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.
We all have stuff. The older we get, the more stuff we accumulate until, like some hoarders, we are drowning in the stuff.
This letter is in reference to the Aug. 18 response to Mayor Rod Woodbury’s column in the Boulder City Review and the complaint about the city utility office.
From the moment we are born until the day we die, someone somewhere is evaluating our performance.
For the third time in as many weeks, one of the pieces of art in downtown Boulder City was damaged.
During the late 1950s and early ’60s, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead served as the filming locations for two cult-favorite horror movies. “The Amazing Colossal Man” and “Scream of the Butterfly” were filmed less than 15 minutes from Boulder City, which served as a popular place for the respective film crews to stop, eat and gas up.
What’s important to you? Would you spend time, energy and dollars to ensure candidates supporting your values are elected in November?
Just the other day my husband and I were commenting on how attached we have become to our cellphones and tablets. There is rarely an instance where one or both of us does not have some type of electronic device within arm’s reach. Sometimes we even juggle two devices at the same time.
When you change out the batteries for your flashlight, camera or other devices, what do you do with the used ones? Do you guiltily throw them in the trash, like most people? After all, they are described as single use or “throw-away” batteries. But where do they end up? In the landfill mostly. The same could be said for used computer ink cartridges.
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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.
