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The Party on the Rocks concert series is scheduled to present Bruce Hornsby at 9 p.m. Saturday at Red Rock Resort’s Rocks Lounge, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd.

Neighborhood News

Valley Hospital, 620 Shadow Lane, recently completed a three-suite endoscopy department, concluding the final phase of a $26 million surgical services expansion and renovation. The project included an operating theater, pre- and post-operative units and waiting areas for patients.

Education Notebook

The United Way of Southern Nevada’s Young Philanthropists Society read last month to students at Hollingsworth Elementary School, 1776 E. Ogden Ave., as part of Nevada Reading Month.

Las Vegas’ Second annual GREENFest to be bundles of fun

Become one of Mother Earth’s favorite sons and daughters during the second annual GREENFest Earth Day festival, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 16 at Town Square Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Celtic Gathering and Highland Games to be largest yet

The 2011 Celtic Gathering and Highland Games is in step to be the largest celebration of Scottish heritage since the Las Vegas Celtic Society first cued the music and merriment seven years ago.
The seventh annual festival is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road.

Tough times call for small projects around home

Ben Kohler, manager of Lowe’s, 4625 W. Charleston Blvd., said Southern Nevadans seem to be eyeing both the economy and their own finances when considering home improvement projects.

Rare April storm chills valley with rain, snow

Southern Nevada is flirting with weather records in April. The 92 degrees recorded April 1 tied an all-time high for that day of the year set in 1966. On Saturday, a high of 56 nearly tied a historic low high of 54 for April 9 set in 1943, according to the National Weather Service.

Guard unit returns to Las Vegas from Afghanistan

To the cheers and tears of flag-waving families and friends, about 50 soldiers from a Las Vegas Valley National Guard unit returned home safely Saturday after a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan.

April storm chills valley with rain, snow

An unusual April storm has peppered the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding mountains with light rain and even some snow showers today.

Las Vegas man, 18, killed in eastside crash

An 18-year-old Las Vegas man was killed this morning in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Desert Inn Road east of the Pecos-McLeod Interconnect, according to Las Vegas police.

One injured in Lake Mead plane crash

A small single-engine airplane registered to a North Las Vegas man crashed in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Friday morning, injuring the pilot and causing a fuel spill and fire.