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2nd annual Horizon Music Festival hits all the right notes
The second annual Horizon Music Festival was a huge success, bringing in fans from throughout the region. Thousands attended the two-day world-class Christian music festival with musical acts including Rhett Walker and Skillet packing concert-goers in Kahuna Park on the southeast corner of Five Rocks Amphitheater. The standing-only area in…
Husker volleyball back in action tonight
Dallas- The second ranked Nebraka volleyball team will play its third straight match against a team from Texas when it heads to Dallas to face SMU at Moody Coliseum tonight at 7 p.m CT. Nebraska opened the college volleyball season with a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky at the…
Soybean Export Sales Drop Sharply, but Rebound Coming
Global demand for U.S. soybeans has fallen sharply as international buyers remain discouraged by the strong dollar, slowing economic growth, and uncertainty over the direction of U.S. trade policy in an election year. Export sales of new-crop soybeans are historically low as the 2024-2025 marketing year begins on September 1.…
Smith Statement on Report Showing IRS Failure to Protect Law-Abiding Families and Small Businesses
On Friday, Congressman Adrian Smith released the following statement after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a new report finding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not yet fully implemented a 2022 directive by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen prohibiting the agency from using its $80 billion in stimulus funding…
New Nebraska U Project Will Explore, Secure Ag-IoT Technology
As the Internet of Things — the network of items embedded with sensors and software that record and share data — continues to expand, so do possibilities for implementing smart technologies across research fields and aspects of daily life. The Agricultural Internet of Things, or Ag-IoT, has grown rapidly in…
Alliance Police Investigate ATM Alarm
An alarm was triggered at the ATM located outside Nebraska Bank on 3rd Street in Alliance on Sunday morning. https://youtu.be/5AVMcK_udEw Alliance Police say responding officers, who were aware of similar incidents at ATMs in the Panhandle, quickly reviewed the surveillance footage from the scene. The suspect can be seen trying…
Outpatient Radiology Scottsbluff Earns ACR Accreditation
Outpatient Radiology Scottsbluff (OPR-S) has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology® (ACR®), making it the the first MRI unit in Western Nebraska to receive this designation. MRI is a noninvasive medical…
Regional West to Host Volunteer Recruitment Fair
People who are interested in making a difference in the lives of Regional West’s patients are invited to stop by Regional West’s Volunteer Recruitment Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 14 in Regional West’s Education Center. Attendees are…
UNL, Western Nebraska CC partner in higher education for Panhandle youth
To meet the needs of the community and students of western Nebraska, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) signed a 2+2 agreement, which will aid students in obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Skilled and Technical Science Education. https://youtu.be/y62zFoDL6bw “We realize there…
Cougar volleyball goes 3-1 over the weekend in McCook
MCCOOK – The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team moved to 7-2 on the season after sweeping a pair of matches on Saturday at the McCook Labor Day Invite. The Cougars finished the tourney 3-1 after defeating No. 19 Hutchinson Community College 30-28, 25-20, 16-25, 25-17 and then swept past…
