Nine months after the pandemic’s start, McCarran International Airport’s passenger traffic has started to inch higher but remains a fraction of what it was in prior years.
Mick Akers
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. 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.
Despite recommendations from officials not to travel over the holidays, Americans have been setting pandemic passenger highs at airports across the nation.
Despite the cancellation of the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show on the Las Vegas Strip, a portion of the boulevard and Interstate 15 on and off ramps will shut to traffic to ring in 2021.
A planned Hollywood Boulevard extension could provide a much-needed route between the east portion of Sunrise Manor and Henderson.
One Las Vegas family’s plan for tropical getaway to Hawaii turned into a quarantine disaster after issues with an at-home COVID-19 testing service.
The restaurant is part of M Resort and the Raiders 10-year founding partnership deal that deems the resort the official hotel of the team’s headquarters.
After successfully operating a robotaxi service in Las Vegas, the Motional and Lyft companies announced plans Wednesday to expand to other U.S. cities.
The Boring Company’s planned Las Vegas underground people mover system includes two planned routes in-and-around the Strip, plans submitted Monday to Clark County revealed.
Plans for what the area surrounding the Allegiant Stadium area are coming into focus as officials work to create a vibrant Stadium District.
Despite the high speed limit set on many state roads, cycling is allowed on the majority of them under Nevada law.
Construction of Allegiant Stadium is set to come in $25 million under budget as all work is set to be completed on the 63-acre site.
The funds are being raised to help offset the loss of revenue from the coronavirus pandemic.
As of Wednesday the TSA reported 101 confirmed cases of coronavirus among TSA employees at McCarran since the pandemic began, marking a 55 percent increase since Nov. 19, when 65 cases were noted by TSA data.
It will be split up with $183 million going toward multifamily affordable housing and $17 million to Nevada Rural Housing Auth0rity.
Traffic volume on I-15 at the Nevada-California state line on Nov. 25-29 was down 20 percent compared with 2019.
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