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Thirty-Sixth Annual Regional West Foundation Golf Scramble Winners Announced
For more than three decades, on the second Monday in July, golfers, volunteers, and community sponsors gather at the Scotts Bluff Country Club for the annual Regional West Foundation Golf Scramble. For the second year in a row, the overall winning team was FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha) and…
Sheridan County PRCA Rodeo Results: July 26, 2024
The Sheridan County PRCA Rodeo in Gordon is underway and will continue through Saturday, July 27th. More information about this year’s rodeo can be found here: https://ruralradio.com/rrn/news/sheridan-county-prca-rodeo-attracts-top-talents-in-prca-wpra/ Here are results from Friday, July 26th: Bareback riding leaders: 1. Nick Pelke, 86 points on Muddy Creek Pro Rodeo's Black Mamba; 2. Tanner Aus, 84.5;…
Martinez signed by Jets
New York-For a second straight year former Nebraska and K-State quarterback Adrian Martinez is in an NFL training camp. This weekend the New York Jets announced they have signed Martinez to a free agent deal. Last year Martinez was a late cut of the Detroit Lions. This past spring he…
Nebraska’s Big Rodeo Results: Thursday, July 26th
Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell is underway and will continue through Saturday, July 27th. More information about this year’s rodeo can be found here: https://ruralradio.com/rrn/news/103rd-edition-of-nebraskas-big-rodeo-happening-next-week-in-burwell/ Here are results after the third performance, Friday, July 26th: Bareback riding leaders: 1. Rhett Robbins, 83.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's First Class; 2. Bryce Eck,…
Gering wins B7 Area opener, Saturday schedule
Gering Platte Valley Companies opened the B7 Area Tournament with a 12-4 win over Sidney on Friday night at Oregon Trail Park. With the win Gering improved to 27-6 on the season and they'll play again on Saturday night at 7 pm against Chadron. We'll have the broadcast with Jeff…
WNCC hires Ryan Davis as women’s basketball coach
Ryan Davis is returning to Region IX after being named the next women’s basketball coach at Western Nebraska Community College. Davis, who was previously the head coach at Sheridan College for three seasons before Sheridan eliminated their athletic programs in the spring of 2020, has been an assistant and head…
Updates from Cheyenne Frontier Days, Nebraska PRCA Rodeos, and more! | Nebraska Rodeo Update for July 27th
The Nebraska Rodeo Update is a weekly radio program designed to highlight Nebraska rodeo and western events. The program sheds light on the success of Nebraska athletes, rodeos, and cowboy culture in the Cornhusker state. Listen to the update, or read highlights from the program below! Program Overview: Athlete Spotlight…
Ten Girl Scouts Earn Highest Achievement
Ten Nebraska Girl Scouts earned the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, the prestigious Gold Award. Gold Award Girl Scouts are high school activists who change the world through extraordinary leadership and passion by tackling local, national, or global issues. Using strategic thinking, collaboration, problem solving and time management, Gold Award…
USDA: Nebraska milk production down from 2023
Milk production in Nebraska during the April-June 2024 quarter totaled 318 million pounds. According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, that's down 8% from the same quarter last year. The average number of milk cows was 51,000 head. That's 4,000 head less than the same period last year.
Work begins Monday morning on northbound Broadway-10th St. river bridge
County officials are reminding the public that the repair project to the northbound span of the Broadway - 10th Street river bridge between Gering and Scottsbluff gets underway Monday starting at 7 a.m. Traffic control will include a soft closure at Country Club Road, however, all businesses between that intersection…
