SPARKS — The shuttered Silver Club casino in Sparks will go up for auction Dec. 23 after a foreclosure notice was issued.
Q: Four homeowners, including me, want to put up Christmas lights in an area we share. One owner e-mailed the president of the board with the information and got the response that it is too much of a liability to have these lights behind those houses. We have a desert rocks behind our houses, so no one is venturing through the yards. The bylaws stipulate that we can’t put things on the common areas — we must stick to our patios. I think this is outrageous that we can’t put up lights in our area.
Los Angeles Lakers reserve guard Sasha Vujacic has purchased a unit at the West Hollywood Residences.
The master-planned community of Summerlin recently welcomed Harmony Homes to its existing list of homebuilders. Harmony Homes is offering three home designs at Ladera Terrace, located in The Mesa village. Floor plans range from 2,320 to 2,622 square feet and are priced starting in the $200,000s.
Pardee Homes’ Ashwood is the final new-home neighborhood in the builder’s Nevada Trails master-planned community in southwestern Las Vegas.
According to Sherri Fastrich, regional marketing director for Meritage Homes, the builder will offer financial incentives this weekend at their brand-new Great Falls at Yellowstone in southwestern Las Vegas.
Lennar has 25 homes that may close by December at several communities throughout the Las Vegas Valley and are move-in ready, just in time for the holidays.
Q: I understand that Congress and the president have now passed a law that gives a tax credit to people who buy a house even if it’s not their first home. Since we already own a house and are looking into buying a larger place, I’m wondering if we qualify. And how much time do we have to take advantage of this? — Jayne C., Las Vegas
In terms of off-the-field problems, a big one is surrounding rotund Kansas coach Mark Mangino.
About two years ago, Brett Favre was crying and sniffling. He mumbled something about how he had nothing more to give to the game. It was a sad day when he retired from the NFL.
They preached from Day 1 that it was about what happened on the field, a part of the inaugural United Football League season that delivered beyond expectations.
Southern Nevada teams are 1-6 in Class 4A state semifinal games in Northern Nevada.
PROVO, Utah — For the first time in four years, Utah and Brigham Young don’t have the conference title on the line when they settle their heated rivalry.
If Utah’s next two trips to Las Vegas this season resemble its first, it’s going to be an interesting year for the Utes.
The United Football League needed overtime to finally settle its first season, and it was decided by someone who didn’t know if he would be playing until he woke up Friday morning.
This will be a night of goodbyes, and not just for UNLV football coach Mike Sanford and possibly his entire staff.
Angered by a last-minute loss to UNLV, Rick Pitino stormed off the Freedom Hall floor in frustration. If the Louisville coach had big plans for a New Year’s Eve party, they were spoiled.
As Florida quarterback Tim Tebow prepares to play his final home game at The Swamp today against rival Florida State, we thought it would be fitting to share some little-known “facts” about the much-heralded former Heisman Trophy winner.
Canyon Springs’ girls haven’t had much practice protecting a lead.
In dropping their opposition to student test scores being used in teachers’ performance evaluations, Nevada’s teachers unions appear to be essentially adopting a compromise by the Obama administration.
RENO — Game wardens are searching for suspects in a string of poaching cases around Reno over the past month.
CARSON CITY — The state board that determines whether residents pay too much in property taxes has agreed to wait until at least January to meet with the state’s 17 county assessors to discuss how they set property values.
