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Boulder City historic district could get more restrooms: Thursday, July 9, 2009; Boulder City may get a second set of public restrooms in its downtown historic district.
The City Council, acting as the board of the Redevelopment Agency, directed City Manager Vicki Mayes Monday seek designs of a proposed restroom at Bicentennial Park in order to get a firm idea of what they would cost.
Boulder City police search for bank robber: Tuesday, July 7, 2009; Boulder City police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who they allege robbed a Nevada State Bank branch in the Vons supermarket, 1031 Nevada Highway, on Monday.
Keeping historic homes authentic can be a struggle: Tuesday, July 7, 2009; Owning an old house in Boulder City isn’t always easy.
If a doorknob or window latch needs to be replaced, a trip to one of the town’s two hardware stores — or even to one of the home improvement warehouses in Henderson — is not likely to help.
Historic hotel falls short in $135,000 bailout bid: City Council member abstains during 2-2 vote because of conflict; Monday, July 6, 2009; The Boulder Dam Hotel failed in its attempt to get a bailout from the Boulder City Redevelopment Agency on Monday after one of the RDA board members abstained because of his past involvement with the hotel.
Meeting planned to discuss changes to Boulder City Bypass: Monday, July 6, 2009; Some small changes are being made to the design of the Boulder City Bypass, and the Nevada Department of Transportation will show them to residents from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Owner, backers of Boulder City hotel eye redevelopment money for bailout: Saturday, July 4, 2009; Debates about the best way to use redevelopment money arose at the Clark County Government Center and Las Vegas City Hall over the past several months. Now it’s a hot topic in Boulder City because the owners and advocates of the historic Boulder Dam Hotel are asking the City Council to use such money to bail out the hotel.
Teamsters: Boulder City Hospital treated employee unfairly: Saturday, July 4, 2009; A second charge of unfair labor practices has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board against the nonprofit Boulder City Hospital. The Teamsters Union Local 14, which is working to organize the hospital’s 300 nurses, housekeepers and other workers, filed the charge June 30, less than a week after an NLRB judge found the hospital administration had engaged in unfair labor practices from October through March.
Former teacher pleads not guilty in child porn case: Thursday, July 2, 2009; Former Garrett Junior High School teacher Charles Richard Rogers pleaded not guilty today in District Court to 76 counts of sexual assault of a minor, lewdness with a child, use of a child in pornography and possession of child pornography. In a small basement courtroom in the Regional Justice Center, Rogers, 46, appeared behind a glass wall in a jail jumpsuit and glasses and told District Judge Kevin Williams that he had a copy of the indictment against him. Rogers was arrested March 26 after police received a computer storage device containing child pornography that allegedly had come from his home.
Park Service: No glass, Styrofoam at Lake Mead this July 4: Wednesday, July 1, 2009; Visitors to Lake Mead this holiday weekend are being asked to leave the Styrofoam and glass containers at home.
Judge rules hospital violated labor law during unionization campaign: Wednesday, July 1, 2009; A National Labor Relations Board judge has concluded that Boulder City Hospital violated federal labor law during efforts by the Teamsters Union Local 14 to organize workers. The ruling, issued June 24, found that the hospital coercively questioned a nurse about his union activities, illegally told the nurse that the hospital would close if it were unionized and kept another nurse from working at the hospital because of his union activity.
Boulder City Chamber promoting scenic route to Overton: Wednesday, July 1, 2009; To get to Overton from Boulder City, MapQuest will direct you to take the 90-mile trip using U.S. 95 northwest to Interstate 15 northeast. The Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, however, wants to send people on the scenic route through the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The chamber recently received a $5,000 grant to create brochures to promote the newly designated Lake Mead Adventure Parkway.
Boulder City woman involved in $31 million tax scam: Wednesday, July 1, 2009; A Boulder City woman who served four years in prison in connection with an investment scheme in 1989 has been banned from doing foreign tax returns for a tax shelter scam that was recently halted.
North-south fight over money may get new life: Legislative, system leaders want look at funding formula that some say slights UNLV; Tuesday, June 30, 2009; Recalculating the state’s formula for funding higher education will take some higher math, but one part of the equation is already in place. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assemblyman John Oceguera say it’s time.
Boulder City to restore weekend hours at rec center gym: Tuesday, June 30, 2009; The gym at the Boulder City Recreation Center, 900 Arizona St., will be open on weekends again starting July 11. The gym was closed Friday through Sunday in January, Recreation and Sports Coordinator Tay Deering said, when the Boulder City Parks and Recreation Department started making cutbacks to respond to the city’s financial crisis.
City money could rescue historic Boulder Dam Hotel: Boulder City could dig into Redevelopment Agency coffers to help struggling downtown landmark; Tuesday, June 30, 2009; Boulder City’s Redevelopment Agency could become a white knight to rescue the historic Boulder Dam Hotel from possible closure. The RDA board, made up of the five City Council members, next Tuesday will consider a request from the hotel for $135,000 to help with its debt service, freeing up hotel money to stay open through summer months made leaner than usual by the recession. The meeting begins at 3 p.m. at City Hall, 401 California Ave.
Visitor slowdown has historic Boulder City hotel needing money: Monday, June 29, 2009; The first time Bill Ferrence stepped into the lobby of the run-down Boulder Dam Hotel in the mid-1970s, he loved the old building despite itself. His love led him to help organize the Boulder Dam Hotel Association, which since 1993 has raised $3 million to bring the hotel back to its splendor of the 1930s and 1940s, when it hosted movie stars and world leaders. The renovated hotel was on track to be self-sufficient, but the recession has hurt the hotel’s occupancy rates, as it has hotels on the Strip. That drop has been the difference between financial health and crisis.
Longtime elementary principal reflects as he readies to leave: Lee Esplin cites pending pay cut as main reason for transfer to Henderson; Sunday, June 28, 2009; Lee Esplin stood among boxes in his office Thursday at Martha P. King Elementary School in Boulder City. A poster featuring photos of his seven years as principal sat tucked among the packed goods. Esplin is leaving King on Tuesday to become principal at Harriet Treem Elementary, a year-round school in Henderson.
Grand jury indicts former teacher in child porn case: Friday, June 26, 2009; A Clark County grand jury has indicted former Garrett Junior High School teacher Charles Richard Rogers on 76 counts of sexual assault of a minor, lewdness with a child, use of children in pornography and possession of child pornography.
New councilman tagged with lots of extra duties: Wednesday, June 24, 2009; Within his first hour as a city councilman, Cam Walker had a full schedule. Of 15 local and regional boards and commissions on which the Boulder City Council has a seat, Walker was elected by his fellow council members to five of them.
“You’re going to be busy,” Mayor Roger Tobler said after Walker’s election to the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition and Clark County Debt Management Board, his fifth appointment. One person is appointed to both boards.
Boulder City Council OKs sale of building to Senior Center: Wednesday, June 24, 2009; The Boulder City Council unanimously approved a deal to sell the Senior Center of Boulder City to the nonprofit group that runs it and provide the center with $160,000 a year for the next 10 years to help make ends meet. The former library building, which the city bought in 1998, will be sold for $765,242 in federal community development block grants that the city will give to the senior center over the next six years.
New City Council members sworn in: Wednesday, June 24, 2009; Cam Walker and Duncan McCoy took their places on the dais June 23 after being sworn in as new Boulder City Council members.
Council seeks more details about proposals for new solar plant: Wednesday, June 24, 2009; The Boulder City Council asked for more details about two proposals for a new solar power plant on the dry lake bed in the Eldorado Valley on Tuesday before deciding which it wants to pursue.
St. Jude’s mourns longtime supporter Ed McMahon: Tuesday, June 23, 2009; Longtime “Tonight Show” sidekick, corporate spokesman and emcee Ed McMahon, who died Tuesday, has left behind a strong legacy at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Boulder City, the home for abused and neglected children.
New law could beef up Boulder City recall lawsuit: Senate Bill 156 broadens the recall process for elected officials; Tuesday, June 23, 2009; A law changing the way recall petitions are handled came too late for an attempt to remove two elected officials in Boulder City, but it will strengthen a lawsuit that challenges the denial of that petition last year, supporters say.
After the passage of Senate Bill 156, the Secretary of State’s office issued a memo earlier this month backtracking on an interpretation of recall law that tightened requirements.
Program helping to boost reading skills: Sunday, June 21, 2009; Students at Martha P. King Elementary School in Boulder City are getting a boost from the Fast ForWord program, which is designed to make the front and rear lobes of the brain work together to improve reading skills.
Hoover Dam sign hurt business, so it’s changed: Boulder City leaders complained, and state agency listened; Sunday, June 21, 2009; After a sign started diverting tourists visiting the Hoover Dam to another route, downtown Boulder City saw a drop in business. Heeding the complaints of business owners, the Transportation Department changed the sign in 14 days.
Soldier on leave from Iraq meets supporters back home: Saturday, June 20, 2009; Army Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fields, in his dress Army uniform and medals reaching from his breast pocket to his shoulder, was relishing the attention at the Senior Center of Boulder City on Friday. On leave halfway through a yearlong tour in Iraq, the Boulder City resident stopped by the Senior Center for a meet-and-greet with some of the people who have been helping send little luxuries to his unit.
Woman, 103, attributes longevity to genetics, clean living: Lucille Salter of Henderson will celebrate her 104th birthday on June 27; Saturday, June 20, 2009; When Lucille Salter was 4, growing up on a farm in Iowa, a wound from a pitchfork that punctured her leg while playing wasn’t reason enough for a trip to town. It was 1909, and they would have had to make the trip in a horse-drawn wagon, but it wasn’t necessary. “My mother cured it with iodine,” said Salter. “It took care of it, too. In those days, you didn’t run to the doctor for things like that.” She celebrates her 104th birthday on June 27.
Boulder City High students finalists in speech and essay contests: Friday, June 19, 2009; Three Boulder City High School students were finalists in the Southern Nevada and Southern California Rotary Clubs’ annual essay and speech contests. Seniors Victoria Miller and Nia Jennings and junior Dawn Selvig-Harris were among eight students from 69 schools who made the district finals in the contests, Principal Ann Nelson said.
Cox adds digital phone service in Boulder City: Friday, June 19, 2009; Cox Communications has launched digital telephone service in Boulder City, providing competition to the primary home phone service provider, Embarq. Cox, which provides cable television and high-speed Internet service in Boulder City, has offered digital telephone service in the Las Vegas Valley since November 2005, spokesman Juergen Barbusca said. But the company needed time to build its infrastructure to Boulder City, and the process took about 18 months, he said.
Benefactor saves CSN's Boulder City center from closure: Friday, June 19, 2009; The College of Southern Nevada’s Boulder City campus will stay open thanks to a landlord who has offered to underwrite its operations. Boulder City students faced a long commute for the 2009-2010 school year after CSN proposed closing the campus to deal with anticipated state budget cuts. It was one of six outlying campuses threatened with closure last year by College President Michael Richards. But the campus was saved after the building’s owner, the W & E Smith Foundation, offered to subsidize the cost of operating the Boulder City center.
Rogers: Northern, southern colleges should be funded equally: Thursday, June 18, 2009; Higher education Chancellor Jim Rogers says UNLV and the College of Southern Nevada should get an extra $68 million over six years to help balance the inequities in funding between the state's northern and southern institutions.
Council approves zoning of land targeted for annexation: Thursday, June 18, 2009; The Boulder City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to zone federal land it is annexing into the city limits as open governmental space. The 6.4 square miles that makes up the Western Area Power Administration Transmission Corridor is now designated in the Clark County master plan as open space.
Boulder City gets extra money for airport improvements: Wednesday, June 17, 2009; Boulder City got a $350,000 windfall for its municipal airport last week when it received a stimulus check from the federal government. The city was expecting about $2.5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration — $1.25 million in an annual grant the city always gets and another $1.2 million in extra stimulus money. But when the check arrived, it was for $2.8 million, Community Development Manager Brok Armantrout said.
Bail lowered for man charged with DUI in UNLV student's death: Friends, family of Vladimir Lagerev raising money for his release; Wednesday, June 17, 2009; The family and friends of Vladimir Lagerev are working to raise money to post his bail after District Judge James Bixler reduced it from $250,000 to $100,000 Tuesday.
Boosters selling bricks to raise money for Boulder City High: Wednesday, June 17, 2009; Boulder City High School graduates can leave their mark on their alma mater through a fundraiser started this year by the school’s boosters. The boosters are selling decorative bricks — they are more like brick-colored tiles — to decorate the outside wall of the school gym. Each tile has room for a three-line message from alumni or parents of students.
Rogers: UNLV President Ashley should be fired: Tuesday, June 16, 2009; Outgoing higher education Chancellor Jim Rogers has recommended to the Board of Regents that it fire UNLV President David Ashley.
In a letter dated June 16, Rogers said Ashley’s recent performance evaluation didn’t reflect concerns Rogers has heard about Ashley’s leadership.
Leaner staffing to raise classroom sizes: Wednesday, June 10, 2009; Classroom sizes at Boulder City's four schools are expected to be larger next year after the Clark County School District cut staffing to 97 percent of normal.
Bootleg Canyon trailmaster position left vacant: Friday, June 5, 2009; Members of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission are not happy that the Bootleg Canyon trailmaster’s position has been eliminated in next year’s budget. They said they fought for the position during a February budget hearing and left the hearing assured the position would remain. So they were surprised when they found out May 27 that the position would not be filled.
Sign updated to direct drivers through downtown on way to dam: Friday, June 5, 2009; It’s no longer a secret that Nevada Way, the main drag through Boulder City, leads to Hoover Dam. A large overhead sign above the Nevada Highway intersection with Buchanan Boulevard, installed by the Nevada Department of Transportation at a cost of $1.2 million, directed drivers to turn left onto the U.S. 93 truck route to get to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. It directed them straight ahead on Nevada Way to reach Boulder City’s Historic District.
Garrett students crank up the volume to celebrate test scores: Wednesday, June 3, 2009; The decibels at Elton Garrett Junior High School May 22 were as high as the test scores had been two weeks earlier.
DUI trial for former councilwoman postponed a fifth time: Karla Burton was arrested on DUI charges in 2007; Wednesday, June 3, 2009; A trial on a driving under the influence charge against former Boulder City Councilwoman Karla Burton was delayed again today, the fifth time the case has been postponed in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Boulder City Council in brief: Wednesday, June 3, 2009; News from the May 26 City Council Meeting.
Pope honors former Southern Nevada clergyman: Wednesday, June 3, 2009; The Rev. Gregory W. Gordon, founding priest of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Henderson and son of Carole A. Gordon and the late Dr. William F.J. Gordon of Boulder City, was honored by Pope Benedict XVI on May 21.
Walker steps to a win in BC Council race: Voters give resounding approval to ballot questions; Tuesday, June 2, 2009; Cam Walker won the remaining Boulder City Council seat, retaining a majority on the council who support the policies of Mayor Roger Tobler.
Motorists escape serious injury in three-car crash: Tuesday, June 2, 2009; A three-car crash today tied up traffic on Nevada Highway for about an hour but did not cause any serious injuries, Boulder City Police said. The crash occurred about noon, when a Buick pulled out from Yucca Street to turn left onto Nevada Highway and collided with a Dodge pickup truck that was traveling northbound, Boulder City Police officer Paul Daly said.
Boulder City Hospital negotiating surgery partnership: Tuesday, June 2, 2009; Boulder City Hospital is in negotiations with a Las Vegas surgical center to create a partnership to run the hospital’s operating room. The nonprofit hospital has signed a letter of intent with Epiphany Surgical Solutions, which runs the Surgery Center of Southern Nevada and Doctors Surgery of Kingman, Ariz., to explore a partnership.
Owner plans to turn historic bungalows into condos: Saturday, May 30, 2009; The Planning Commission has given its final approval to plans to convert the historic Birch Bungalows, 405 and 411 Birch St., into detached condominiums. The planners voted 5-0 on May 20 to recommend City Council approval the project’s final map.
Reenactment teaches students about Civil War: Saturday, May 30, 2009; By the final battle, the Union soldiers were ready to die. “Hit me, hit me,” the Edna Hinman Elementary School fifth-graders under the command of Mark Giuliano begged their Confederate counterparts. After an hour of maneuvers on the Wells Park baseball diamond on May 29 — their wool uniforms already shed in the 94-degree heat — the students just wanted to feel the water balloons burst against their skin.
Realtor taking over, renovating old Nevada Drug store building: Friday, May 29, 2009; The old Nevada Drug store, 1220 Arizona St., is getting a makeover and soon will be the home of Desert Sun Realty. Desert Sun Realty owner Bret Runion is putting an estimated $300,000 into the 1940s-era building to bring it up to modern standards and create offices inside the former pharmacy.