A crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in the southwest valley on Saturday turned deadly for one, Nevada Highway Patrol said in an email.
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The motorcyclist was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on Washington Avenue near Rancho Drive just after 8 p.m. when he hit a car, police said.
The man was struck by a pickup truck heading south on Boulder Highway between Missouri and Hamilton avenues just after 5:20 p.m., police said.
Zoox’s Las Vegas robotaxi service is back in operations after a multiday pause in passenger rides.
Boring Co.’s Vegas Loop project received its first building permit in the city of Las Vegas’ jurisdiction, after five years of operations in Clark County.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon and Half Marathon is planned for Saturday and Sunday, and roads on and around the four courses will have rolling closures both days.
The Las Vegas Monorail had its highest ridership since before the recession on the opening day of the Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show last week.
North Las Vegas first responders, Sunrise Children’s Hospital and Medical Center and a non-profit organization will conduct a traffic checkpoint Wednesday morning to encourage the proper wearing of seat belts, North Las Vegas police announced.
A right-of-way settlement for Project Neon has been reached for just more than a half acre of undeveloped land at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Alta Drive. The Transportation Department board of directors unanimously approved a $716,600 settlement agreement on Monday.
Both directions of Blue Diamond Road near Cimarron Drive are closed after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
Gov. Brian Sandoval says his office has been contacted by representatives of Uber about finding a way to operate legally in the state.
There’s a Bridge to Nowhere in North Las Vegas today, but if all goes according to plan, it’ll become a Bridge to Somewhere by mid-2016.
The small package found in front of the Mob Museum that led to an evacuation Saturday evening did not turn out to be anything serious, Las Vegas police said.
Two separate downtown Las Vegas accidents on Friday night injured at least two people, one who suffered life-threatening injuries, according to Metro.
A semi-truck crash closed southbound Interstate 15 near the California state line, Nevada Highway Patrol said Friday evening.
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The motorcyclist was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on Washington Avenue near Rancho Drive just after 8 p.m. when he hit a car, police said.
Zoox’s Las Vegas robotaxi service is back in operations after a multiday pause in passenger rides.
Boring Co.’s Vegas Loop project received its first building permit in the city of Las Vegas’ jurisdiction, after five years of operations in Clark County.
The crash happened at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of the I-215 at Jones Boulevard in the southern Las Vegas Valley, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
