For most Boulder City kids, summer vacation is quickly coming to an end as classes are set to begin the second week of August.
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While the summer may be wrapping up, we have some great resources to help you get ready for school and some amazing programs in August. No matter what grade you are going into, whether it’s kindergarten or grad school, the library has a database or program for you.
For four years now I’ve covered the annual Boulder City Chamber of Commerce dinner and awards night. And for four years there’s a part that always gets me a bit misty-eyed.
This week is primary election week. And if we had a vote on pollution, I’m pretty sure what the outcome would be.
Earlier this month, it was reported that a couple of minor earthquakes hit Nevada, which should come as no surprise to many considering our proximity to the San Andreas Fault.
Folks, I will beat this dead horse till the cows come home: Do not take as gospel anything any politician says on the campaign trail. A couple of cases in point:
When 2013 began, just eight states barred employers from prying into the credit records of their workers. That is no longer the case. Although I don’t yet have a full list of those who have joined this elite group, it is growing steadily, and in states where there is no prohibition, local governments are also enacting ordinances. In Congress, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has introduced legislation to put an end to the practice nationally.
They say the first step toward recovery is admitting you have a problem, and as he addressed Sunday’s gathering at the Nevada State Museum Wally Cuchine almost gleefully acknowledged his addiction. He is an unabashedly compulsive collector of art from Nevada and the West.
The late, great George Carlin did a fabulous comedy routine about stuff.
The Fox television network does not approve of the way Reno does things.
Rick Geraci, commandant of the New Mexico Military Institute, recently put forward a bizarre argument for backing an Obama administration plan to raise the federal tax on cigarettes to fund a new universal preschool initiative: national security.
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Thursday afternoon, the city of Boulder City posted on its official Facebook page a legal notice announcing a proposal to raise utility rates by 15% over the next three years.
Casey Craig is becoming somewhat of a familiar face within the City Hall meeting chambers.
The unusual Bureau of Land Management approval has turned a controversial data center fight in Southern Nevada on its head. Here’s what happens next.
On occasion, the city is required to go before, well, itself to seek approval on something.
