Lake Mead seemed to be on the rebound since the federal Tier One Shortage declaration in 2021.
Opinion
Long before I was mayor of Boulder City, before I was a state legislator, I started a long, rewarding career as a physician. Two of the hardest things about being a doctor is, 1) telling someone that their loved one has died, and 2) sharing news about critical, potentially-fatal conditions.
The other day I saw something on how few movie drive-ins there are these days and it got me thinking about my memories of drive-ins.
If you are a homeless veteran, would you care to sleep in an abandoned automobile, in an old vehicle with no heat or A/C?
So the other day, Ron and I were talking about death.
Friday at 5 p.m. a group of women will take a stand against violence.
Recently, I attended a conference at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson and the talks were amazing — but the noise! I’m not talking about the conference room itself or the audio-visual technology but the socialization afterwards.
Sometimes I think the world has gone mad. Other times, I’m touched by the kindness of one individual. Are we on the brink of destruction or is there hope for the planet?
Boulder City lost a great friend when Billie Waymire died July 12.
In 1936 Warner Bros. was in a race to put out a movie called “Boulder Dam.” The movie company wanted this film to open the same weekend as the completion of Hoover Dam hoping to cash in on the press attention surrounding the massive engineering project. The Six Cos. turned over Hoover Dam to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule. “Boulder Dam” the movie premiered six days later.
In response to Mayor (Rod) Woodbury’s editorial in the Boulder City Review dated Aug. 4, 2016.
You could see it on their faces — despair, hope, fear, love and anguish. They were a bundle of emotions.
The job market is competitive in America and it is becoming even more competitive on the international front. America has lost its edge in the world market, ranking eighth after South Korea, Germany and Switzerland. So what happened? Isn’t America the home of the innovator and entrepreneur?
When Boulder City announced a few months ago it would be phasing in large increases in utility payments, it did not sit well with citizens, many of whom had moved to Boulder City because of cheaper utility rates.
Three statements — notably, none of them from members of the city council — best illustrated the difficulties residents (both dog-loving and not) have had for at least four years when it comes to the issue of off-leash dogs in public parks.
Unlike the discussion later in the meeting Tuesday night in which the city council appeared determined to make sure no one was angry at them about the issue of off-leash dogs, they directed staff to take very strong action on the issue of pet breeding.
Led by former Boulder City mayor Rod Woodbury, Tracy (Kiselus) Ruccia and Bret Runion, the BCHS class of 1985 enjoyed their 40th class reunion.
Greg Bell’s memory lives on by way of a generous donation that may saves lives.