Q: I’ve never owned a home and have so-so credit. I earn $1,000 per week after taxes. I am eligible for a Veteran’s Administration loan but I’m having trouble getting a mortgage. Who can I talk to that can help me?
This month, Harmony Homes is teaming up with Silver State Specialties, a local company that specializes in installing and upgrading energy-efficient home features, to offer two homebuyers in two neighborhoods a free Cool Package — a bundle of home upgrades designed to enhance green living and save money.
Mira Villa in Summerlin announced today that it will reopen for home sales this June, following the recent financial commitment from three banks to complete the project.
Distinctive Homes of Las Vegas is building green, offering homes with Energy Star and other energy-efficient features that are included in the price of the home.
Country in the Park, an outdoor music and events festival, returns to Mountain’s Edge May 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, now in its third year, will be held at the 3,500-acre master-planned community’s Exploration Park, located on Buffalo Drive.
New homebuyer Aaron Jenkins has Lennar’s Peace of Mind Mortgage Payment Protection Program.
Saturday morning at the Mountain Falls Grill Room is a busy place with friends, families, couples and golf buddies socializing over a meal. A big part of its success is executive chef David Hutchison.
The Las Vegas division of D.R. Horton Homes has announced the follow-up event to its successful Builder Short Sale, which was held in January. The two-day sale event, which is scheduled for April 25 and 26, is billed as Builder Short Sale II, “The Sequel with No Equal.”
: I live in a townhouse with a homeowners association. Over the past year, we have been sent constant reminders to pick-up our pet waste.
The Wranglers finally figured out how to hold on to a two-goal lead Friday.
Thursday’s official grand opening of the new Yankee Stadium had all the trappings one would expect from such an historic occasion.
Defense has been the 51s’ downfall early this season, but it saved them Friday in the 27th home opener for Las Vegas’ Triple-A franchise.
PRIMM — Yuriorkis Gamboa needed only 15 fights to win a world championship. It doesn’t figure to be his last belt.
Aware his team could face Lincoln County in the Class 2A Southern League baseball playoffs, The Meadows coach Frank DeSantis thought it was crucial to avoid being swept by the Lynx on Friday.
It’s little surprise that the NBA’s two best and most popular players are on the teams most favored to win the league championship.
The plan wasn’t to give Mike Clausen that much playing time — “It’s how the drives worked out,” coach Mike Sanford said — but UNLV’s backup quarterback didn’t waste the opportunity.
Two ballot measures challenging the way Las Vegas handles redevelopment should not be part of the June 2 city elections, a judge ruled Friday, a decision welcomed by city leaders who worried that the measures would destroy the city’s push to invigorate a struggling downtown.
When John Haines, drunk, suicidal and armed with two pistols, marched toward the house with his wife and toddler son inside, the Las Vegas police officers surrounding him thought the worst.
CARSON CITY — Reversing an earlier announcement, the Gibbons administration said Friday afternoon that it will submit an application next week to the U.S. Department of Education to seek nearly $400 million in federal stimulus funds.
About 650 soldiers from Nevada’s 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry mobilized Friday for a tour in Afghanistan in what their commander says is the largest overseas deployment of Nevada National Guard troops in history.
Near millionaires in Nevada who have either HIV or AIDS are receiving free medications from a government-funded drug assistance program, a violation of the program’s low-income eligibility requirements, a state health official has charged.
CARSON CITY — A Senate-Assembly budget panel recommended Friday that the Nevada Department of Public Safety rely on federal funding to cover costs of law enforcement jobs that would be eliminated under Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed budget.
CARSON CITY — Over the objections of a senator who beat cancer, the Senate voted 14-5 Friday to advance a bill that would allow adults to smoke in bars that serve food.
CARSON CITY — Rep. Dean Heller ducked questions about possible bids for U.S. senator or governor in 2010, telling reporters on Friday a re-election bid is his “plan today.”