Senior Center

Hours of operation 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday to Friday at 813 Arizona St., 702-293-3320. Visit the center’s website at www.seniorcenterbouldercity.org.

Crime does not take a holiday

Welcome. 2014 is off to a fast start. In the first few days of the new year, I learned crime was not on holiday. It’s definitely apparent that poor decision making is the foundation of our job security.

Film festival schedule announced for Feb. 12-16

The schedule for the 10th annual Dam Short Film Festival was announced Jan. 1, and the festival will be bigger than ever.

Colorful landscape park’s main attraction

It’s pretty hard to go wrong with an excursion to Valley of Fire State Park this time of year. The elevation is about 2,000 feet, like Las Vegas, so the depths of winter there usually mean daytime temperatures that are merely comfortable.

Police Blotter

Dec. 31, 6:14 p.m.

Railroad Pass Casino keeps familiar feel from bygone era

As they prepared for the construction of Hoover Dam, U.S. Department of Interior leaders decided that an abundance of bootleg liquor, gambling dens and brothels made the then-tiny Las Vegas far too wicked a place to house the workers.

Prach earns wrestler of week honors for tourney play

Senior Thomas Prach (160 pounds) went 5-2 for his seven matches and placed fifth in the two-day Asics So-Cal Wrestling Challenge on Friday and Saturday in Santa Ana, Calif.

Silence hurts in war on tolerance

The Fox television network does not approve of the way Reno does things.

No one hurt during helicopter’s hard landing at airport

No one was hurt Jan. 1 after a Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters tour helicopter on a test flight made a hard landing at Boulder City Municipal Airport.

Letters to the editor

Talents, generosity of performers appreciated

Community briefs

Rehearsals begin today for Red Mountain Choir

Obama’s twisted scheme hooks Americans on tobacco

Rick Geraci, commandant of the New Mexico Military Institute, recently put forward a bizarre argument for backing an Obama administration plan to raise the federal tax on cigarettes to fund a new universal preschool initiative: national security.

Opponents, fans experience double vision

At times, visitors to Boulder City High sports games might want to rub their eyes to make sense of what they are seeing. The school’s opponents are not seeing double, but you can’t blame them for thinking their sight might need adjusting.

Photographer helps put business on the Google map

If you are on the Internet and want some information, odds are you will Google it. But if you want to know how to get that information onto Google, you need to ask Brad Appleby.

Local hero’s story comes to big screen

His image adorns the walls of two local restaurants, a plaque at Boulder City High School honors his sacrifice, a local scholarship, pub crawl and baseball field bear his name, and a New York Times best-selling book chronicles the events surrounding his death.

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