City Council met Wednesday morning to discuss growing concerns about stagnant utility rates losing the city money.
Boulder City is an anomaly in Southern Nevada. Only a short drive from a major metropolis, the town that built Hoover Dam is surrounded by a diverse range of terrains and outdoor excursions.
Several key moments fueled Boulder City High’s baseball team conference this past week, putting up double-digits runs in three of its four games. More importantly, however, it was the game in which the Eagles didn’t produce double-digit runs, in a 6-0 road victory over Chaparral, that provided the team with its biggest moment of this past week’s four-game series.
A group of 448 students gathered in the patriotic-poster-lined gym of Garrett Junior High School on Friday morning to honor veterans’ service with an assembly and donate $3,600 to a nonprofit veterans help group.
This weekend kicks off National Park Week as Lake Mead National Recreation Area, like parks around the country, celebrates the National Park Service’s centennial anniversary with zero entrance fees and a cornucopia of events.
One of the better blessings of life in Southern Nevada is the ease of accessing Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The area’s one big drawback is its low elevation and lack of shade, meaning that daytime temperatures become unpleasant by late spring. So the ideal time to go there is in the next few weeks, especially if you wish to hike one of the trails, have a picnic or catch the last of the wildflowers.
Boulder City resident Taylor Blatchford was named Miss Las Vegas’ Outstanding Teen on Feb. 28, securing her third local pageant title in as many years.
Freshman Marleena Mills might have just saved the season for the Lady Eagles’s softball team Saturday coming up with her biggest hit of the season in Boulder City’s 1-0 victory over Pahrump Valley.
The National Park Service is considering closing two trails at Lake Mead National Recreation Area on an annual seasonal basis after four deaths in two summers forced the trails’ temporary closure.
Boulder City High’s girls and boys track and field programs were in action this past week, with the Lady Eagles taking second place in their Division I-A meet April 6, while the Eagles placed third overall.
1ART FOR ALL: Boulder City Art Guild will present its 31st annual Spring Art Festival in Bicentennial Park, 999 Colorado St., Saturday and Sunday. More than 130 artists from the Southwestern United States will display their fine arts. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.bouldercityartguild.com or call 702-293-2138.
In a children’s tale there was a city of fools. The people had a town hall with a roof covered of grass. They wanted to cut it. The roof was too high. The ladder was too short. They thought a lot and decided to cut a piece of the low end of the ladder and lengthen it to its top end.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has outlined additional priorities in a Senate aviation bill, his office announced last week.
A former Boulder City employee claiming wrongful termination for the city ending his employment after $50,000 was found missing in his department’s bank account settled the case outside of arbitration, his attorney said.
They came to Goldfield for the gold, of course. And Goldfield was a grand boom town in its day.
Although it may still be a little chilly outside, every poolgoer knows that summer is creeping around the corner. As the weather starts to warm up you start to get the itch to dive into that crystal cool water in your swimming pool, and what a fantastic way to keep cool and beat the summer heat.
Did you know that April 10-16 is National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week? We at the Boulder City Police Department think our dispatchers are great and we appreciate everything they do. Thank you to our dispatchers.
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.