UFC great BJ Penn targets one last run at featherweight title

When BJ Penn texted Dana White just over a year ago to express his intention to return to competition, the UFC president’s response was about the same as anybody else who watched Penn’s subpar performance in his last fight.

BATTLE BORN: Silverado’s second-half blitz turns back Legacy

Silverado scored the first 11 points of the third quarter and entrusted the lead to its 2-3 zone defense in a 56-47 win over Legacy in the Battle Born Classic at Durango High.

 
Donald Trump unleashes Twitter attack against civil rights legend

Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire’s White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black congressman days before the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Real-Resale Home Sales Dec 28-Dec 30

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. The address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the resale home. About 90 percent of these addresses reflect the home purchase. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes. The information is provided by Accudata, a local research firm. For the complete listing, visit RJRealEstate.Vegas.

Luxury home sales

• 10116 Summit Canyon Drive – $3 million; 12835 square feet. Parcel No. 137-36-615-026. Seller: The Meyers Family Trust Agreement. Buyer: The Omgle Family Revocable Trust.

Attorney wants to name board member in lawsuit

You could name the board member in your complaint but I would expect the attorney assigned from the association’s insurance company would produce motions to the court to have her name be dismissed.

Realtors Offer Housing Expectations for 2017

As another strong year for the housing market has come to an end, and the calendar has turned over to 2017, it’s time to examine the housing outlook and expectations for the new year.

Leonardo DiCaprio foundation supporting new national monument in Utah

Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation is chipping in to support a new national monument in southern Utah that’s been a flashpoint in the debate over public land use in the West, officials said Friday.

Man shot dead in southeast Las Vegas

Las Vegas police responding to calls of reported gunshots in the 4800 block of Sacks Drive found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The man was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he later died.

 
Ice storm causes accidents in southern Plains, Midwest

A thick glaze of ice covered roads from Oklahoma to southern Illinois on Friday amid a winter storm that caused numerous wrecks, forced school cancellations, grounded flights and prompted dire warnings for people to stay home.

COMMENTARY: Dean Heller and Dina Titus introduce legislation aimed at heading off efforts to revive Yucca Mountain in Nevada

Taxpayer dollars are better spent securing safe and viable alternatives for the long-term storage of nuclear waste in areas that are willing to house it. The incoming administration and congressional Yucca Mountain advocates should focus their efforts on that worthwhile initiative.

COMMENTARY: If the Affordable Care Act is going to be repealed, Congress must ensure hospitals are made whole and restore its deep Medicare cuts

If the law is repealed and Congress does not act to restore the cuts, many facilities — especially the community hospitals and clinics that more often cater to the needs of low-income and elderly patients — will be forced to shut their doors or stop providing certain specialty care such as behavioral health or neonatal intensive care

LETTER: Southern Nevada education establishment keeps fighting reform

There is an old and true statement, something like, “If you keep doing the same thing, you will continue to get the same results.” In my 17 years in Las Vegas, I have concluded that the saying applies to the Clark County education system.

COMMENTARY: A website named grabyourwallet.org maintains a long list of “retailers to boycott” and “additional entities to consider boycotting” based on tenuous ties to Donald Trump

Maybe it is the herd mentality. Maybe it is public virtue signaling, a kind of showing off. Maybe it’s a way to express anxiety or frustration. It’s easier to stop shopping at L.L. Bean than to persuade a Trump voter to choose the Democrat the next time.

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