Hard Rock Hotel won the No. 1 spot for “Best Hotel Pool” in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice contest.
Aristocrat Gaming rolled out Lighting Link games, available on Happy Lantern, High Stakes, Magic Pearl and Sahara Gold machines. Lightning Link offers multiple denominations with a progressive jackpot that is the same for all denominations.
Travel website Trip Advisor named Clark County Wetlands Park one of the area’s best attractions, based on reviews from the website’s visitors.
Silver State Schools Credit Union opened a branch at 2256 S. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas, in the Winterwood Pavilion Shopping Center.
AT&T set up cell towers at Grand Canyon Village at Horse Drive and U.S. Route 95, in Southern Highlands at St. Rose Parkway and South Las Vegas Boulevard, and in Winchester at Desert Inn and Theme roads.
Solutions Recovery opened a Pahrump office at 1306 E. Calvados Blvd. The center offers outpatient services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for adults 18 and older.
Las Vegas Sands ranked 60th of 500 companies on Newsweek Magazine’s 2015 list of Top Green Companies in the United States. Researchers based the rankings on eight environmental performance indicators, including energy, water and carbon productivity. Other companies with Southern Nevada ties that made the list include Wynn Resorts (No. 100), MGM Resorts International (No. 112) and HCA Holdings (No. 340).
Sundance Helicopters was inducted into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame after receiving its fifth consecutive TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.
Smith’s closed a store at 4440 N. Rancho Blvd., Las Vegas, and celebrated the remodel of a store at 55 S. Valle Verde Drive, Henderson.
The Nevada Department of Transportation awarded a $39.2 million contract to general contractor Las Vegas Paving Corp. to build north- and southbound U.S. 95 connection ramps to the east- and westbound 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas.