As summer begins and the Las Vegas Valley starts its months-long endeavor into triple-digit temperatures, it’s important to remember that one of the National Park Service’s crown jewels is located in the backyard of Boulder City.
About the only thing Republicans did right in the 2015 legislative session was to place a stake squarely over the heart of Nevada’s failure factories and took the first big whack at the public school monopoly that has been killing the futures of so many of our children for so many years.
There is a sort of round- robin email dialogue with my brother and several friends that I am part of and that has been going on for years. Recently, we received an email message that contained this sentence: “Regarding your recent discourse on government-forced vaccinations, here is perhaps some new information you might find interesting.”
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to be a very small part of an annual event that benefits Boulder City kids. The event was Puttin’ 4 the Kids, sponsored by Jack’s Place Sports Bar and Grill and the Dan Leach Memorial Fund.
The desalination conversation is getting downright salty.
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.
Week four of the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department’s summer men’s softball league continued with Time To Mast holding onto its undefeated streak.
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.