As the sun began to set and the winds turned into gusts, the soon-to-be graduates of Boulder City High School walked in pairs down the football field with their arms casually locked.
City officials celebrated outgoing Mayor Roger Tobler’s final City Council meeting Tuesday night with emotional speeches lauding his character and achievements in transportation, solar energy and fiscal issues.
It looked like controlled chaos, but the changes were evident.
Summer unofficially started last Thursday afternoon when students put down their pencils and pens on the last day of school and temperatures began climbing into the triple digits.
A Boulder City man was arrested and charged with several counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 14, according to Boulder City Police.
Luke Logan has always excelled at golf. It’s been a part of his life since he was 5 years old. As his high school career was coming to a close, Logan had to decide how golf was going to fit into his future. Late in April, he signed a letter of intent to attend North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on a 90 percent tuition scholarship.
Desert bighorn sheep are frequent visitors of Hemenway Park, so the Nevada Department of Wildlife wants to make sure that people who come to see them know how to respect them.
An artist has won almost $1.35 million in a lawsuit over a sculpture commemorating workers who were paid $5 per day to risk their lives during the construction of Hoover Dam.
At the 84th annual Founder’s Day Dinner, the Boulder City chapters of Beta Sigma Phi honored Dr. Florence Jameson as their Community Woman of the Year.
The Boulder City Connie Mack Baseball League 18 and younger team suffered another loss Friday, as the Foothill Falcons won the game 2-1.
Residents at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children enjoy the water slide Friday afternoon. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors brought a dunk tank and water slide for the kids to help them kick off their summer. The association and its Young Professionals Network donated $10,000 to the ranch in December.
Just east of the Sierra Nevada range, near the small tourist town of Lee Vining, Calif., is one of the most unusual bodies of water you’ll ever visit. Mono Lake is one of the oldest in North America and has no outlet, and for the latter reason mineral salts have become so concentrated in the lake that fish cannot live in it. These high concentrations combined with other local conditions to form towers of tufa, extending high above the water surface and equally beloved by birds and photographers.
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 summer men’s softball league with Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department is off to a fast start with games held from 6-10 p.m. every Thursday at the Hemenway Park ball field complex.
Drought-stricken Lake Mead keeps shrinking. The multibillion-dollar plan to pipe water from rural Nevada figures to be clogged in the courts for many years.
The Historic Railroad Trail at Lake Mead National Recreation Area was recently designated as a national trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
We all have jobs in life. For some jobs we get paid, others are paid through life experiences and strong relationships. Our “jobs” often bring obligations, expectations and time constraints. Each brings remembrances and rewards. Life experience has taught me that, as a friend defined it, what matters are the “margins” in our life.
At the just-adjourned Nevada Legislature, lawmakers narrowly approved a measure calling on Congress to transfer title of public lands in Nevada from the federal government to state government. It’s the latest version of the Sagebrush Rebellion launched in 1979, although the sponsor of that original measure — Dean Rhoads of Tuscarora — was not crazy about subsequent groups that claimed the name.
May 7, Four-person “Throw Mama From the Train” two best ball for Plus 55 Boulder City Men’s/Women’s Golf Association:
Festivities for the 67th annual Damboree Celebration on July 4 are just around the corner. The annual pancake breakfast will start at 7 a.m. followed by the veterans’ group flyover and parade at 9 a.m.
Government-lovin’ tax hikers in Nevada shouldn’t be doing the Snoopy dance just yet. As fictional Sen. John “Bluto” Blutarsky of “Animal House” famously put it, “Nothing’s over until we decide it is.”
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