The Notes: Dec. 6-12

Centennial Hills Hospital is building a fourth floor, adding 36 inpatient beds to increase its inpatient bed count to 226. The $9.7 million project is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2016. Work also includes transforming a shelled space into 20 private medical/surgical rooms and 16 intermediate medical care rooms.

The Las Vegas Doolittle Senior Center Community Garden received the award of excellence at the Southern Nevada Landscape Awards.

Centennial Hills, Desert Springs, Spring Valley, Summerlin and Valley hospitals now feature retail pharmacies for patients and the public.

Humana and HealthCare Partners Nevada will open primary-care practices at 6210 N. Durango Drive, Building 11, Las Vegas, and 745 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 160, Henderson.

Cox Las Vegas doubled the speed of its Cox Ultimate Internet residential Internet service from 150 megabits per second to 300 megabits per second. Cox customers who subscribe to Ultimate Internet will be upgraded automatically.

The College of Southern Nevada earned Leader College distinction from Achieving the Dream, which aims to improve student success among community college students. The award goes to community colleges that commit to closing achievement gaps.

Eight nursing students from Nevada State College are being mentored by Centennial Hills Hospital nurses and helping to care for patients.

Tate Snyder Kimsey is the lead architectural firm for the UNLV School of Medicine’s medical education building project. The firm also will renovate space on UNLV’s Shadow Lane Campus.

MountainView Hospital received accreditation for its internal medicine residency program from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The MountainView Hospital/University of Nevada School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program is listed with the National Resident Matching Program and takes three years to complete.

The 2015 winners of the Excellence in Mine Reclamation Awards are: Overall Mine Reclamation — Preble Mine Closure Project, Barrick Gold of North America; Concurrent Reclamation — Cordex Pit Backfill Project, Standard Gold Mining/Florida Canyon Mining; Outstanding Rehabilitation — Yellow Jacket Hoist Works Rehabilitation; Site Restoration (Small Operator) — Keystone Mine Cut, Comstock Mining Corp.; Abandoned Mine Lands Hazard Mitigation — Bailey Day Abandoned Mine Land Closure Project, Newmont Mining.

City National Corp., the parent company of City National Bank, merged with Royal Bank of Canada.

The Teachers College of Western Governors University, the parent university of WGU Nevada, was named the “best value” in teacher education by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Shake Shack opened in Downtown Summerlin, 10975 Oval Park Drive, Las Vegas.

MarkieChar, Hot Topic, Torrid and Pas de Deux Children’s Couture Boutique and Spa opened at Town Square.

MGM Resorts International was named one of America’s top 100 most reputable companies for corporate social responsibility, according to the Reputation Institute, a leading global source on corporate reputation. In addition, MGM Resorts was named Land-Based Operator of the Year and Responsible Business of the Year at the 2015 Global Gaming Expo. The company’s M life program earned Loyalty Program of the Year.

The Range 702 shooting facility moved to 5999 Dean Martin Drive, Las Vegas.

Stoney’s Rockin’ Country reopened at Town Square.

Nine Nevada home health agencies received 2015 HealthInsight Quality Awards. They are Reliance Health Care, Mountain Crest Home Health, Advent Home Health, At Home Health Services, Interim Health Care of Nevada, Vision Health Care, Caring Nurses and Health & Care Professional Network, all in Las Vegas; and Mother’s Care Home Health Services Inc. in Henderson.

Aristocrat signed a deal with Caesars Entertainment that places 200 premium lease games across Caesars’ properties.

Triple George Grill, 201 N. Third St., Las Vegas, received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.

Ulta Beauty opened at 519 N. Stephanie St., Henderson.

Rivea and Skyfall Lounge opened at Delano Las Vegas.

Big Ern’s BBQ opened at Fiesta Rancho.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck acquired Watson Rounds, an intellectual property litigation firm based in Reno.

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