On Sept. 19 the Nevada State Railroad Museum Boulder City opened its new visitor center. In addition to the dignitaries and invited guests, over 1,000 people visited that day, showing tremendous support within the community for cultural institutions like ours.
The holidays are fast approaching and that means things are getting festive at the library.
The following are classes, events and programs available at the Boulder City Library in October.
The past few weeks have been busy at Garrett Junior High School as students have continued to settle into the school year, participate in fall activities, and work toward finishing the first quarter strong.
September is always a busy month at Boulder City High School.
When my oldest son, Joseph, turned 18 in 2011, a good family friend gifted him a self-help book by Darren Hardy called “The Compound Effect.” It’s all about achieving success one baby step at a time. My six other children loathed that gift, because my wife, Leslie, then proceeded to preach its principles seemingly ad nauseam over the next five years every opportunity she could find.
Empowering our People, Enriching our City: the theme of the State of the City Address.
Anyone who’s ever accidentally locked themselves out of their house knows that sinking feeling. But locked out while barefoot and in pajamas? That’s the makings of a funny story, however unfunny it appears in the moment.
Due to the Clark County School District’s Change of School Assignment program (COSA) as well as declining resident enrollment, a large percentage of the school’s enrollment comes from outside of Boulder City. For the high school, out of the 618 students, 29%, or 179 kids, come from elsewhere, mostly from Henderson.
About seven weeks ago, I did something that I would not advise for even a healthy dude or dudette in their 30s, much less for a guy who will qualify for Medicare in about eight weeks. I had two pretty major surgical procedures in the space of three days. I know, not a super bright move.
I’ve mentioned before that one of my more recent stops on my journalism journey was in Hawaii.
It was October of 1993 and our neighborhood was on fire.
Tunnel to Towers Foundation is a longtime organization dedicated to building low-cost housing for needy veterans around the nation.
Whether it was for BCHS or San Bernardino Valley College, Torryn Pinkard gave it his all as he fought for his team on the gridiron.
At the end of the last school year, Andrew J. Mitchell Elementary School earned something very few can say they have. And this past Friday, they finally got to celebrate the achievement.
Battling through adversity, Boulder City High School boys tennis captured their second consecutive 3A state championship on Oct. 24, defeating Northern challenger Truckee.
For more than five years, Ashley Dingman felt justice had not been served in regard to the shooting death of her husband, Scott.
