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Opinion
“Don’t forget you are up for a column this week,” read the text on my phone Monday morning. It was a message from Review Editor Ron Eland and, oops, I had forgotten.
Thank you, BCR
Reducing veteran suicide remains a top priority for Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the veteran community.
“You must pay taxes. But there’s no law that says you gotta leave a tip.” – Morgan Stanley
Spring is definitely in the air. I can feel it, I can see it and I can smell it.
Think back to your childhood field trip experiences to any museum, local or national — even international.
There are flaws in news coverage. By its very nature, conflict is news and normality is not. We don’t report the banks that have not been robbed each day.
Quick show of hands: How many of you think it’s OK for a parent to do their child’s homework?
Their enthusiasm was contagious, as was the fun they were having.
During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, corruption in government and industry was so common and blatant that it generated widespread revulsion in the public. It led to the Progressive Era, when remedies were adopted that turned out to be less than successful, such as initiative, referendum and recall.
It never bothers me to share my age. Generally, I don’t think about turning 65, but there are times when it becomes quite apparent that I’m older than many folks I interact with on a daily basis.
Nevada rancher Demar Dahl knows his range law almost as well as he knows his own cattle.
As I sit here thinking about the month of April, Arbor Day and Pets Are Wonderful month, I am suddenly startled by a flock of sagey birds that seem to come hurdling bent on destruction toward my bank of windows. They take a sprightly hard right and land among the naked willow branches just outside my glassed barrier.
Take the Valley of Fire exit off Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas and you can’t miss the sign welcoming visitors to the Moapa Tribal Travel Center. It reads, “Tax Free.”
Marshall Hill, above, gives his 5-year-old son Tanner a hand during Monday’s annual Turkey Shoot hosted by the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department. Children and adults paid to shoot BB guns at a target with prizes later awarded.
In a special meeting last week, the city council voted unanimously to extend a conditional offer of employment to one of three candidates brought forward by a headhunter contracted to find a replacement for former city manager Taylour Tedder, who resigned unexpectedly early this year after just two and a half years on the job.
For drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) in Boulder City, the free ride has come to an end.
After failing to make the playoffs last year, Boulder City High School girls basketball will look to get back on track this season.