Age-qualified Shea Homes at Ardiente offers resort-style golf club community

Shea Homes at Ardiente, an age-qualified community in North Las Vegas, offers a resort-style community with a private 20,000-square-foot clubhouse with two resort-style pools, fitness center, group exercise studio and access to walking trails and more.

Numbers indicate upswing in market

While there are certainly rays of sunshine on the horizon for our local and national housing markets with increasing home prices and strong sales numbers, not everyone feels the warmth, especially the thousands of Southern Nevadans who have already lost their homes to either a short sale or a foreclosure and those prepping for a similar fate in 2013.

Pilot lands home

Mira Villa, a luxury condominium community in Summerlin, has generated more than $19.3 million in sales since fall 2011, outpacing the sales activity in the Las Vegas market and triggering the recent release of the condominium project’s second and last collection of inventory sooner than projected, said Tera Anderson, director of sales at Mira Villa.

Three new commissioners named to state travel panel

The Nevada Commission on Tourism welcomed three new commissioners at its March meeting on Friday, Brian Ayala, attorney Herb Santos Jr. and John Wagnon.

Las Vegas baseball venue to be in top shape for major leaguers

It’s not easy being green for the grass at Cashman Field in Las Vegas. With the big leaguers of the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers slated to play preseason games at Cashman Field today and Sunday, the ball yard’s grounds crew toiled at transforming the dormant yellow winter grass into that emerald-green surface that is synonymous with baseball.

Wells, Maryland oust No. 2 Duke

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Dez Wells gave the floor a hard slap, and No. 2 Duke felt it.

Local colleges roundup: UNLV baseball winning streak ends, 3-2

Josh Melendez doubled home Logan Lippert in the top of the 10th inning to give New Mexico a 3-2 victory over the No. 21 UNLV baseball team on Friday at Wilson Stadium in the Mountain West opener, snapping the Rebels’ 10-game winning streak.

Eagles edge Wranglers, 2-1

Kyle Forney’s power-play goal gave the Colorado Eagles a first-period lead they wouldn’t relinquish in a 2-1 victory over the Wranglers on Friday at Loveland, Colo.

Diaz keeps heat on St. Pierre on eve of UFC clash

Ask 50 mixed martial arts fans and Ultimate Fighting Championship insiders for their opinion of Nick Diaz and there are likely to be 50 different answers.

Bradley moves on after stunning win

LOS ANGELES — Timothy Bradley no longer cares whether anyone thinks he won his fight with Manny Pacquiao last year at the MGM Grand Garden. At least that’s what he’s telling everyone who asks about it.

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LEFTOVERS: Laettner still so easy to hate

There will be no bracket busters, Cinderellas or midmajors making a miracle run to the title this year.

Locals Gallo, Robinson eye Big League homecoming

When Bishop Gorman High School played its home games at Cashman Field in 2009, then-freshman Joey Gallo belted one of his state-record 65 career home runs there.

Early voting for municipal elections in Las Vegas begins

Early voting for municipal elections is under way in Las Vegas and neighboring cities. If history is any guide, a relatively small percentage of voters will determine who makes decisions at city hall.

Donor’s example benefits Las Vegas

The Nevada Community Foundation began with seed money from mobster/philanthropist Moe Dalitz, and now it’s revived courtesy of entrepreneur/philanthropist Alfred Mann. Somehow that’s so Las Vegas.

Lenders pay Henderson for legal fees in city’s lawsuit against developer

The lenders who assumed the inside track to buy 480 acres of federal land once targeted for an arena in Henderson cleared their first hurdle Friday when they paid the city $250,000 for the legal fees associated with its land fraud lawsuit against developer Chris Milam.

Taxi union leaders pledge to widen 13-day strike

Union leaders of Yellow Checker Star Transportation cab drivers vowed on Friday to widen the 13-day strike but acknowledged that possibly their best chance had slipped away.

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