98°F
weather icon Clear

News Briefs, June 6

Bridge work on northbound U.S. 95 may cause delays

Motorists traveling to Henderson this morning, June 6, should plan for slight delays as the Nevada Department of Transportation will close the outside travel lane along northbound U.S. Highway 95 between College and Horizon drives for bridge deck spall repairs. The closure is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For the latest state highway conditions, visit nvroads.com or call 511 before driving.

Park seeks comments about diving to sunken aircraft

The National Park Service is considering issuing a limited permit for guided access to the B-29 bomber that crashed in Lake Mead in 1948 and is seeking comments about potential impacts on the historic aircraft.

The crash site was discovered in 2003. After divers conducted a thorough assessment of the plane and crash site, it was opened to limited permitted diving from 2008-2009 and 2015-2017. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

The park service stopped allowing dives to reassess the condition of the plane and is considering allowing visits to the site again.

The permit would specify technical qualifications for dive master, dive guide and diver, the client-to-guide ratio, the number of client dives per month and NPS monitoring of diving activities and the site’s condition. The park service’s underwater archaeological team checks the site at least twice per year.

The number of dives to the site might be revised depending on any impact to the aircraft.

Comments will be accepted through June 30 and can be made at parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?documentID=95870 or via mail to Lake Mead National Recreation Area, B29 CUA, 601 Nevada Way, Boulder City, NV 89005.

MOST READ
THE LATEST
Parallel parking approved

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.

Ways to reduce summer power bills

Now that the thermometer is on the rise outdoors, the cost to cool homes and businesses on the inside is doing the same.

Education news in BC largely positive

In her quarterly report to the city council, Clark County School District Regional Superintendent Deanna Jaskolski was full of positive takes on public schools in Boulder City.

‘It’s in those small moments when you see hope rising’

As Dr. Christina Vela scrolled through her phone, showing photos of girls taking part in various fun activities, for a moment she sounded more like a proud aunt instead of the CEO of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, and now, its Healing Center.

Jarvis recognized by city council

Salome Jarvis was involved in planning activities for seniors in long-term care before she started doing that in Boulder City. In fact, she helped create the Southern Nevada Activity Professional Association (SNAPA) in the late 1980s.

Park rangers rescue missing hiker, dog at LMNRA

Last week, a 48-year-old male hiker and his dog were rescued by National Park Service rangers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area after a coordinated, multi-agency search.

Fire chief search down to 3

Now that Ned Thomas has had time to unpack a few things in his office and attend a couple of meetings as the new city manager, there’s been a list of things to tackle waiting for him in his new role.

City adopts fiscal year ‘26 budget

It is hands down the most consequential action taken by the city council each year and yet it often happens without much in the way of public comment.

Council reverses planning commission split decision

A permit for building a single home on a lot that has sat empty (though graded and utilities run and ready for development) for some 40 years would not usually be fodder for a news story.