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Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds make economic impact
GERING NEB. – A new National Park Service report shows that 189,829 visitors to Scotts Bluff and Agate Fossil Beds National Monuments in 2023 spent $12,990,000 in communities near the parks. That spending supported 171 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of…
Hiway 92 Raceway results
Here are the main event winners from the racing at Hiway 92 Raceway from last Saturday, August 31st. Minions - Aly Simons, Minatare Warriors - Terry Gass, Scottsbluff Farm Trucks - Allan Cress, Scottsbluff Vintage - Brian Harden, Scottsbluff Superstocks - Kyle Austin, Scottsbluff Racing will return once again this…
WNCC men, women soccer fall to Indian Hills over weekend
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- The Western Nebraska Community College men’s and women’s soccer team learned what it takes to be a championship team after facing ranked Indian Hills Community College Saturday in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Cougar men faced the No. 7 Indian Hills and allowed three goals each half…
Largest cattle feedlot in Nebraska to begin taking feeders later this month
Construction workers are hurrying to put the final touches on what is planned to be the state’s largest feedlot for feeding cattle. Blackshirt Feeders, led by a trio of Canadian veterinarians who are veteran feedlot consultants, plans to begin shipping in cattle within a month to its sprawling complex of…
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…