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Linda Evans/FotoDiva Images Participants in the barbecue challenge spend many hours prepping for the competition.

Ron Eland/Boulder City Review Classic cars all the way to new models could be seen at the Best Dam Barbecue this past weekend.

Linda Evans/FotoDiva Images MC Mike Pacini eggs on participants in the rib-eating contest.

Ron Eland/Boulder City Review Bob Diebold, a 1988 graduate of Boulder City High School, shows off his 1969 Datsun, which took him two years to restore.

Ron Eland/Boulder City Review More than 100 cars greeted the thousands of people who came out last weekend for the annual Best Dam Barbecue, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Boulder City.

Linda Evans/FotoDiva Images The scene was all business in the judging room at the Best Dam Barbecue.

Linda Evans/FotoDiva Images It was not just ribs and chicken on the menu, as attendees enjoyed freshly grilled burgers from the Rotary Club, which also sponsored the event.

Ron Eland/Boulder City Review One of the entries in the car show that garnered the most attention was this custom truck that featured four engines.

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The bond between Boulder City and Searchlight

By Ron Eland Boulder City Review

February 6, 2025 - 9:00 pm

If you talk to the staff at Harry Reid Elementary School in Searchlight, you may hear them describe their campus as “the heart of the community” or “the jewel of the desert.”

Council gives lake-view lot to chamber

By Bill Evans Boulder City Review

February 6, 2025 - 8:59 pm

After a very short introduction by city staff and without discussion, the city council voted unanimously last week to give a 50-foot-square piece of city-owned land to the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

20-year lease extension up for vote

By Bill Evans Boulder City Review

February 6, 2025 - 8:58 pm

The gun club was not the only entity with lease extension business before the city council in their meeting last week.

Commercial zoning in Eldorado approved

By Bill Evans Boulder City Review

February 6, 2025 - 8:57 pm

The going-on-a-year-long process of adding four acres of land to Boulder City and approving it for commercial use is all over except the shouting as the city council voted unanimously and without discussion as part of the consent agenda to approve the changes to the city’s land use map as well as amending the zoning map to allow for future commercial development.

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Out of this world: A look at Fisher Space Pen

By Ron Eland Boulder City Review

January 30, 2025 - 5:09 pm

In a popular episode of “Seinfeld,” appropriately entitled “The Pen,” Jerry and Elaine travel to Florida to see his parents. There, a neighbor, Jack Klompus, shows off a pen that the astronauts used in space because of its ability to still write, even when upside-down.

City council approves 15-home Beazer tract

By Bill Evans Boulder City Review

January 30, 2025 - 5:09 pm

Without any discussion, the city council Tuesday approved a 15-home subdivision as part of a single vote on the consent agenda.

Council approves additional $140K in construction spending

By Bill Evans Boulder City Review

January 30, 2025 - 5:08 pm

As part of the consent agenda in Tuesday’s meeting, the city council agreed to add about $140,000 to the amount previously agreed to be paid to GCW, Inc. for management, engineering, design and support services for two projects in Boulder City.