Resale homes report: Existing homes sold between Nov. 13-18

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.

Readers seek clarification on Homeowner’s Bill of Rights

My recent column on a new state law called the Homeowner’s Bill of Rights sparked several follow-up questions. I’ll take my best shot at answering two of them below.

Bank required to pay overdue HOA assessments

Q: Our homeowners association’s budget shows a bad debt line item of $10,000. I’m told that units owned by banks don’t have to pay monthly dues and the HOA can’t foreclose on a unit that is encumbered because a bank lien is ahead of the HOA.

New models open at Pardee’s Durango Trail

Pardee Homes has added to its collection of model homes at Durango Trail in southwest Las Vegas.

Harmony Homes sales among its best since ’08

Executives with Harmony Homes, Nevada’s largest locally owned and operated homebuilder, recently said the company is celebrating one of its most successful sales years since the company was founded in Southern Nevada in 2008.

Celebrate holidays at Providence Dec. 7

For some holiday cheer, a cup of hot chocolate and maybe even a little snow, mark your calendar for 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7 for Hometown Holidays at Providence. The free event celebrates Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa with family-friendly entertainment, activities and helping others in need.

EDITORIAL: Scholars of merit

The National Merit Scholarship Program honors the top 1 percent of the country’s high school seniors, based on their PSAT scores. The Clark County School District’s Class of 2014 had 38 semifinalists, and 14 of them go to Clark High School.

EDITORIAL: Speaking of scholars …

If earning ridiculously competitive scholastic recognition is your thing, try becoming a Rhodes Scholar. To win two or three years of study at England’s Oxford University, all expenses paid, you have to be one of the very best students at your college. This year, just 857 applications were endorsed by 327 colleges and universities, and only 32 Americans were selected to enroll at Oxford next fall.

Vandy should be dandy as big favorite at home

In the past, most of Vanderbilt’s seasons ended with a whimper in November. But James Franklin’s arrival as coach has ended the losing trend.

Newman has Liberty well armed for Division I semi

There was a debate between members of the Liberty football coaching staff last season whether Tyler Newman should start at quarterback instead of then-senior Kai Nacua.

Kendall Smith driving point home for Rebels

Some freshmen move in baby steps or need training wheels. Others get a redshirt year. But Kendall Smith was not interested in kidding around.

LEFTOVERS: Anchorman makes mark in world of sports

Before he hits theaters in “Anchorman 2” on Dec. 18, Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell’s title character, will host a curling event in Canada — you stay classy, Saskatchewan — on Sunday and an ESPN “SportsCenter” on Thursday.

Wranglers top Idaho in shootout, 4-3

Mitch O’Keefe stopped five of seven shots in the shootout and four players scored shootout goals for the Wranglers en route to a 4-3 shootout win over Idaho on Friday night in Boise.

Magical Forest lights up the night

It came a week later than expected, but visitors of all ages were no less awed by the tree lighting ceremony at the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village on Friday.

US advises carriers to comply with air zone after China fighters investigate flights

The United States advised U.S. carriers to comply with China’s demand that it be told of any flights passing through its new maritime air defense zone over the East China Sea, an area where Beijing said it launched two fighter planes to investigate a dozen American and Japanese reconnaissance and military flights.

Judge Steven Jones’ romance allegations to come before panel

After months of delays, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline finally gets a chance Monday to hear allegations that suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones mishandled a romantic relationship with a prosecutor who appeared before him.

Tell-all book recounts Nevada’s key role in ’12 presidential race

When President Barack Obama hunkered down for three days at Lake Las Vegas for debate prep last year, his entourage had a poor first impression of the “palm-fringed sprawl of unfinished lots, half-built homes and desiccated golf courses.”

FRIDAY FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN: Week 13

Frank Betti and Scott Pritchard go head-to-head in this week’s matchup.

Western Hotel owners seek to maintain gambling rights

Owners of the former Western Hotel on Fremont Street are looking to preserve the right to offer gambling on the site, but they’re not shopping for roulette wheels and gaudy carpeting just yet.

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