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NIFA Publishes Report on Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
Since 2010, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders in animal agriculture across the nation by supporting veterinary educational debt repayment in return for veterinarians’ services in designated, high priority, shortage situations. In this time,…
Longtime radio engineer retires
A 47-year career in the KRVN Engineering Department comes to an end this week when Jim Liffrig retires. His primary responsibility over the years has been the 880 AM transmitter site near Holdrege. Fresh out of engineering trade school in Minneapolis, Liffrig moved from Minneapolis to Holdrege with intentions to…
Track & Field results from Gothenburg Invite
The Scottsbluff girls and boys track and field teams were in action on Thursday at the Gothenburg Invite with the girls team finishing in 5th place while the boys finished in 11th place. Hannah Rugroden led the Bearcat girls to a pair of wins including the open mile with a…
NSP traffic stop leads to discovery of nearly five pounds of suspected fentanyl
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Utah man after locating nearly five pounds of suspected fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in North Platte. Sunday, April 7, at approximately 11:00 p.m., a trooper observed a Kia SUV traveling without headlights or taillights on Jeffers Street north of…
Bridgeport Golf Invite results
On Thursday Bridgeport hosted their Boys Golf Invite and it saw Mitchell's Cael Peters rip off a 68 to win by nine shots while Hemingford won the team title. Peters cruised to the win with the under par round while Dax Powell of Hemingford finished second with a round of…
Construction on Ft. Laramie canal tunnels could begin in fall
The 2024 Yonts Water Conference, on April 10, hosted representatives from the Goshen Irrigation District and HDR Engineering, who presented an update on the progress of replacing the tunnels on the Goshen and Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation Districts 129-mile-long mainline canal. “We’ve selected a contractor, Atkinson Construction, a relatively large full-service…
Drop in Farm Income Projected
Nebraska net farm income this year is projected to be $6.0 billion according to a report by the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center at the University of Missouri in collaboration with the Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska. If accurate, income will decline $1.2 billion…
ADM Animal Nutrition Expands Recall to Include 17 Additional Lots of Chicken, Swine and Rabbit Feed Products
QUINCY, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of ADM (NYSE: ADM), is expanding the recall announced on March, 30, 2024, to include the following additional products due to elevated levels of magnesium, sodium, calcium and/or phosphorus: Pen Pals® Chicken Starter-Grower (Product Nos. 70009AAA46 and 70009AAA44); Pen Pals Egg Maker Complete (Product No.…
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Scottsbluff man dies in one-vehicle crash Wednesday
The Nebraska State Patrol says a Scottsbluff man died from injuries suffered in a one-vehicle crash this week. NSP spokesman Cody Thomas says first responders were called to the scene on Highway 92 west of Scottsbluff around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night. Thomas says investigators determined an eastbound Chevrolet pickup left…
