Jessica Purdy, who has signed a national letter of intent to swim for the University of Northern Colorado, swam three good times at the 2014 California/Nevada Swimming Sectional Championships on Dec. 19-22 at East Los Angeles College.
Happy New Year, Boulder City and friends. Hope the past year has brought you some joy, love, experience and insight. I’d love to meet the person who says the entire year has been one of positivity. Truth be told, we really don’t learn much unless we have some fire to go along with the ice.
It isn’t the current winning streak that has the Boulder City girls flag football team looking ahead to its most difficult week of the year.
The basketball guard tandem of Alyssa Ybarra and Katlyn Daly has been 11 years in the making.
St. Jude’s Ranch is in the opening stages of its “Pathways to Careers” program, an experience that helps Boulder City and Laughlin residents aged 17 to 21 gain insight and education into the professional world.
Last week’s dedication of Nevada’s third national monument, Tule Springs Fossil Beds, brought out a name from the past. News reports noted that Willard Libby, a Nobel chemist who developed carbon dating, had done some fossil work at Tule Springs in 1962.
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.
In a Dec. 16 interview with conservative talk-show host Alan Stock, Republican Majority Leader Michele Fiore discussed her situation relating to Internal Revenue Service tax liens filed against her businesses. Stock asked her to name the three individuals Fiore said were working to undermine conservatives in the Republican Assembly Caucus.
Bobbe Wilson wasn’t looking for a career at the Boulder City Pool. It was supposed to be a part-time job to keep her busy while her kids were in school.
The legislative chairwoman of the Society of Military Widows, Nevada’s Janet Snyder, is well-versed on local veterans issues and travels across the country gathering information and promoting legislation that helps members and veterans in general. Recently, she participated in a Veterans Affairs’ Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships conference call. The topic was “Journeying Together: An Overview of Partnerships with Local Clergy, VA Chaplains, and Community Leaders in Caring for Our Returning Combat Veterans.”
As Boulder City High School awaits a makeover to modernize its 66-year-old campus, several teachers are displeased with how it’s being done.
As the once-devastated housing market continues to stabilize across the Las Vegas Valley, Boulder City remains one of the healthiest locations for Southern Nevada homeowners.
Most people don’t go to the hospital, or to work, for fun. However, the staff at the Boulder City Hospital Department of Rehab Services goes to work every day to have a good time.