The end of 2017 is here and with it comes a time of reflection about what has happened in Boulder City in the past 12 months.
As I look back at the past 361 days, there is one thing throughout 2017 that has been constant: change.
The motion to dismiss for prosecutorial misconduct in the city’s criminal case against a resident who claims he was protesting a police-sanctioned crosswalk pedestrian safety event will not get a ruling until after the holiday season.
As we look back on 2017, we stop to reflect on the images that made an impact on our lives.
Boulder City is offering Christmas tree recycling for the fourth year, giving residents a way to help the environment and keep their homes clean.
Bitcoin. It’s everywhere. You see it in the news. People talk about it around the water cooler, and it appears on almost every internet ad. I wouldn’t be surprised if it started appearing in local paper opinion pieces.
Capping their 3A state championship run, Boulder City High School senior Andre Pappas and sophomore Connor Mikkelson were named second-team all-state selections in boys tennis.
Boulder City High School senior girls volleyball player Maggie Roe was named a first-team all-state selection after guiding the Lady Eagles to their first 3A state championship since 1989.
While many of us in Southern Nevada want to travel this time of year, many of the go-to places are now too cold, or covered too deeply with snow, to enjoy much time outdoors. But you won’t have that problem if you head down into the Sonoran Desert and Tucson, Arizona. Almost as far south as you can go in Arizona, winter weather there is luxuriously pleasant.
1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Learn about the people and events that shaped Boulder City on a visit to the Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum. Filled with exhibits and interactive displays, the museum focuses on the early days of Boulder City and the construction of Hoover Dam. It is housed inside the Boulder Dam Hotel, 1305 Arizona St. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children and students.
Robert Serge served in the United States Navy for 20 months as part of an ordnance laboratory test facility. As he puts it, “We designed harbor mines and stuff like that.”
Pepper spray, also known as OC spray, OC gas and capsicum spray, is a lachrymatory agent (chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain and temporary blindness) and can be used in self-defense, including defense against dogs and bears.
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.
Looking to save millions by refinancing its debt, the city is working on a potential question for the 2018 ballot to seek residents’ opinions on the matter.
The acting city attorney is exercising an “abundance of caution” in regards to two open meeting law violation complaints and has not yet moved ahead in negotiating his full-time contract, which is costing the city tens of thousands of dollars.
A witness contradicted the deposition of a Boulder City Police sergeant during a hearing Wednesday morning in the case against a resident who was arrested for a “crosswalk protest” during a police-sanctioned pedestrian safety event.
Last year, many readers commented how much they enjoyed my column about holiday baking and requested that I make this an annual tradition. With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, here it is:
Before I sit down to write any commentary, I spend lots of time daily thinking about how to begin. What happened today? What needs addressing? I take so many things so seriously, I end up changing the focus daily. As soon as I submit one commentary, I begin thinking about the next. This one took longer than usual.
Senior 126-pound wrestler Garrett Leavitt placed second at the Dixie Desert Storm Invitational in Utah, guiding Boulder City High School to a 12th-place finish out of 32 programs.
Saturday was an emotional day in Boulder City as people came from all over the valley to remember veterans through Wreaths Across America.
Making a statement before the holiday break, the Boulder City High School boys basketball team routed rival Virgin Valley 72-38 behind a handful of its reserves.
A former official for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City and an accountant for a private accounting firm were indicted Dec. 13 on federal corruption charges.
With an undefeated 24-0 record, Boulder Dam Credit Union was crowned champion of the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department’s fall coed softball league.
I’d like to take a moment to say thank you to you, the reader/the caller/the resident, for the support and encouragement you provide the police department in our efforts to support and defend this community. I can’t tell you the last time I have gone a week without someone calling just to say thanks for the job we are hired and paid to do.
