Sunset Road and Sloan Lane projects begin across Las Vegas, with road resurfacing, bridge construction, and overnight closures impacting traffic flow.
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.
Bally’s plans to file for entitlements from Clark County in the next two weeks and expects to break ground on the project in the first half of 2026.
UNLV’s two recent high-profile coaching hires both made multimillion-dollar home buys in guard gated Las Vegas Valley communites in the past year.
With Interstate 15 high occupancy vehicle lane regulations in Las Vegas set to return this week, highway signs are giving conflicting information on when the lanes are open to all motorists.
The Interstate 15/Tropicana Avenue Interchange project is substantially completed after three-and-a-half years of road work.
Interstate 15 will see high-occupancy vehicle lane restrictions return later this week after being offline during two improvement projects near the Las Vegas Strip.
A stretch of the 215 Beltway in Summerlin is set to close overnight later this week.
Driving through the Desert Inn arterial tunnel will soon be a smoother experience for drivers, thanks to a nearly $9.2 million improvement project.
Race officials took in over 3,100 applications to participate in the local marshals training program for Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend, scheduled for Nov. 20 through Nov. 22.
Boring Company’s Vegas Loop could be one step closer to connecting to Las Vegas’ airport, if the state approves their request to operate above ground for portions of rides.
The registry from the DMV is only for testing purposes, and Tesla still needs to obtain certification before launching a robotaxi service in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas gas prices are up 25 cents per gallon over the last month, with prices inching higher over the past week.
The Athletics’ development agreement with Clark County will be the subject of a public hearing next month, ahead of its potential approval.
The partnership deal will keep the event’s Winner’s Stage at the Bellagio Fountain Club hospitality zone.
The Raiders’ Monday Night Football showdown with the Chargers began in a very Vegas fashion with the unveiling of the upgraded, glitzy “fabulous” player arrival tunnel.