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2023 Monument Marathon Festivities Underway
The 12th Annual Monument Marathon kicks off Saturday morning, but festivities are underway Friday afternoon in Gering. The annual Monument Marathon Expo is running until Friday 8 p.m. at the Gering Civic Center. Participants in the full marathon, half marathon, relay, and 5k will be there picking up their race…
Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland probed at U.S. Senate hearing
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators said during a Wednesday hearing that foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is a national security threat that should be further examined. The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry discussed foreign ownership of the nation’s agricultural lands, with testimony from experts and Senate colleagues who…
Ticket Sales for German Harvest Fest End Soon
The deadline is fast approaching for anyone wanting to attend the annual celebration of our area's German Russian heritage next month. The German Harvest Fest takes place Oct. 7 in the Vistabeam Events Center at the Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds in Mitchell, but tickets should be purchased by Friday, with…
US corn ending stocks down 1% from last year, soybean ending stocks down 2%
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Grain Stocks report released today showed that old crop corn stocks on hand as of Sept. 1, 2023, totaled 1.36 billion bushels, down 1% from Sept. 1, 2022. Old crop soybeans stored in all positions were down…
Solar Panel Repairs Coming to Scottsbluff’s Landers Soccer Complex
It appears the solar field at the Landers Soccer Complex in Scottsbluff could once again be at full operation by 2024. https://youtu.be/f2xfS3-j5bc Grant Otten with Nebraska Public Power District says the owners of the solar array will begin to remove the damaged solar modules in the next few weeks, and…
2023 Hay Season: Challenging weather, high-quality hay still in demand
In the latest episode of Fridays in the Field, Clay Patton returns to southwest Nebraska to check in with Steve Rice of SR Farms Alfalfa Company in Wilsonville. Rice discussed the 2023 hay season and shared an update on the third and fourth cuttings of alfalfa. He is hoping to…
Kansas Forest Service launches online tool to assess state’s wildfire risk
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Not all Kansas wildfires make headline news, so it may come as a surprise to many that the Sunflower State reported more than 8,000 wildfires in 2022. Eight…thousand…fires. As in, about 3,000 more than the state’s yearly average. Drought in much of Kansas is partly to blame…
Burke- PHS Pet of the Week
Burke here is around 3 years old and just about the happiest boy around! He loves his morning walks, and romping about in the run. Burke would love an active family who would take him with on all their adventures. If Burke sounds like a good fit for your family,…
Friday Night Preview
It's a full Friday night of high school football for teams around the region highlighted by what could be one of the top games in Class B this season at Bearcat Stadium. Here's the full Friday Night Preview ahead of kickoff tonight. Waverly (5-0) at Scottsbluff (3-2), 7 pm Scottsbluff…
Bayard wins WTC Volleyball Title
The Bayard Tigers are the 2023 Western Trails Conference Volleyball champions after going 2-0 on Thursday as hosts for this year's WTC Tournament. Bayard got a first round bye and watched Bridgeport, Morrill, and Gordon-Rushville earn first round wins. In the semifinals it was Bayard knocking off Bridgeport 25-17, 21-25,…
