I’m certain that today every American who was an adult on 9/11 remembers what he or she was doing during the terrorist attacks.
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“The city held rates as low as it could for as long as it could.”
My favorite memories as a Boy Scout and church youth group leader always seem to center on community service opportunities.
When I was younger, my parents instilled in me the importance of making a good first impression. Look people in the eye. Make sure you give a firm handshake. Focus on what they are saying and don’t be distracted.
There is just something about the beginning of a new school year.
If everything you see lately seems to have a purplish hue, you don’t need to have your eyes examined. That’s because local residents have been busy Painting the Town Purple to help raise awareness for the annual Relay For Life.
Boulder City booster and town scribe Elton Garrett’s sense of the dramatic didn’t fail him.
Believe it or not, Interstate 11 has been under construction for almost a full year now. Sometimes called the Boulder City bypass, the initial 15-mile project is divided into two segments. Phase 1 is the 2½-mile segment between Railroad Pass and U.S. Highway 95 near the western edge of our city. Phase 2 is the longer, 12½-mile segment that will wrap around the south and east of our populated areas from U.S. 95 to a point near Hoover Dam Lodge and the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.
When I lived in the Golden State years ago, the L.A. Weekly newspaper published several freelance articles of mine. Those articles notwithstanding, the publication remains one of the best alternative weekly newspapers in the nation.
The winds of change are upon us. I’m sure you’ve all seen and felt it in the past couple of weeks.
Ben Collins is retired now and living in Oregon, but he spent most of his career roaming Nevada and the region with the Bureau of Land Management.
Historic Boulder City can be viewed from many different perspectives and whoever is looking at it may see many different things. To gain one perspective a person could take a drive and look at the city from the view of a traveler on his or her way to visit Lake Mead or the dam, that traveler being fully aware of the historic significance of Boulder City.
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” So said John Dalberg-Acton, the first Baron Acton.
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For nearly a decade, Dr. Christina Vela has not only been the CEO of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children but often a pseudo-mom to many boys and girls who have call the Ranch home. This has come by way of offering a sympathetic ear, the proverbial shoulder to cry on or being their biggest cheerleader.
This past school year, discussion among many parents of school-aged children, as well as teachers and administrators, was what may come of talk of school consolidation.
Through the midway point of the season, both Boulder City High School tennis programs are clicking on all cylinders.
Boulder City High School girls soccer advanced to 4-0-2 on the season, routing 4A Basic on Sept. 10, while tying with league rival Pahrump Valley on Sept. 9.
