82 reasons to stay indoors and watch TV this summer

Yeah, it will be plenty hot outdoors as Vegas tends to be in the summer, but there’s no need to sweat it with a vacation TV season filled with such choices as Cinemax’s “Outcast,” Showtime’s “Roadies” and Netflix’s “The Get Down,” not to mention a return of “Match Game.” Las Vegas entertainers and chefs are well-represented, too.

Pals are mad about pups in new book

Kids and dogs: They create their own mutual Fan Club every time. So wouldn’t a kids’ book about dogs — a book like “Bailey: Puppy Pals” — be perfect? The answer, if you want a gentle book for your animal-lover, is “yes.”

Literary Las Vegas: Victoria Kaer

A vaccine to treat a pandemic virus backfires resulting in infertility and birth defects in Las Vegas author Victoria Kaer’s dystopian novel “Regulated.”

Boomers keep adult living booming in valley

Southern Nevada’s lack of state income tax and balmy winters have long made it a place for baby boomers to kick up their heels and retire. Sprouting up to lure this niche home-buying market are “age-qualified communities,” where at least one owner must be of a minimum age of 55.

Summerlin golf courses eye around $5M in improvements

I was very interested when I heard Golf Summerlin had hired a consultant to give the three golf courses — Palm Valley, Highland Falls and Eagle Crest — a comprehensive review of Sun City’s three golf operations.

 
Nigerian girl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 reunited with mother

One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother.

Teenage girl shot in northwest valley apartment complex

The girl was shot once in the stomach somewhere in the complex — just north of the Best In The West shopping center — and after she was wounded, she made her way back to her family’s apartment where her parents then called 911.

 
New UFC champ Miocic proves to be a heavy hitter outside the cage — VIDEO

Stipe Miocic is a big hit in Cleveland. After winning the UFC heavyweight title on Saturday, he spent Tuesday night on a tour of the city’s sports venues with his shiny new belt and displayed some impressive athleticism along the way.

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