Zoox’s plans to launch its robotaxi service in Las Vegas received a green light this week from federal transportation officials.
Mick Akers
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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.
To ensure they can meet and even exceed high hospitality expectations that come with being located in Las Vegas, the A’s brought in a famed restaurateur and New York Times best-selling author.
A 50-year-old pedestrian bridge over Maryland Parkway near Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center will be demolished, leading to lane reductions.
Months after an Arbor View High School student was struck and killed in a crosswalk, Las Vegas officials are planning to add crossing guards to middle schools and some high schools.
Single-day tickets for grandstand and general admission zones for each day of this year’s race will go on sale on Aug. 14, race officials announced.
The double-decker buses that the Regional Transportation Commission has used for years on the Las Vegas Strip and for its Game Day Express service are now being built in Southern Nevada.
Transit officials are looking at the future of mobility along a long stretch of Charleston Boulevard between Summerlin and the east Las Vegas Valley.
The A’s announced their first Las Vegas ballpark investor in Aramark Sports + Entertainment. The company will also be the concessionaire for the team’s Strip stadium.
Allegiant Stadium in its first five years of existence is proving to be the game changer it was touted as in the buildup to the $2 billion facility being constructed.
Shannon Sharpe is out at ESPN just weeks after he settled a $50 million lawsuit where an unnamed woman accused him of raping her in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Review-Journal.
Area15 has inked a partnership deal to provide robotaxi rides to guests of the Las Vegas immersive entertainment district.
A stretch of high occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate 15 near the Strip won’t reopen as such after this weekend’s planned repaving of the highway tied to a yearslong road project.
Clark County is looking to hire more crossing guards as the 2025-26 CCSD school year approaches.
Athletics fans who want to keep up on the progress of the MLB team’s Las Vegas ballpark are in luck.
The nearly two-week Las Vegas NBA Summer League is nothing but net for the city.