Verizon Wireless received the highest award for overall network performance in Nevada, based on a report from RootMetrics. RootMetrics ranked U.S. wireless providers in reliability, speed, data, call and text network performance.
AT&T added seven mobile Internet cell sites in Las Vegas to expand its 4G LTE coverage. The areas include Mesa Verde Lane and Duneville Street, Eastern Avenue and Hardin Drive, County Coach Drive and Conestoga Way, Eastern and Owens avenues, Paradise and Desert Inn roads, Tamarus and Rawhide streets, and Fort Apache Road and Wigwam Avenue.
The Vegas PBS Women’s Engagement Council received the national PBS Development Award in innovation for its work in teaching the community about women’s issues.
Poets & Writers, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers, selected Nevada as the only state to participate in its annual Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award program.
Cobalt Data Centers was approved by the State Gaming Control Board to host regulated applications for gaming licensees at its facility in northwest Las Vegas.
City National Bank funded a $5.8 million loan to the Red Rock Residential Care Center, 5875 W. Twain Ave., Las Vegas
Creel Printing won 11 Gold Ink awards, the printing industry’s highest accolade, for fashion and entertainment magazines, event programs, magazine covers and softcover books.
Allstate Insurance Company has opened a new Henderson office, owned and operated by James Bell. The office is at 1000 Green Valley Parkway, Suite 450.
The Nevada State Contractors Board has won the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies’ 2014 Innovation in Regulation Award. The award highlights the board’s efforts in 2012 to partner with Home Depot and local building departments to launch a kiosk system in stores, allowing contractors and consumers to purchase building permits from multiple jurisdictions at one time.
Nathan Adelson Hospice has been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work” in health care for 2014, as chosen by Modern Healthcare, a nationwide weekly healthcare business news publication.