Tate McCurdy and Mark Belizario arrive at Aerodrome’s port for unmanned aerial vehicles in Eldorado Valley ready to film. The two men work for Verascan, which specializes in filming and geological surveying through the use of drones.
The heart is one of our body’s most vital organs. Without it pumping blood to sustain the other organs, we cease to be.
There aren’t many people who can say they are truly happy they got cancer. Christy Springgate-Hill is the rare exception.
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children held a ceremonial ribbon cutting Monday morning, kicking off its 50th anniversary, celebrating half a century of providing support for traumatized children in Southern Nevada.
1RESIDENT MUSICIANS: Red Mountain Choir will present “Believe” at the Elaine K. Smith Center, 700 Wyoming St. Students from King Elementary School will join the ensemble, as will several local musicians. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $10 for adults and free for children and students. Call Rose at 702-293-5455.
Boulder City Art Guild’s 31st annual Spring Art Festival inundated Bicentennial Park on Saturday and Sunday with dozens of artists displaying their unique goods, from handmade jewelry, oil paintings and metal work to vibrant desert photography and wooden plaques etched with stylized designs of your favorite pro team’s logo.
Residents of Boulder City looking for a good book can take a ride down Elm Street and turn into Moore’s Mobile Home Park. At space No. 117 you’ll find Susan Reams’ Little Free Library, a tiny wooden box with a red roof that offers free books to the community.
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.
We have all had the experience of someone spreading rumors about us or distorting the truth about something we have been involved in. Do you remember how it felt? The truth is rarely as interesting as an embellished version of a story.
You have to tip your cap to Thomas W. Brooks. He was a man who took his beauty where he found it.
Oh, yeah! Political fur is flying, but, as my mother used to say: “Hold your horses.” Maybe there’s some thinking to do before we get too wild and crazy about issues, candidates and political affiliations. Maybe thought needs to be given to who is and isn’t registered to vote.
Boulder City High’s boys and girls swim programs were in action Saturday, with both Division I-A leading programs beating up on Division I opponent Valley.
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.