Over the last six years, Boulder Highway in Henderson accounted for 25 percent of traffic fatalities in the city. Henderson officials are working to improve safety along the busy corridor.
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.
President Joe Biden will spend two days in campaigning in Las Vegas. Air and road traffic will be affected, and police are planning extra security.
Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony is still pursuing the removal of high occupancy vehicle lanes from Las Vegas Valley freeways.
The development agreement will break down how the stadium will be financed by the A’s and the construction plan for the Strip stadium,.
The 54-mile high-speed rail line would serve as a connector between the planned Brightline West Victor Valley Station and the California High-Speed Rail in Palmdale, California.
The NBA Cup semifinals and championship games will be played in mid-December in Las Vegas, the league announced Thursday.
Nevadans have access to over 30 special license plate designs, including throwback plates and those honoring Las Vegas sports teams.
Work on the Henderson Interchange project is planned to kick off this fall, with the project budget increasing significantly ahead of that.
As the Tropicana demolition forges ahead, pedestrian bridge access points at the shuttered resort will soon temporarily close to the public.
The NBA’s in-season tournament will begin in November with teams playing games at their home arenas leading up to the semifinals and final in Las Vegas.
The Oakland Athletics’ push to intervene in a lawsuit brought on by a Nevada teachers union group challenging Senate Bill 1 was denied.
The Aces’ game against rookie Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena is the best-selling WNBA game remaining this season on StubHub.
Full directional closures of Interstate 15 are planned for consecutive weekends near the resort corridor for a “Pave-A-Thon” operation.
Transportation officials plan to bolster the number of security guards they use to patrol buses and facilities across the Las Vegas Valley.
Fuel taxes are scheduled to slightly increase starting Monday in Clark County.