A 30-something husband and wife sit at the kitchen table, a stack of unpaid bills staring them in the face.
The Nevada Health Centers brought its mammovan to Vons’ parking lot on Nevada Highway on July 12 to recognize the grocery chain’s $300,000 donation to the mammovan program. Wendy Wood, the center’s director of operations, discusses the van’s operations with state senator and local doctor Joe Hardy, right, while looking on, from left, is Mayor Roger Tobler, Vons district area manager Tom Nelson, and Vons Foundation Director Carlos Illingworth. The center’s mammovan program is designed to bring mammogram screenings to Nevadans who lack money, insurance or transportation to access a breat-cancer screening.
St. Andrew Catholic Community member Frank Dempsey delivers a truck load of food to the Emergency Aid as part of the church’s regular food drive. July’s donation included many jars of peanut butter, which are needed to help nourish the many children that are eating at home during the nonschool months of summer.
When walking around the Boulder City Golf Course clubhouse, it’s hard not to notice the awards adorning the walls of one of the first golf courses in Southern Nevada.
Summer intramurals and camps could go a long way if the Lady Eagles hope to remain one of the top team in Sunrise League when the high school girls’ volleyball season begins in late August.
Large-scale power transmission projects that may tap into Boulder City substations could bring the city additional lease revenue and improve the grid for Eldorado Valley solar facilities.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. grew profits 120 percent in the second quarter, fueled by record results in Macau.
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick broke his silence Wednesday four weeks after former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with murder.
Instead of another excruciating loss in a major championship, Phil Mickelson got a chance to celebrate early.
A brilliant closing round at challenging Muirfield made it possible.
Nearly 3.3 million people have visited the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the year’s first six months, the park service announced today.
All seven Nevada State museums will offer free admission Saturday to celebrate newly expanded schedules. Train rides at the railroad museum in Boulder City and Carson City will be half price.
The Century 16 auditorium was packed – 421 men, women and children who had turned out for a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.” When a bizarre figure, helmeted and clad in black, appeared before them in a cloud of smoke, they reacted with bemusement and amazement, shock and confusion and – finally – horror.
Boulder City basketball players received some valuable training during the four-day World Championship Cup & Training Camp in Boulder City from Friday to Monday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has thrown his support behind Sen. Mark Hutchison of Las Vegas for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. If any other Republicans were considering running, Sandoval has effectively told them to rule themselves out.
When I was a kid in the 1950s, there was no such thing as having a discussion with my parents. They made the rules and I followed.
Call this a help-wanted ad; I would prefer to call it an opportunity. An opportunity for your voice to be heard beyond the loud continued noise of discourse.
A new farm bill has passed in Sen. Harry Reid’s Senate and been killed in the conservative House.
A presentation at the City Council meeting July 9 shed light on the city’s electric use structure and its plan for providing power cheaper than anywhere else in Southern Nevada.
It doesn’t make sense to build the second phase of the Interstate 11 loop without making sure the first phase is completed at the same time to connect.
Now serving customer No. 1, you! The cruise control is set and the summer fun has begun.
It’s that time of year again when dark storms start rolling across the sky. Lightning strikes and thunder echoes across the desert floor. It’s majestic and beautiful in a way that only nature can provide. However, summer storms can be dangerous, and a powerful energy can become a deadly force. Ironically, many people not from the desert, not native to Southern Nevada, will not think twice about the rain storms. The fallacy being that Nevada is a desert, it doesn’t rain here, and when it does, it’s never for than a few minutes.
The pilot of the single-engine plane that fatally crashed in the desert west of the Boulder City Airport declared an emergency after losing a engine cylinder and said he was going to try to land at the airport, according to the preliminary accident report released July 8 by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Local volunteer and previous chamber executive Cheryl Ferrence died at the age of 67 on July 11.
The summer reading program, “Dig Into Reading,” runs through Aug. 8 Call Kimberly Diehm, youth services librarian, at 293-1281 for more information. The Boulder City Library is at 701 Adams Blvd.
Developers of a proposed solar energy park in Boulder City got design ideas from some of Clark County School District’s brightest young minds.
Monday is poker for the residents of the long-term care facility at the Boulder City Hospital. Tuesday is an outing to a Strip hotel, museum or exhibit or perhaps a bit of shopping. Thursday is sing-a-long with volunteers John Mondt and Mary Ann Pyne. Friday is family night, complete with dinner and dancing. Saturday is entertainment from Boulder City resident and pianist Charlie Shaffer.
Although Las Vegas might be his home, his family’s roots are in Boulder City.