On Oct. 30, 1936, four score years ago, Boulder City was host to a special visitor, a man who would be pope.
Blogging BC
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.
The Boulder City Planning Commission Wednesday voted in support of banning medical marijuana establishments in Boulder City.
Portions of Wetland Trail in Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be temporarily closed Feb. 10 through June 30 during the construction of a new grade control structure in the Lower Las Vegas Wash.
With its purchase of the Hacienda complete and renovations underway, Nevada Restaurant Services Inc., the parent company of Dotty’s, has reopened the hotel and casino on U.S. Highway 93.
For those still searching for a holiday gift, Lake Mead National Recreation Area 2014 annual vehicle and vessel passes are now on sale.
In the wake of the Typhoon Haiyan catastrophe in the Philippines, SureFire Institute and Pro Gun Club announced that part of the proceeds of today and Saturday’s inaugural Firearms Fair and Gun Show in Boulder City will be donated to Save Our Children for disaster relief efforts.
Dozens of law enforcement officers responded Friday morning to the 700 block of Sixth Street following a reported shooting.
Rising costs continue to bedevil city plans for replacing and upgrading infrastructure. The latest example is related to efforts to upgrade Boulder City’s electric utility service as the cost estimates of Substation 3 soared by 141% and the scheduled completion date was pushed out by three full years.
A proposed energy storage facility got a second bite at the apple last week as the city council voted unanimously to forward a new application for a different and smaller plot of land for the project to the planning commission for possible addition to the city’s land use plan.
This year’s State of the City address by Mayor Joe Hardy had a new title but continued many of the same themes of teamwork as last year, with a lot more emphasis on the recognition of others.
