The Boulder Theatre opened in 1932 with 550 seats and the only air conditioning in Boulder City. Earl Brothers, who owned and operated the theater, ran movies 24 hours a day to accommodate all shifts of the hot and exhausted workers building Boulder Dam.
“There’s a correlation between those who play the lottery and income,” Nevada economist Thomas Cargill said in 2005. “You know, the lottery is a regressive tax on people who are not very good at math. I saw that on a bumper sticker in California.”
I hope everyone is having a great week. The general public believes our job here is mostly negative but I have found that it is much more positive. Most of our “problems” are simple fixes (with a little common sense), and I continue to marvel at the sparkle of most of my human counterparts.
If ever a man appeared to have prepared himself for the flak and sucker punches found in Nevada’s legislative and university politics, it was Jack Lund Schofield.
I remember a time back in the sixth grade when I turned in a book report. Mr. Levanis reviewed it, handed it back to me and said, “This isn’t acceptable. Go back and do it over.”
The nation’s largest owner of daily newspapers just got bigger.
The City Council met with department heads Tuesday to discuss its tentative budget for the next fiscal year.
With a nod to its past and its focus on the community and the people it serves, Boulder Dam Credit Union announced two member-benefiting programs during its 75th anniversary meeting and celebration March 11.
If found guilty, the man who police said robbed a Boulder City bank March 5 and a New Hampshire grocery store in February will likely serve his time in Southern Nevada before being extradited.
From its youngest residents to its most senior citizens, you would be hard pressed to find someone in Boulder City whose life hasn’t been touched by a nonprofit organization.
Boulder City will transform into Camelot as the town revels in its 10th annual Renaissance Faire this weekend at Veterans Memorial Park.
National board members for St. Jude’s Ranch for Children are working “aggressively” on a transition plan to accomplish the mission of the struggling nonprofit for abused and neglected youth.
Duncan McCoy likes pie! When he asked his late wife, Mary, to make them for him many years ago she said “No!” She didn’t want to do it.
The Boulder City Eagles were up 6-0 heading into the top of the third before they doubled their lead, and put the game away for good.
Right fielder Jessica Embro set a school record with four triples in one game as the Boulder City softball team opened its Sunrise League schedule Monday with a convincing 20-1 victory on the road against Desert Pines.
Boulder City’s Sam Gomez set a meet record with a discus throw of 163 feet, 7 inches Saturday in the Heitkotter Invitational track and field meet at Faith Lutheran.
In Nevada’s early days, the state’s history was written mostly by club women rather than by trained historians. By some accounts Nevada did not get its first professional historian until the 1950s with the arrival of Russell Elliott.
If you ask me if I enjoy my life, I would say, without hesitation, I do. I take great pleasure in living in Boulder City, even though I miss some dear friends and family, my favorite restaurants and the cultural amenities I enjoyed in my birthplace, Chicago.
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.
Each week, the coaches at Boulder City High School nominate an athlete to spotlight for contributions made to his or her team. This week’s honoree is junior Peyton Koopman. A member of the Eagles’ varsity baseball team, Koopman plays left field and pitcher. He pitched winning games against Foothill High School March 7 and 14, and had two home runs in the team’s 12 13-4 victory March 12 over Spring Valley.
The American Red Cross and WebMD provide a few tips on leaving kids home alone.
Venna Davis spent the better part of a long life helping to bring green to the desert.
By 5 p.m. Friday, the blue sky hanging over Bicentennial Park was filled with pink balloons.
