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Students take cover after threat at Boulder City High: Thu, Dec 6, 2018 (2:05 p.m.); By Sun Staff; Students took cover under their desks and Boulder City High School was locked down today after someone called in an undisclosed threat, according to city officials. The threat was ...

Damaged personal watercraft found on Lake Mead; no rider located: Monday, October 15, 2018; By Sun Staff; Authorities are looking for information about a personal watercraft that was found unoccupied Sunday on Lake Mead. The Nevada Department of Wildlife found the swamped watercraft about 2:45 p.m. near ...

Suspect sought in stabbing at Lake Mead: Monday, September 17, 2018; By Sun Staff; Special agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch and U.S. park rangers are investigating a stabbing earlier this month at Stewarts Point in ...

Members of the Boulder City High football team pose for a photo at the Las Vegas Sun's high school football media day Tuesday July 31, 2018 at the Red Rock Resort and Casino. They include, from left, Thorsten Balmer, Michael Kaposta, Parker Reynolds and Jimmy Dunagan.

Boulder City QB Reynolds accounts for 3 TDs in win against Pahrump: Saturday, September 8, 2018; By Ray Brewer; The Eagles trailed 28-20 in the second half before rallying for the win.

Nevada Highway Patrol: 2 killed in 2-vehicle wreck on I-11: Tuesday, August 28, 2018; By Associated Press; The Nevada Highway Patrol says two people were killed and three injured in a two-vehicle wreck on ...

Child sex offender dies in Nevada prison; was teacher, coach: Tuesday, August 21, 2018; Associated Press; A 55-year-old former Nevada middle school teacher, youth soccer coach, foster parent and part-time police officer has died in prison while serving ...

Search underway for boater missing at Lake Mead: Monday, August 13, 2018; By Sun Staff; Authorities are searching for a 69-year-old boater who set out on Lake Mead about noon Friday from the Callville Bay Marina and hasn’t been ...

Interstate 11 celebrates it's grand opening, allowing vehicles to use the newly finished highway to bypass Boulder City on their way to Arizona, Thursday Aug. 9, 2018.

First stretch of Interstate 11 opens, bypassing Boulder City: Thursday, August 9, 2018; By Mick Akers; The first major addition to the federal interstate system since 1992, the opening of the initial stretch of Interstate 11 was touted today as the beginning of a larger story. The $315 million project between ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, an original operator of Hoover Dam when it was erected in the 1930s, wants to equip it with a $3 billion pipeline and a pump station powered by solar and wind energy.

The $3 billion plan to turn Hoover Dam into a giant battery: Monday, July 30, 2018; By Ivan Penn, New York Times News Service; Hoover Dam helped transform the American West, harnessing the force of the Colorado River — along with millions of cubic feet of concrete and tens of millions of ...

A worker looks over trays of microgreens and herbs in a grow room at Oasis Biotech, a new indoor vertical farming facility, Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

Unconventional farm aims to 'redefine the meaning of fresh produce to Las Vegas': Thursday, July 19, 2018; By Mick Akers; A half-dozen workers covered head to toe in protective garb use tweezers to carefully place tiny seeds, one-by-one, to ensure each is planted in its precise space. The workers are just a few of the almost 140 employees who carry out various farming jobs ...

Searchers find body of missing California man at Lake Mohave: Monday, June 18, 2018; Associated Press; The body of a California man has been recovered, a day after he disappeared while swimming at the Lake Mohave reservoir on the Colorado River, a National Park Service official said Monday. Park rangers and ...

Authorities closed U.S. 93 in both directions after reports of a man armed with a gun and in a heavily reinforced vehicle near the Hoover Dam on Friday, June 15, 2018.

Henderson man arrested after barricade on bridge near Hoover Dam: Friday, June 15, 2018; By Ricardo Torres-Cortez; A man who stopped traffic in a tactical-style vehicle on a high-span bridge on the Arizona-Nevada border near the Hoover Dam has been identified as a Henderson resident. It was not clear what motivated the suspect ...

Student engineer Joe Franco stands on a train engine while it is stopped during an event to celebrate the driving of the final railroad spike reconnecting the Nevada Southern Railway from Boulder City to Henderson, Friday, April 13, 2018.

Tourism boost: Train route linking Boulder City, Henderson could add stops: Saturday, April 14, 2018; By Mick Akers; The Nevada Southern Railway route begins at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City and stops just after passing the bridge in Henderson near the Railroad Pass hotel. Plans are ...

Crews search for swimmer in Lake Mead missing for 2 days: Friday, September 8, 2017; Associated Press; Authorities are still searching for a swimmer who went missing two days ago in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. National Park Service officials say the man in his 60s went under water Wednesday afternoon near ...

Construction of Interstate 11 has presented challenges for Henderson's Railroad Pass Casino, but owner Joe DeSimone is optimistic the project will ultimately help the hotel, the casino and the travel center he is building on the site.

Interstate 11 segment near Railroad Pass to open on Wednesday: Friday, August 11, 2017; By Mick Akers; The first portion of the Interstate 11 project is set to open next week. The Nevada Department of Transportation will open the southbound lanes of I-11 from Foothill Drive in Henderson to Silverline Road in Boulder City on Tuesday. ...

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