It was a world of initials in May when the Department of Veterans Affairs teamed up with the Blinded Veterans Association and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the National Football League to discuss traumatic brain injury and its affect on blindness. The occasion was the annual convention of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology held in Denver this year.
On May 21, I received the daily mailing from Reader Supported News, which on that day included a reprint from the blog of former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich titled “The Revolt of Small Business Republicans.”
Beyond the lights of Pahrump, you’d be excused for not recognizing James Oscarson’s name.
Sudden power outages can be frustrating and troublesome, especially when they last a long time. Don’t panic.
The Henderson City Council voted Tuesday to consider annexing more than 4 square miles of largely empty land in the Eldorado Valley, which could be the site of new homes and businesses.
School’s out for the summer, but the staff at the Boulder City Library is hoping that kids won’t forget about the books.
Boulder City High School’s volleyball team hosted its first co-ed tournament Friday. The community event, open to people of all ages in Boulder City and Henderson, was dubbed “Kings and Queens of the Court.”
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.
When it comes to energy, windmills are useless when there’s no wind, solar is useless when there’s no sun, and hydro is useless when there’s no water — a condition Nevadans were recently warned about again thanks to the ongoing drought.
A temporary emergency closure goes into effect Friday for Goldstrike Canyon and Arizona Hot Spring trails at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Thousands of people made their way to Boulder City for the Memorial Day weekend to honor the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect this country’s freedom.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a bill 4-1 that will increase newly elected members’ pay by about $9,000 a year. That amount will be reviewed every two years.
Memorial Day weekend means a lot of different things to everyone.
Lifting a gallon of milk. Sitting in a room with the lights on. Walking around the block.
When I became editor of the Boulder City Review, one of my goals was to make the newspaper a go-to place for news and information about events throughout Boulder City. I wanted people to look at the paper as a friend, a place where they could get and share news and stories — good and bad — about things that mattered to them.
You wouldn’t be surprised to learn that two young girls have a things for hearts. However, you might be taken aback when you discover that for one of those girls, a heart is a matter of life and death, and for the other, it’s how big hers has grown.
For the second straight year, the Sunrise team is the Southern Nevada Flag Football Coaches Association All-Star game champion. It defeated the Sunset team 13-6.
Lake Mead is expected to shrink low enough by January 2017 to trigger the first federal shortage declaration on the Colorado River, according to a bleak new projection from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Synergy Physical Therapy’s team, from left, Laura Allen, Mercedes Howard, Emily Richards, Nicole Evans and Korin Cuico, emerged as champion in the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department’s women’s spring volleyball league, which ended tournament play May 18. The program included round-robin weekly play and a double-elimination tournament. The department will offer additional leagues, with organizational meetings in August. Call 702-293-9256 for more information.
Brooks Roe ended his high school career on a high note. Not only did he set a new personal record in hurdles during his last career track meet, but he also was recognized as a Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Top Ten Student-Athlete of the Year on April 27 during a banquet attended by other honorees and his family.
The Copper Mountain 1 solar plant in the Eldorado Valley was the first in the country to receive the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s highest safety award.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority’s vision of a pump and pipeline system from eastern rural counties to the thirsty Las Vegas Valley continues to be challenged in the courts on multiple fronts.
For decades Boulder City kids flocked to Boulder Beach on Lake Mead for swimming, playing and socializing during the summer. Their parents carried ice chests packed with their favorite beverages, spread blankets or brought folding chairs to the rocky beach to enjoy the water and the sun, and to watch their young children splashing in the shallow water along the shore.
Many years ago when I started covering Nevada’s capitol, one of the best parts of the job was the building itself.
Before there was SpongeBob SquarePants, we old geezers marveled at what a knucklehead Charlie Brown was for falling for the ol’ yank-the-football-away-at-the-last-minute trick perpetrated by that little tyrant, Lucy.
Larry Reid, the brother of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, will face Boulder City Judge Victor Miller in July for his preliminary hearing on a DUI and gun charge stemming from his February arrest.
