An influx of visitors to the Mount Charleston area prompted the Nevada Highway Patrol on Monday afternoon to close State Route 156 heading to Lee Canyon.
Don’t end 2011 on a sour note by having your New Year’s Eve plans derailed by traffic issues. Closures begin well before midnight, making a transportation game-plan vital for anyone planning to hit the Strip. Here’s what you need to know.
Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican known on Capitol Hill as “Dr. No” for his proclivity to single-handedly hold up legislation, has singled out three federally funded Nevada projects as examples of the kind of fat that should have been hacked from the 2011 budget.
Las Vegas-based Arcata Associates has been selected NASA’s 2011 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year. It’s the second time in four years that Arcata, a 32-year-old engineering services and information technology firm, has won the award.
While X-ray body scanners used in airports face concerns about potentially increasing cancer cases, a safer type of scanner has been plagued by another problem: a high rate of false alarms.
26 December 2011
By Michael Grabell and Christian Salewski, ProPublica
You don’t have to be tech savvy to make your way around McCarran International Airport — but it helps. McCarran officials on Thursday reminded the public of some of the innovations at one of the nation’s most technologically friendly airports.
A company facing the loss of its limousine concession at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is suing the airport and the Clark County Commission.
The state Department of Motor Vehicles has received approval to hire 20 additional employees to cut wait times averaging 70 minutes at local DMV offices. Bruce Breslow, director of the department, had asked for 30 front-line employees.
The security screening process at McCarran International Airport will get easier for customers of four airlines as the Transportation Security Administration opened its first TSA Pre-Check trusted traveler lanes Tuesday.
The average price for gas in Nevada is now the lowest it has been since February after a 21-cent drop in the past month, according to the AAA auto club.
The busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport today announced plans to be the first customer for Boeing’s newest version of the twin-engine 737 jet.
A lawyer representing a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash has filed the first negligence lawsuit in the case.
Federal investigators are looking at unexpected turns and a sudden climb that a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter made moments before a crash that killed the pilot and four passengers who were marking marriage milestones.
