Summerlin rests on higher ground

It’s a fact. During the hot Las Vegas summers the higher the elevation, the lower the temperatures. And Summerlin has some of the highest elevations in the valley.

Pardee Design Studio offers choices

In buying and customizing a new home, newlyweds Patricia and Matthew Balodis knew what they wanted. She wanted to focus on the kitchen and he wanted a “man cave.” With the help of Pardee Homes Design Studio consultant Kelly Taylor, they are both getting what they want.

Providence gets all sparky

The free Stars, Stripes & Sparks event at the Providence master-planned community will feature the Tony Marques Band, contests, food vendors and a fireworks show by Pyrotecnico.

HOA wants to pay water bill to keep lawn looking good

Q: My name is John Warnock. I am the president of the Heritage Square South Homeowners Association. We are a 510-unit, self-managed, townhome community in southeast Las Vegas.

 
Four shot at NC law firm, Wal-Mart; suspect caught

A man armed with a shotgun shot one person outside a North Carolina law firm Friday before darting across a busy street and wounding three others outside a Wal-Mart before officers subdued him, police said.

Resale Homes Report: Existing homes sold: June 5-11

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.

New homes build communities, economies

When a new home is built in our community, it’s not just the buyer and builder who benefit from that transaction. In fact, the positive impact of new residential construction is far-reaching, benefiting many people, families, businesses and government agencies, both short term and long term.

Chef Jet Tila dives into dessert business with Kuma Snow Cream

The space may be small, but chef Jet Tila has big plans for his latest venture, Kuma Snow Cream, 3735 Spring Mountain Road. The dessert concept is not quite ice cream, not quite a snow cone, but rather a tasty blend of the two.

Obama nominates Comey as FBI director

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated James Comey to be the new FBI director Friday, tapping a Bush-era Justice Department official to lead the agency as it grapples with privacy debates over a host of recently exposed investigative tactics.

Border security amendment offered in Senate

WASHINGTON — An agreement to vastly increase fencing, patrols and high-tech monitoring along the U.S.-Mexico border was formally unveiled in the Senate Friday, providing powerful momentum to a far-reaching immigration bill backed by the White House.

Fire threatens Colorado mountain town of 400

A massive wildfire working overtime in hot, windy weather was headed toward a tourist town in Colorado’s southwestern mountains on Friday, and fire managers rate the chances of saving it as slim if the fire continues its course.

So far, this June hottest on record

The first three weeks of June are in the books, and it has been the hottest on record according to the National Weather Service.

North Las Vegas youth driven to success

Kayli Barker has been a NASCAR-licensed driver for two years. She won’t be a state-licensed driver until late next month.

Nonprofit theater offering training sessions for youths

For students interested in polishing their theater acumen before next school year’s first play, or perhaps students trying theater for the first time, the Las Vegas Little Theatre plans a series of weeklong camps throughout summer.

Take the trek to central Nevada mining town Austin

Austin, a formerly booming mining town founded in 1862, is home to fewer than 400 people today. Yet, it’s one of the best-preserved early mining towns in Nevada and well worth a visit by city dwellers from the state’s southern end.

Clark High School students take gold at Science Olympiad

A team of 15 Clark High School students advanced from the state level to the 29th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament in Dayton, Ohio, May 17 and 18. They earned the school’s first gold medal in the Olympiad by competiting in more than 20 hands-on lab events and tests designed by top scientists.

‘Chopped’ chef wins $10,000, loses 92 pounds

Southern Highlands resident Phillip Dell, 36, recently won $10,000 on Food Network’s cooking competition show “Chopped,” but it’s Dell’s 92-pound weight loss that’s the real story.

Filing: Government doesn’t want challenge to surveillance

Lawyers for a U.S. citizen charged with terrorism in Chicago said Friday in a filing that the government is purposely dodging questions about whether it used expanded secret surveillance programs against their client in a calculated bid to ensure the hotly debated practices can’t be challenged in the Supreme Court.

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