The Nevada Department of Transportation’s response to the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting and fraud detection leading to the arrest of a wanted man won the department national recognition.
Mick Akers
Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. 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 nearly $50 million Boring Co. underground people-mover project will link riders between the convention center’s exhibit hall to the south exhibit hall.
Although no one plans to be caught in a flash flood while driving, it is important to plan ahead to increase escaping the situation safely.