Nevada, BC being considered for civil drone testing

City staff, in coordination with the Nevada unmanned aircraft systems program office, hosted a public meeting Monday at the Boulder City Smith Center regarding Boulder City potentially becoming a testing area for unmanned aircraft.

DA: Finn did not commit a crime in email flap

Former Police Chief Thomas Finn did not commit a crime when he asked city employees to delete emails before June’s visit by the Mongols Motorcycle Club, the Clark County district attorney’s office said Tuesday.

Living with COPD requires changes

Are you one of the approximately 24 million Americans diagnosed with COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Or, could you be one of the 12 million Americans that, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, suffers from COPD and does not know it?

Police Blotter

April 16, 3:49 p.m.

Beware of charity scams in tragedy’s wake

I was sitting in the waiting room for jury duty (I wasn’t selected) April 15 when news of the horrific bombings at the Boston Marathon started coming in over my iPhone via the social media site Twitter.

State has no shortage of environmental questions

The wildflowers splashed yellow and crimson along Cold Creek Road. Flecks of bright color highlighted the Joshua-covered foothills.

‘Genesis’ takes top prize at movie awards

More than 150 people attended the high school’s first Boulder City Movie Awards ceremony April 11 that saw a group of four students combine to win the top prize for Best Picture. The top prize went to “Genesis,” a film about a foster child looking for her real father. It edged out the two more humorous competitors: “Date Cycle” and “Science Camp.”

Palm Expands Mausoleum

The Palm Boulder City Mausoleum celebrated the completion of its expansion with a special ribbon cutting April 10. The mausoleum, which first opened in 1983, added 98 single niches and 42 companion niches to the east end of the structure, next to the Boulder City Cemetery on Adams Boulevard.

BC swim teams continue domination of bigger schools

The Boulder City swim teams are in the new Division 1-A region this season and finding competition in dual meets did not appear likely, especially for the two-time defending state champion boys team. So coach Sara Carroll went out and scheduled some of the top Division I teams, teams the Eagles beat the past two seasons for state titles before realignment.

Emergency supplies kit important just in case

Most of us have walked around the block. We’ve seen, read or experienced calamity. The word disaster or natural disaster can affect any community. We can never predict. But if it’s predictable, then it’s preventable in the words of risk management expert Gordon Graham.

Eagles on cusp of wrapping league title

The strangeness started early Friday when the second batter of the game was awarded a three-ball walk.

Resident recalls running marathon, bombing

Boulder City resident Laurie Larson was watching the Boston Marathon at the mile 23 marker on April 15, waiting for her husband, Kyle Larson, to pass by. When the two saw each other, he stopped, kissed her and kept going.

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