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.
The National Park Service is searching for a 23-year-old North Las Vegas man last seen in the water about a mile north of Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave on Sunday.
The Hacienda Hotel and Casino is being sold, the employees were told in a meeting Thursday.
Nearly 3.3 million people have visited the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the year’s first six months, the park service announced today.
All seven Nevada State museums will offer free admission Saturday to celebrate newly expanded schedules. Train rides at the railroad museum in Boulder City and Carson City will be half price.
Boulder City police issued a missing person alert Thursday for Randolph William Bloecker, 49, of Boulder City.
Like so many other things in the world of Boulder City government, the issue of reconfiguring parking in the historic downtown area along Nevada Way, which generated enough heat to cause council members to delay a decision up until the last possible moment, ended with more of a whimper than a bang.
Now that the thermometer is on the rise outdoors, the cost to cool homes and businesses on the inside is doing the same.
Individuals camping in public spaces has increased dramatically in the past few years across the nation. On May 27 the city of Boulder City joined the cities of Reno, Las Vegas, Henderson, and Sparks, along with Clark, Washoe, and Nye counties in passing a measure to expand the prohibition on camping in public places within city limits. The new ordinance goes into effect on June 19, 2025.
Over the last 200 years, life expectancy worldwide has nearly doubled. Today, many live well into their 80s or 90s and beyond.
