On Oct. 30, 1936, four score years ago, Boulder City was host to a special visitor, a man who would be pope.
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Sen. Dean Heller’s regional representative, Bradley Sensibaugh, will visit Boulder City from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday to help area residents with any issues they are having with federal government agencies.
Metropolitan Police Department of Las Vegas is seeking the public’s help to find a person of interest in the death of 61-year-old Kathleen Ploutz of Las Vegas, whose body was found near the special events beach at Boulder Basin in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on July 18.
The Nevada Department of Transportation will be making flood-related slope and guardrail repairs to State Route 172 in Boulder City from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday.
Around 80 volunteers will pick up trash along 3 miles of the lower Colorado River along the Black Canyon National Water Trail by canoe, kayak, foot and diving between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday.
Four people suffered minor injuries after a small plane made an emergency landing inside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area this morning.
As summer begins and the Las Vegas Valley starts its months-long endeavor into triple-digit temperatures, it’s important to remember that one of the National Park Service’s crown jewels is located in the backyard of Boulder City.
A temporary emergency closure goes into effect Friday for Goldstrike Canyon and Arizona Hot Spring trails at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
A work expo for those seeking jobs in the architecture, engineering or construction industries will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Dallas Ballroom at the Texas Station hotel and casino, 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas.
The Eagles baseball team lost to Faith Lutheran 11-2 Thursday afternoon in the Division I-A Southern Region tournament.
The Eagles baseball team (23-9) defeated Spring Valley (17-13) 4-2 in the second round of the Division I-A Southern Region tournament.
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After an almost four-year saga, the part of Boulder City code that allowed dog owners to have their dogs off-leash in public as long as they were under verbal control practically (though not officially) goes away as of Dec. 4.
Getting the old Bullock Field Navy Hangar onto the National Registry of Historic Places has been on the radar of the Boulder City Historic Preservation Commission for about a year and a half and earlier this month, the city council agreed.
Earlier this year, the city council voted to reverse a planning commission decision. It was not of note because no one in the ranks of city staff could remember such a reversal ever having happened in the time they worked for the city.
You know that Progressive Insurance commercial that humorously depicts a “Parent-Life Coach” advising young homeowners on how to avoid turning into their parents? When the coach corrects homeowners to not chime in on strangers’ conversations, it made me realize, I’ve totally become my mother. (But I’m OK with it, because my mom was awesome.)
