18 things to look forward to when IKEA opens in 18 days

As of Sunday, the Las Vegas Valley will officially be 18 days closer to experiencing the IKEA’s first Southern Nevada location. Here are 18 things to look forward to when the store opens.

Mostly positive gains reported at Victory Schools

Students in Clark County’s poorest neighborhoods made mostly positive gains in English and math after state lawmakers last year approved the injection of nearly $21 million to boost achievement.

A year after his death, Austen Russell is celebrated by his family — PHOTOS

Troy and Deedra Russell finally laid down in their bed and tried shutting their eyes but couldn’t, because in that instant of darkness came the most horrifying of images from hours earlier, of 9-year-old Austen lying in their driveway, his life slipping away in a most devastating and sorrowful manner.

Malia Obama to attend Harvard after gap year

President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending Harvard University in 2017, the president and his wife said Sunday in a long-awaited announcement.

 
Program helps criminals seal their records, start fresh

Nevada Legal Services is partnering with UNLV’s Boyd Law School and the Clark County Law Library to offer free record-sealing classes to the public. Proponents of the program say it helps criminals rebuild their lives after they’ve paid their debt to society.

 
‘Captain America: Civil War’ dominates foreign box office

“Captain America: Civil War” dominated the foreign box office, launching to a massive $200.2 million in its first weekend of overseas release, and kicking off the summer movie season on a high note.

Cruz facing long odds in California

U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz made a plea to the California Republican Party on Saturday.

Inmates and sagebrush helping to save sage grouse

The future of the sage grouse — a vulnerable game bird facing numerous threats to its existence — soon will benefit from an unlikely source: Nevada prison inmates.

Air travel does not have to be agonizing

You know it won’t be easy, but if you plan and remember a few rules of courtesy, the flight will probably go better for everyone.

CFPB has changed mortgage industry

It was only a few short years ago that consumers suddenly felt the explosive effect of the collapse of the U.S. economy.

HOA can ease rent restrictions

My homeowners association has limited rental restrictions in our complex. I have lived there for 10 years. I bought in 2005 and am upside down in my mortgage. I am a young, single female, college graduate. I am wondering how I can get around this rent restriction if say, I should marry and move away, or if I should find a job out of state.

Two houses; one price: $4.2 million — PHOTOS

The latest listing in the guard-gated community of Terracina Seven Hills offers the ultimate in multigenerational housing. For $4.2 million, two neighboring homes are being sold in a single sale and boast more than 13,500 square feet of living space at 1541 and 1543 Villa Rica Drive.

 
Fire destroys former Las Vegas zoo building

A fire Saturday evening destroys the recently closed Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park in the west valley, according to Las Vegas fire officials.

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