Lexi Lagan of Boulder City won first- and third-place awards during the National Rifle Association’s Air Pistol National Championship held Sunday.
Fourteen-year-old Boulder City resident Ethan Porter took on his toughest challenge yet as a triathlete and placed 35th out of 68 competitors at the Elite National Championship on Saturday, Aug. 5, in West Chester, Ohio.
Concluding its postseason Aug. 3 with a 2-2 record in the Western Regional tournament, Nevada Division II state champions Boulder City Junior Little League wasn’t able to get past Northern California, losing 9-0 at Ida Price Field in San Jose, California.
Boulder City Elks Lodge will host its annual Elks Soccer Shoot Aug. 21-24.
Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday at 813 Arizona St., 702-293-3320. Visit the center’s website at www.seniorcenterbouldercity.org.
1 READY FOR HIS SOLO: Ross LaMarca, who plays with Walk Off Hits, will perform as a solo artist at 8:30 p.m. Friday at The Dillinger Food and Drinkery, 1224 Arizona St. He will present a special two-hour acoustic performance of his soulful brew of funky, pop/rock. Admission is free. Call 702-293-4001 or visit www.thedillinger.com for more information.
Do you ever wonder if teachers get the same back-to-school jitters as everyone else? One local family knows.
Here’s just a little information to introduce you to a Boulder City program that you may not be familiar with: Breaking the Cycle Drug Court. This program was created to give subjects with a history of legal charges and a substance dependence diagnosis an opportunity to seriously address their addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. The program not only treats the addiction of the participant, but provides an opportunity to get back the losses of the addiction.
School starts a little bit earlier this year, with the first day of school this year Aug. 14.
City Council approved the separation agreement with its city manager at its meeting Tuesday, giving him seven months of salary and benefits rather than the six that were in his contract.
Because of its location on the border between the United States and Mexico about two hours from either Phoenix or Tucson, Arizona, a visit to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument requires some effort. But the payoff, in addition to seeing unusual cactuses, is the natural beauty of the Sonoran Desert.
Members of the Boulder City Historic Preservation Committee grew increasingly frustrated at a meeting Wednesday night as the group continues work to create a historic preservation code with teeth.
Boulder City can now speed up payments on the city’s last remaining debt if the City Council chooses to.
Tomorrow marks the start of my fourth year as editor of the Boulder City Review. My how time flies.
Donald Trump has won the presidency according to The Associated Press and voters in Boulder City were willing and eager to get out to the polls despite long lines filling the three polling places in the city.
City Council approved three separate business impact statements at a short council meeting on Tuesday.
First-time voters were hard to find in Boulder City on Election Day, but a smidgen of the new electorate was ready and willing to cast a vote for President-elect Donald Trump.
1 NASHVILLE ECLECTICS: Whitherward performs at Boulder Dam Brewing Co. on Friday, with music starting at 8 p.m. The quartet formed in Nashville in 2013, led by singer-songwriters Ash and Ed, and have build a varied catalog of songs with hard-hitting vocals backed by thunderous guitars. Their eclectic sound draws inspiration from rock, folk, jazz and trip hop, with songs that take aim squarely at the human condition. The Brewpub is at 453 Nevada Way. Call 702-243-2739 or visit boulderdambrewing.com for more information.
Hualapai Mountain Park is a 2,300-acre preserve just outside Kingman, Arizona. Often overlooked in favor of larger and better-known parks, it is really a gem hidden in the pines, with elevations ranging from 4,984 feet to 8,417 feet at Hualapai Peak.
We finally have the presidential decision behind us, but another big decision still looms for Boulder City. It is clear from the mayor’s August opinion piece and talk of “right-sizing” that people are preparing to change Boulder City’s long-standing growth ordinance, and the sticking point is going to be the yearly cap of 120 homes and the individual developer cap of 30 homes.
For more than a decade, the Boulder City Art Guild has welcomed the cold weather with its annual Winter ArtFest, but this year the festivities will expand out of the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department’s gym all the way to Bicentennial Park with the addition of the Winter Arts Spectacular, a new event benefiting The Homestead at Boulder City.
When the Hoover Dam was being built, the mob came through Boulder City. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was known for his stamp on Las Vegas, but it was here in Boulder City that his first business opportunities in Nevada were proposed. Yes, Bugsy Siegel’s interest in Nevada started with the mafia asking him to solicit Hoover Dam workers as customers for illegal endeavors.
A former Boulder City High School student is one step closer to becoming a National Merit Scholar.
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