Improvements being made to Las Vegas Bay Campground

A portion of the Las Vegas Bay Campground at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area is receiving a $200,000 renovation, National Park Service officials announced Monday.

You’ve been warned: No water balloons

Boulder City Police will be issuing citations to people throwing water balloons at the Fourth of July parade.

Power-selling prospects not too sunny

Companies with leases to develop solar facilities in Eldorado Valley are having trouble selling their power.

Plane crash claims two guardsmen

A plane crash Sunday afternoon west of the city’s Municipal Airport took the lives of two off-duty Nevada Army National Guardsmen.

No routine calls in a police officer’s job

In our profession there is a word that makes us cringe, “routine.” We find it all the time, in writings, interviews, the media, even sometimes in our own circles.

Safety should be top priority Fourth of July

It’s time again for the annual Fourth of July celebration. Thousands of people flock to Boulder City every year to celebrate the independence of our great nation. With the parade, park festivities and evening fireworks show, the events continue from early morning until late at night. Many people will indulge in family barbecues and picnics, boating on the lake and generally enjoying themselves.

One of two bodies recovered from presumed lake drownings

The National Park Service and other agencies are still searching for a Chicago man who went missing June 20 in Boulder Basin at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. However, the body of a Las Vegas man was found Monday nearly 24 hours after he went missing in the water in a separate incident near Callville Bay.

BC’s BMX Olympic Day draws regional youth to sport

Michale Wilborn stands next to the spectator’s bleachers at Boulder City’s BMX Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday. An hour before the annual Olympic Day is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m., Wilborn looks at the track that is about to be filled with BMX riders of all ages as she contemplates what else must be done before the event begins.

How would you prefer to die?

“Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death.” — Milan Kundera (born 1929) Czech writer of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.”

How to impoverish a society

A couple of years ago one of my colleagues wrote a piece about how some families establish a “family night” at which parents and children have the evening meal together.

Smoke ’em while you can because ban looms

A smoking ban ordinance that would prohibit lighting up in Boulder City’s “enclosed spaces” businesses was reintroduced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting with little discussion.

Raising taxes is what weak and lazy politicians do

Democrats love tax hikes because they mean more money for government to do more things. Conservatives loathe tax hikes because they mean more money for government to do more things.

Unlike Arizona, bighorn not given easy passage in Nevada

Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, was given a bad deal during the building of the Hoover Dam bypass bridge, according to environmental experts.

BC Connie Mack team battles older players

The Boulder City Connie Mack 16-under baseball team has no 16, but it has plenty of under.

Heatwave swimmers enter competitive summer season

The Boulder City-Henderson Heatwave swim club will compete in its first major meet of the summer today through Sunday in the June Age Group Invite Long Course Championship in Irvine, Calif.

Local girls anchor Henderson all-star team

The Henderson Havoc, a 10-under all-star softball team, has qualified for age-group nationals after its second-place finish June 16 in the American Softball Association’s Nevada State Tournament at Majestic Park in Las Vegas.

Former sheriff reflective, not sweating the small stuff

“Vegas,” the television show based loosely on Ralph Lamb’s life, had just been canceled, but the former Clark County sheriff wasn’t losing any sleep over it.

BC named one of ‘Best Towns for Families’

Boulder City has been named one of the country’s Top 10 “Best Towns for Families” in the August issue of Family Circle magazine. This comes as no surprise to some of the people who live here.

As Lake Mead shrinks, California uses more than its share of water

As water managers in Nevada and elsewhere fight to keep Lake Mead as full as possible, an irrigation district in California has significantly overdrawn its Colorado River allotment over the past three years.

Universal moves “Lone Survivor” into Oscar race slot

A movie that tells the story of the helicopter crash that killed Boulder City graduate and Navy SEAL Shane Patton will be released in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 27 to take advantage of the Oscar season.

BC students take third at bass tournament

Boulder City sophomore Logan Branscumin and junior Gunnar Stanton took third place at the Ultimate Bass Team Tour on Saturday at Callville Bay at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Flood control project under budget

The latest flood control project on the north side of U.S. Highway 93 by the railroad tracks is moving on schedule and under budget.

DA won’t pursue attempted murder charges

Prosecutors have decided not to pursue attempted murder charges against a Reno man arrested Friday in front of McDonald’s.

Failure to ‘move over’ spurs fatality, congestion

Last Thursday, many Boulder City residents were delayed getting to town on U.S. Highway 95/93 from Henderson. A fatal collision involving three vehicles left one driver dead and shut down the highway for a couple hours.

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