Residents driving past Trails Park on Friday could already see blankets, canopies and chairs starting to appear, all signs that the Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade is making its return.
Mathew Miranda

The Regional Flood Control District held an event Thursday to highlight the dangers of monsoon season, which typically begins in July, and provide safety tips.
Thousands of animals are reported missing each year around Independence Day, with July 5 widely known as the busiest day of the year for animal shelters.
Zion National Park was open Wednesday but visitors were told to anticipate delays as park officials clean up from a flash flood that closed the popular park in southern Utah.
The sale of legal fireworks in Clark County began Monday, accompanied by a warning from public safety officials to avoid the dangerous devices that fly, spin or explode.
The severely overweight potbellied pig, which rescuers named “Cupcake,” was found June 2 in a wire dog kennel by a resident on the sidewalk outside his home.
Joseph Rosa was told he would likely never walk again after suffering a broken back and leg in a hit-and-run accident in 2011. His response was to sign up for a gym membership.
A 24-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested Wednesday after attacking and chasing a Black stranger for 13 minutes while yelling racial slurs at him, according to an arrest report.
On a day when Las Vegas broke another heat record, children built snowmen and started a mini snowball fight at the Linq Promenade.
Laughlin likely recorded the hottest temperature in Nevada on Wednesday and may have broken the town’s temperature record for the date.
Las Vegas officials and social media “dog influencers” provide heat safety information for humans and pets and highlight the city’s recently passed animal cruelty ordinance.
Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley continued to climb Monday as a potentially record-setting heat wave tightened its grip on much of the western U.S.
Officer Christopher Allen, who helped save a young girl while off-duty, was one of the 56 employees that Las Vegas police awarded Wednesday for acts of “bravery and excellence.”
A fire on Tuesday morning gutted the garage and attic of a home in Sun City Summerlin.
The hospital in the northwest Las Vegas Valley paid $145,402 in back wages to 23 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s wage and hour division.