Hacienda unveils taste of Northwest

The word “lodge” is generally associated with snow and greenery, two things the desert isn’t exactly known for.

Don’t let complaints spoil special events

Let me borrow a little wisdom from Abraham Lincoln. He once said “You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” The same thing applies when it comes to pleasing people.

Summer season comes to unexpected end

One of the most successful summer baseball seasons in Boulder City history came to an unexpected end this past Saturday when the Eagles 16-under team was eliminated in the championship game of the Connie Mack Summer League state tournament.

Young Eagles ride four-game winning streak

The Boulder City 14-under baseball team is riding a four-game winning streak and has climbed into the playoff picture in the Connie Mack Summer Baseball League

Cooking gets Runion’s creative juices flowing

One might assume that living in a small town such as Boulder City that everyone knows everyone. We run into each other at festivals in the park, senior center activities, the golf course, the corrals, fundraisers, community classes, church, the lake, the tracks, the trails and the grocery stores.

Community Briefs

Veterans services focus

Lake Mead dips to lowest level in decades

Lake Mead’s water level continues to drop to a record low, with staggering numbers that have rarely been seen since it began filling up nearly 80 years ago.

Police Blotter

JULY 8, 5:40 A.M.

Home, where those guards stand waiting silently for me

Welcome to our humble abode. While many folks come to visit only once, many more find this end as a means of life. The most interesting and intriguing aspect is the casualness and comfort criminal clan cliques have in our family’s home.

Bighorn sheep flock to park

Bighorn sheep are no strangers to Hemenway Park as they casually leap down the mountain and nibble the morning grass while spectators stand in awe and snap their pictures.

Small changes to diet, exercise rewarding

One of the nation’s top growing problems with health and wellness is the increasing population of unhealthy Americans. The nation has seen an increase in the number of doctors visits, hospitalizations, prescribed medications and deaths because of an overwhelming increase of overweight Americans. Many of the nation’s leading causes of illness and death are all rooted and associated with being overweight and out of shape.

News coverage of gas, picnic prices inaccurate

For as long as I can remember, we’ve been doing stories in journalism about gas prices. They are nearly always the same, based on figures from a local or regional arm of the American Automobile Association, either viewing-­with-­alarm about high prices or viewing-­with-­pleasure about low prices.

Getting angry not enough, do something about it

You know how we go through the day, and then someone does something really stupid, and we get angry? Let’s talk about some of those things.

Letters to the editor

Take extra steps to protect pets from coyotes

News Briefs

Transformer fix will result in several street closures

Senior Center

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

Odds against little guy in Nevada-opoly

The beloved board game Monopoly has spawned all manner of themed spinoffs. There’s Dog-opoly, Chocolate-opoly, KISS-opoly, Muppet-opoly, Elvis-opoly and even Las Vegas-opoly.

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