Traffic relief will come to Interstate 15 Friday night, but northbound truckers will continue to feel the pain of a 77-mile detour for at least another week as Nevada Transportation Department officials prepare to open a flood-damaged portion of the highway.
Southern Nevada transportation officials say they’ll be keeping a watchful eye on state transportation budgets to make sure funds allocated to local highway projects don’t get hijacked to road projects supporting the proposed Tesla Motors Gigafactory east of Reno.
A crash on southbound Interstate 15 slowed traffic near Charleston Boulevard Thursday afternoon.
A private plane landed safely at McCarran International Airport Friday morning after reporting a computer issue, the airport said.
