Veterans Day is Monday. Some people get the day off. Some don’t. There will likely be a lot of flags, maybe some red, white and blue cupcakes. Some will travel to Las Vegas for a parade, or watch it on TV.
In the military, the phrase “stand down” means to stop, cease action, back off, presumably while assessing a situation and considering the next move. In civilian life, a “stand down” is an event that allows needy veterans (or any eligible veteran) the opportunity to stop and gather needed information, and often material things, required to keep one’s footing on a steady path.
Whether it is to escape the holiday madness or to start a new holiday tradition, visiting one of our national parks over the next couple of months is an excellent getaway. One that provides lots of options to get outdoors and soothe the soul, yet offers a festive holiday flair, is Yosemite National Park, Calif.
Local author M.A. Moone wants people to be good, and hopes to show them how with her first published book, “The Lord’s Bit.”
Stop! Go outside, if you can. Take a deep breath, look around. Realize how blessed you are.
Senior outside hitter Whitney Barlow had 19 kills and senior setter Kendall Miller added 27 assists and three blocks as the Boulder City girls’ volleyball team defeated Cheyenne 25-12, 25-16, 25-16 on Tuesday in the opening round of the Southern Region Championships at Chaparral High.
Hali Bernstein Saylor has been named editor of the Boulder City Review.
On Monday, hundreds of Boulder City adults and children viewed a railroad car used to transport human cargo to their death in a concentration camp during World War II.
The trouble keeps mounting for Boulder City resident Peter Bennett, who on Oct. 30 was indicted on sexual assault charges by a Clark County District Court grand jury.
The Nevada Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Oct. 4 filed last year by former Police Chief Thomas Finn against local attorney Stephen Stubbs. The court stated Finn abandoned the case.
A new superintendent won’t be the only major change in leadership for the nation’s fifth-largest school district when summer break ends in three weeks.
A local man has been sentenced to at least five years in state prison in connection with grabbing a 6-year-old girl in a Henderson park in March.
It’s a life or death matter: Who gets the next scarce donated organ? In an unprecedented challenge to the nation’s transplant system, a federal judge has allowed one dying child – and a day later another – to essentially jump the line in rulings that could have ramifications for thousands of people awaiting new organs.
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