizona to get a firsthand look at what a Super Bowl means to the aviation industry.
The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Despite the lifting of the statewide mask mandate Thursday, those in Las Vegas should still carry a mask with them if they plan to ride a bus or fly on an airplane.
Lone Star Funds, former owner of the site along Las Vegas Boulevard, obtained county approval in 2012 for a 7 million-square-foot project.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking congressional leaders to allow federal funds for grants to promote tourism in states and cities like Nevada and Las Vegas.
The executive committee of the LVCVA board will consider whether to terminate its consulting contract with former CEO Rossi Ralenkotter in the wake of felony charges against him and three others.
The committee making recommendations to Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Legislature on attracting events to the new Las Vegas stadium is leaning toward expanding the role of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events, rather than forming of a new sports commission.
New Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill said Monday that the agency’s approach to spending and other business practices has not “kept up with the times.”
With a looming public vote on a retirement package for Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Rossi Ralenkotter, a key board member said Friday he wants more details about the police investigation into the mishandling of $90,000 in Southwest Airlines gift cards.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority began planning its revised marketing message to the world — a message of concern for victims and first-responders — a minute after the shooting from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort stopped on Oct. 1.
Las Vegas resident and former U.S. Marine Mark Kernan is touring CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the construction industry’s largest global gathering, with four other local military veterans with one goal in mind — to find stable work.
Razer, a video game technology company, stole the show at CES this year with three-screen, portable laptop and color projector that drew rave reviews and awards. Now someone has stolen two Razer laptops from its CES booth.
Greek philosopher Aristotle may have been about half right when he observed that we are deeply flawed beings.