In August 1990, I was covering a court case at the Douglas County Courthouse. Walking past the law library, I noticed the defendant and his lawyer through a glass wall. I swung my camera up and shot some footage of them and then continued on my way.
A four-year streak of winning the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics and Citizenship in its division ended for Boulder City High earlier this month as the Eagles finished second to Faith Lutheran for the 2013-2014 school year.
Boulder City resident Gunnar Stanton won the American Bass team tournament at Lake Mead on Saturday.
If you have found yourself trying to navigate the streets at the corner or Adams Boulevard and Avenue G/Georgia Avenue when school is getting ready to start or after it has let out, you have been among the chaos that Carol Hanson and Elaine Smith have been directing each school day.
Having three schools move down into Division I-A, including Del Sol, into Boulder City’s league is not a big deal, according to the majority of the school’s coaches.
The word “retirement” never entered the vocabulary of gaming attorney Bob Faiss.
The Sunrise Rotary presented the Boulder City Municipal Drug Court with a $30,000 donation during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting in the court’s effort to help promote drug and alcohol awareness.
It was a successful opening week for Boulder City’s teams competing in the Connie Mack Summer League, with the two squads combining to go 4-1.
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.
The number of races in which credible conservative candidates challenged moderate, establishment-backed candidates in Nevada this year was unprecedented. And regardless of whether or not the conservative candidate chalked up more votes at the ballot box, conservatives won. Big time.
When I was 10 years old, my family drove across the country on a trip that changed my view of the world in a way I never put together until I was an adult. As we drove through the Badlands, my mother thought it was the most despairing place on Earth — no trees. For my mom, trees made a place habitable.
After a week’s worth of heat that saw temperatures reach as a high as 106 degrees, Boulder City is in for some cooler temperatures, at least for the next week.
Coping with terminal illness can be difficult, for the patient as well as his or her loved ones.
A few weeks ago I had lunch with an old friend. It was during the period when the Ukrainian government collapsed and the Russian military moved into the Crimea, followed by Russian claims on additional territory.
Boulder City doesn’t have the reputation of Sonoma, Calif., or Mendoza, Argentina, when it comes to wine country, but residents will soon have the opportunity to indulge in the wine of their choice during the city’s first monthly Wine Walk that is set to precede Movies in the Park June 14.
Before submission of this article, an enormous tragedy has befallen our community. Two individuals killed three innocent people on Sunday. There are so many thoughts and feeling to express. I earnestly and humbly pray for those who were killed and their families.
City Councilman Cam Walker will not face a penalty from the Nevada Ethics Commission after former Police Chief Thomas Finn filed a complaint against him last year.
Adam Peterson will graduate from Boulder City High School tonight, and by the end of the month, the four-time state swimming champ will be on his way to Connecticut as a U.S. Coast Guardsman.
Five Boulder City women were honored Saturday in the third of a series of events titled “Nevada Women’s Legacy — 150 Years of Excellency,” organized by Women of Diversity. Each was bestowed with this recognition for their contributions to the history of the state in this the 150th year of Nevada’s statehood.
Before Huntington Beach, Calif., was ever a destination for beach bums, surfers and bad TV shows, it was a rural, farm town that didn’t have much going on.
Members of the class of 2014 have shined through athletics, theater, music and all other extracurricular activities at Boulder City High School. In addition to conquering state championships and producing multiple plays and musical productions, the class will graduate with 15 valedictorians and one salutatorian this month.
With graduation looming right around the corner, 39 scholarship-winning seniors were presented their awards at Boulder City High School’s Scholarship Night May 19.
An old house at the corner of Avenue G and Wyoming Street was torn down last week and will be replaced by a park.
In a giant show of school and community spirit, a group of about 50 Boulder City High School students and alumni whitewashed the B and C on the hillside on the north side of the city Saturday.
