American West showcases southwestern subdivisions

Home buyers have more than 17 design choices at the three American West Highlands Ranch neighborhoods –Fairmont, Windsor and Kensington. They are located in the southwestern portion of the valley adjacent to the Southern Highlands master- planned community.

Reverse mortgages aren’t based on credit or income but value and longevity

Q: A while back you had someone ask you about reverse mortgages. I lost the article; therefore, would you please let me know how to attempt the process of getting a reverse mortgage. I will be 62 on Dec. 26 of this year. Does your credit standing have to be excellent, or will a person with fair credit be acceptable? Also, right now I have a payment agreement with my mortgage company until a year from July.

Pardee Homes offers move-in specials

Pardee Homes is showcasing homes at its Madera neighborhood in northwestern Las Vegas that are available for quick move-in. These homes include Plan Two-C at home site 157; Plan Three-C at home site 62; Plan Three-C at home site 154 and Plan Four-C at home site 137.

Summerlin community contains many diverse religious offerings

There are a variety of worship facilities in Summerlin with 14 houses of worship representing 10 different faiths. More are in the planning and/or building stages, according to Kevin Orrock, top division executive of The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin.

City gives Newport an ‘Oscar’

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman recognized the 24-story Newport Lofts residential development with a Mayor’s Urban Design Award in the category of Buildings and Their Environs.

Fans seeking face time

From the utterly creepy news department: London’s Daily Mail reported Wednesday on the appearance of a pair of peculiar tennis fans.

Referee takes beating for Soto bout ruling

Joe Cortez has taken such a public beating in the aftermath of his decision to disqualify Humberto Soto and award the decision to Francisco Lorenzo in their WBC interim super featherweight title bout June 28 at Mandalay Bay, it was as though Cortez had been fighting instead of officiating.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

Arum claims MGM Mirage putting freeze on Top Rank

Rebuffed in his attempt to bring Manny Pacquiao back to Las Vegas in November, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum is accusing MGM Mirage officials of conspiring with rival promoter Golden Boy Promotions to keep his company out.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

51s bomb Sky Sox bullpen, halt three-game losing streak

Terry Tiffee had two-out RBI hits in consecutive four-run innings Friday night to help the 51s to a 10-6 Pacific Coast League victory over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Barkley is miffed by debt publicity

Former NBA star Charles Barkley says Wynn Las Vegas and Clark County District Attorney David Roger “will get theirs” for the way they handled his $400,000 gambling debt.

Revelers have a blast

Freedom is a water gun shootout on the Fourth of July.

Human link is cited in past Tahoe wildfires

RENO — Unlike California’s recent barrage of lightning-caused blazes, most of the Reno-Lake Tahoe area’s major wildfires in recent decades have been sparked by humans, fire officials said.

Budget woes generate consolidation thoughts

A few months ago, while reviewing Las Vegas’ fiscal woes, Mayor Oscar Goodman mused about the future of Southern Nevada and wondered whether radical change was needed.

IN BRIEF

NORTH LAS VEGAS INCIDENT

More teach at home

When her 12-year-old son, Logan, was struggling to understand fractions, Chrissy Swanke ordered an unsliced pizza and demonstrated the meaning of one-eighth and one-fourth by cutting sections from the pie.

Ex-TV star loses sign appeal

MINDEN — Former “Beverly Hillbillies” star Max Baer Jr. has lost an appeal over an outdoor sign for a hotel-casino he’s trying to build in Northern Nevada.

Let’s deal the cards

It started in 1970 with 30 players and little attention. Today it has evolved into perhaps the signature event for Las Vegas, featuring thousands of participants, dozens of events and millions of TV spectators.

LIFE ON THE HEDGE

DALLAS — The computer screen on Scott Topping’s desk at Southwest Airlines flickered with row after row of dates and numbers, but they had nothing to do with arrivals and departures.

Ex-commissioner accused of misusing investor cash

A former Nye County commissioner allegedly misappropriated $2.4 million from a group of 30 to 40 investors primarily from Pahrump and Las Vegas, according to a lawsuit filed in District Court.

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