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Beef Month: Nebraska boy celebrates first birthday with steak smash
Nebraska is the Beef State, and when your birthday falls during Beef Month, you celebrate accordingly. One-year-old Waitley is the son of Tori and Casey Land of Fullerton. His parents said he loves animals and being outdoors. He also enjoys being with his older sister, Laynie. Instead of cake or…
Gray named Big Ten Player of the Week
Sydney Gray was named the final Big Ten Player of the Week of the 2024 season on Monday. Gray was honored for the third time this season, as she tied for the most player-of-the-week awards in a season in Big Ten history. Gray is just the eighth player in Big…
Three area projects receive Scotts Bluff Area Visitors Bureau grants
The Scotts Bluff Area Visitors Bureau has awarded funds to the Scotts Bluff County Ag Society, The Circle the Bluffs Pow-Wow and 308 United Softball. With the popularity of art growing in Nebraska, the tourism committee was excited to see the plans for the grandstands at the Scotts Bluff County…
Spring Thistle Control
Native Nebraska pasture plants such as Tall, Platte (prairie), Flodman, Yellowspine, and Wavyleaf (gray) Thistles can be beneficial for butterflies and provide seeds for songbirds. However, many ‘nonnative’ Thistle species such as Musk, Canada, Plumeless, Bull and Scotch are ‘Noxious Weeds’ that must be controlled depending on your Nebraska county.…
Scottsbluff man dies in early Friday morning crash in Banner County
Authorities say a 29-year-old Scottsbluff man died from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident late last week. Banner County Sheriff Zane Hopkins says his office was notified of the accident on Highway 88 about four miles east of the Wyoming line around 6 a.m. Friday morning. He says the investigation…
Kimball Schools going to 4-day weeks in 2024-25 school year
While we're closing in on the final days of the 2023-24 school year, Kimball Public School administrators and staff are starting preparations for a four-day school week next year. Superintendent Trevor Anderson says the school board decision earlier this spring approving the change from "four-and-a-half" days came after discussion with…
Construction begins on groundbreaking precision ag research center
Construction of the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture at Nebraska Innovation Campus launched with a ceremonial turning of dirt on May 6. The state-of-the-art research center is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Nebraska Innovation Campus. The center will…
Lancers win Region IX Golf championship
TORRINGTON, Wyo. – Eastern Wyoming College’s golf team won the Region IX District/Region Tournament held April 25-26 at the Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo, Colorado. The Lancers had three golfers in the top five and Lancer Joshua Chapman was the top individual golfer. Chapman finished with a +1 to…
Engler remembered for generosity, entrepreneurial spirit
University of Nebraska alumnus Paul Engler, who died May 3 at age 94, believed the secret to successful entrepreneurship was to have “a fire in the belly” to find a better way of doing things. He credited that mindset for his accomplishments in the cattle industry and wanted to find…
Runners and walkers compete in Summit to Summit event over the weekend
The 15th annual Summit to Summit event took place on Saturday as runners and walkers made their way from Summit Christian College in Gering to the top of Scotts Bluff National Monument and back to complete the 7.2 mile event. Nick Kizzire posted the overall winning time of 44:13. Kizzire…
