Golf course ownership becoming a tough market in Las Vegas

The list has been getting longer for the number of golf course owners in Las Vegas that have sold or entered bankruptcy in the past couple of years. Many of these courses have been attached to communities where residents feared things such as closure, redevelopment or long periods of uncertainty due to litigation.

 
Solid-gold lunar module model stolen from Armstrong museum

Police in Ohio are searching for a solid-gold model of the module that carried Neil Armstrong to the lunar surface in 1969 that was reported stolen from a museum in the hometown of the first astronaut to set foot on the moon, authorities said Sunday.

US bombers fly over Korean peninsula after N. Korea ICBM test

The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force Sunday after Pyongyang’s recent tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the U.S. and South Korean Air Forces said.

Chance for storms forecast for Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Valley can expect a warm week with slight chances of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

Ascaya opens $25M clubhouse

Ascaya, a luxury residential development in Henderson, opened its 23,000-square-foot, two-level clubhouse July 4.

Homeowner says he was only making a suggestion

In our May homeowners association meeting I made a recommendation, based on a simple internet search, to the board about a patrol service for the community in light of a national news story about a murdered young girl found at the rear of our complex. The president, treasurer and board members stated they would like to look further into this matter.

GLVAR tracks a surge in home sales

Local home sales are surging. In fact, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, 2017 is on pace to be the best year for home sales since 2012.

Pardee offers move-in-ready homes

Located in the Skye Canyon master-planned community in northwest Las Vegas, Pardee Homes’ Keystone features four new floor plans designed to maximize indoor/outdoor lifestyles.

Two new schools to open in Summerlin

Summerlin, now 27 years into its development, has delivered on its promise of quality of life for more than a quarter century via expertly designed neighborhoods, stunning homes, more than 235 parks, 150 miles of trails, its own downtown with shopping, dining and entertainment and 25 top-rated public and private schools. Now, the community is adding two more public schools to its roster of educational offerings, just in time for the start of the 2017-18 school year on Aug. 14: Rosemary and Billy Vassiliadis Elementary School in The Paseos village and Shelly Berkley Elementary School in The Cliffs village. The new schools, owned and operated by Clark County School District, will bring the total number of public and private schools in Summerlin to 27.

Albaladejo fans 8 as 51s shut out Sky Sox

The Las Vegas 51s (39-68) and Colorado Springs Sky Sox (63-41) went scoreless for their first six innings at Cashman, but the 51s managed to manufacture some offense behind slick base running and timely hitting to beat the Sky Sox 3-0.

Eastern Nevada pipeline foes get day in Las Vegas court

Three years and two dozen motions later, a federal court in Las Vegas will hear a federal lawsuit Monday that seeks to block the Southern Nevada Water Authority from siphoning groundwater from a 300-mile swath of eastern Nevada.

North Las Vegas studies settlement over sewer program

North Las Vegas could agree to pay $385,000 in fines and place itself under a federal consent decree for failing to develop, fund and implement a sewer pre-treatment plan for the city’s Utilities Department.