Premier offers ‘Second Chance’ for borrowers returning to market

Rick Piette of Las Vegas-based Premier Mortgage Lending said his company’s Another Chance Nevada program is removing a barrier to home-ownership faced by thousands of Southern Nevadans after a short sale or foreclosure — the wait time before they can become homeowners.

Pardee to run ‘guest designer’ Pinterest contest

Pardee Homes is inviting its social media followers and others to be “guest designers” to help inspire the décor at Horizon Terrace, a new Pardee Homes’ neighborhood scheduled to open in early 2014 in Henderson.

Best of Summerlin poll gets underway today

Summerlin, Las Vegas’ largest master-planned community, a development of The Howard Hughes Corp., launches its 2013 Best of Summerlin recognition campaign.

Study lists homeowners’ favorite features

Builders are keenly interested in homebuyers’ preferences that determine features they include, or don’t include, in new homes.

TV reporter barged into neighborhood

Q: Are there ethical rules a TV reporter must follow when they chose to film a story in a private, gated community?

Miss. law requires cord blood from some teen moms

If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won’t name the father, a new Mississippi law — likely the first of its kind in the country — says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.

 
Global travel warning: US cites al-Qaida threat

The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend.

 
Eagles excuse Cooper from team for counseling

The Philadelphia Eagles excused Riley Cooper from all team activities on Friday after the wide receiver was caught on video making a racial slur. Cooper said the last few days have been incredibly difficult and he will step away to seek counseling.

Entrepreneur plans to fill large space in North Las Vegas

With his online e-commerce business growing by 1,100 percent over the past three years, it may not take Trend Nation LLC President and CEO Brad Howard that long to fill the recently leased 33,000-square-foot space in North Las Vegas.

Road’s namesake seems to have left valley

In some ways, Frehner Road isn’t the most obvious choice to house the North Las Vegas-bound X Train.

Good medicine: Doctors’ practice a classic Silver State growth story

HealthCare Partners Nevada tells a quintessential Silver State growth story. The doctors’ practice opened shortly after the dawn of the modern-day megaresort era, and lassoed a new business model to become one of the state’s biggest practices.

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Valley native gives back to his home through business

Located on Cimarron Road near Warm Springs Road, the Born and Raised bar sits in a small, quiet business complex. But don’t be fooled.

Fruit-picking country a short trip away

Capitol Reef National Park, in south-central Utah’s red rock country, is a special jewel in our national park system.

Newsmakers

Amy Montoya of Las Vegas has qualified to represent Nevada at the 2013 Veteran World Fencing Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, in October.

FDA defining what “gluten free” means on packages

After more than a six-year delay, the Food and Drug Administration has set a new standard for labels that will make shopping easier for consumers on gluten-restricted diets.

Google-funded Falkor begins mission to Pacific Ocean ‘dead zone’

SAN FRANCISCO — A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive was scheduled to set sail from San Francisco on Thursday, on its way to study a “dead zone” in the Pacific Ocean and other mysteries of the sea.