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This week is primary election week. And if we had a vote on pollution, I’m pretty sure what the outcome would be. “Do we want more pollution?” Like me, you’d vote NO, right? “Do we want less pollution?” We’d all vote YES. Like death and taxes, pollution is almost universally considered a bad thing. So two weeks ago, when some very polite workers came to reduce the light pollution on my street, I was predictably ecstatic. One of the workers handed a brand new, eco-friendly, di

Have you ever noticed how life can feel perfectly calm, and then suddenly everything hits at once. The calm before the storm is a real phenomenon in nature. The atmosphere often becomes extra still and quiet just before a raging storm breaks. And then, when it finally rains, it often pours, as the saying goes. What’s true in nature is often true in our personal and community lives as well. Life can seem pretty hum-drum and routine, with nothing eventful or momentous happening

Once upon a time, I moonlighted as the Mayor of Boulder City. But even then, as now, I mostly earned a living as an attorney. As much as I loathe billing clients, it’s obviously necessary in order to put food on my family’s table. People hire me as much for my training, experience, and analytical skills as for what I actually “do” for them. The same is true of other professionals like doctors and financial planners. We gather information, deposit it upstairs in our brains, sp

BCH is converting from a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) beginning May 1, 2026.

Last Saturday, some of our community’s most caring individuals were honored at Boulder City Hospital Foundation’s 14th annual Heart of the Community Gala, an event that raises essential funds to keep our non-profit Boulder City Hospital healthy and sustainable. Many know Cindy Ford as Southwest Diner’s long-time owner. But few know the great impact she has on our community behind the scenes. For instance, just a few years ago, she and her diner team provided free meals to fam

Some of Boulder City’s finest but often most under-appreciated citizens are the long-term care residents at Boulder City Hospital. However, hospital Activities Director, Salome Jarvis, and her team of volunteers work overtime to ensure that our long-term hospital residents are as conspicuous and involved in community life as possible. With few exceptions, Salome and her volunteers have orchestrated an excursion every Tuesday for the last 32-plus years so that our hospital res