The Boulder City girls cross-country team finished second in the season-opening Las Vegas Invitational Saturday at Sunset Park.
The tennis season has begun and both of Boulder City’s teams are looking to make the playoffs.
Each week the coaches at Boulder City High School select an athlete to spotlight for contributions made to his or her team. This week’s honoree is Samantha Hanson, a senior who is a middle blocker on the volleyball team. She completed 11 ace serves, six kills and five digs to help the Lady Eagles defeat Desert Oasis 26-24, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-23 Sept. 3.
Is there anyone in Boulder City who didn’t end up with those pesky little ants this summer? They visited my neighbor and friends across town! Me? I had two visits. What a nuisance. And what a quandary for the ecoconscious.
The Boulder City Police Department was awarded a $10,000 grant by the Nevada Public Safety Department for being one of the state’s Joining Forces Agencies of the Year.
In 1993 Mercedes set off a competition for a new U.S. auto plant and several states — Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina — ended up pitted against each other in a bidding war. Alabama won it with a $250 million to $300 million incentive package, the equivalent of $397 million to $476 million in 2013 dollars.
Suddenly, Silver Peak finds itself smack in the middle of the Tesla discussion.
On a weekly basis I make a frail attempt for levity regarding the treachery of our profession. This week has been trumped by tragedies in our community. Several residents and employees in Boulder City have to deal with the finality of a family member’s being.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be a living classroom for teachers through Lake Mead Institute’s professional development series’ workshop Climate Change in the Desert Southwest.
I have to admit, I don’t know what happened in Ferguson, Mo., between Michael Brown and police officer Darren Wilson. Then again, neither did any of the columnists who helped fan the flames of racial tensions immediately after Brown’s death.
A fundraising pancake breakfast sponsored by the Honor Flight of Southern Nevada was held Saturday at Red Rock Harley-Davidson in Las Vegas. Several Boulder City veterans, including those who participated in past Honor Flights, attended.
Flash floods have forced the closure of the access road for the historic town of St. Thomas within Lake Mead National Recreation Area. More storms are possible this week and there is no estimate for when the road will reopen.
Boulder City is hoping to pay about $150,000 less than ordered for attorney fees for six residents who the Nevada Supreme Court ruled were wrongfully sued by the city after they circulated three ballot initiative petitions in 2010.
Tourism numbers at Lake Mead have dropped dramatically since last year, and park officials are attributing it to the decrease in the nation’s largest man-made reservoir.
Monday was Labor Day, a national day to recognize the social and economic efforts of American workers.
Boulder City is Nevada’s safest city to live in, according to a study conducted by the Movoto Real Estate Group, a licensed brokerage that analyzes the housing market in more than 30 states.
The Satellite club of the Rotary Club of Boulder City donated five wheelchairs to the Senior Center of Boulder City last weekend, addressing a critical need for some of the city’s older residents.
After an exciting and often perilous journey through the land of Oz, Dorothy Gale learned there’s no place like home.
The Boulder City football team will attempt to bounce back from a close loss in its season opener and win its first game of the season Friday night at home against Pahrump Valley.
Boulder City girls soccer coach Duncan Stark thought a friendly exhibition to open the season against Division I powerhouse Douglas would benefit his team.
Several teachers from Boulder City High School are expected to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge during halftime of Friday night’s football game.
People are often overheard saying, “Why are so many officers on a traffic stop?” or “Why are so many officers on a particular scene?” or “Why did the officer have to use such force? Couldn’t they shoot the person in the leg?”
With the opening of school and the approach of holidays, most of us become too busy to escape, for long, from our city lives. That makes the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge a good choice for a September escape.
The Boulder City girls volleyball team opened its season Friday with three matches in the Las Vegas High Invitational. The Lady Eagles lost 2-0 to Douglas (25-21 and 25-18) and Foothill (25-17 and 25-19) before sweeping Division I Arbor View, 27-26 and 25-12.
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