Las Vegas’ airport could soon see the first daily nonstop service to Japan since 2006.
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.
After more than three months of waiting, Las Vegas Valley motorists soon will be able to skip the line at area Department of Motor Vehicle offices.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s ordered grounding of all Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts in the U.S won’t have much impact on Las Vegas.
A Chicago woman pressed her luck Monday at Las Vegas’ airport, ending up behind bars for allegedly assaulting a police officer after initially walking away with a citation for an earlier brush with the law, police said.
A newly formed council by the U.S. Department of Transportation could be the jolt needed to make experimental modes of travel a reality.
Some motorists traveling on Interstate 15 between Mesquite and St. George, Utah, can expect to take a 224-mile detour during a year-long road project.
As Las Vegas’ airport continues to see record-breaking passenger traffic, keeping those travelers safe is a top priority.
Whether you’re ready for it or not, the transportation landscape in Southern Nevada is set to change — drastically.
Nevada roadways have seen a year-over-year dip in crash-related deaths through the first two months of 2019, though the number of pedestrian death is up sharply over the period.
Las Vegas tourism officials believe the city should look below ground to address future transportation needs. And the autonomous system linking the airport to the convention center should be just the first phase of a grander network.
Could the next big transportation project run underneath the Las Vegas Valley?
As the state tests a new Department of Motor Vehicle queuing system up north, Southern Nevadans are left waiting in line for now.
The downtown Las Vegas bike share program is getting an electric boost.
Southwest Airlines is ready to say aloha to its Hawaii Islands flight service.
If there was ever a reason for Southern Nevada commuters to celebrate, this is it.
