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Scotts Bluff National Monument holds 100th anniversary celebration

GERING—The community is invited to share in the celebration of Scotts Bluff National Monument’s 100th anniversary on Thursday, December 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Gering Civic Center. On this date 100 years ago, President Woodrow Wilson signed the...

Catholic Jubilee Celebration November Animation Event

All Souls Catholic Church in Bridgeport was the site for the November Animation Event as part of the Jubilee Celebration for All Souls Catholic Church in Bridgeport and Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bayard in 2019. Guest speaker was Deacon Matt...

The Storm in the Barn

Young thespians took to the stage last Tuesday night in Bridgeport for the annual One Act Dinner Theater presenting “The Storm in the Barn”, Eric Coble’s adaptation of Matt Phelan’s graphic novel by the same name. Set in 1937 Kansas during the Dust...

Regional West Foundation awards $85,000 in nursing and health education scholarships

SCOTTSBLUFF—The board of directors of Regional West Foundation is pleased to announce that $85,000 in scholarships has been awarded by the Foundation to 41 students who are enrolled at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of...

Hanging wreaths

City crews were busy last week hanging the lighted wreathes and Christmas trees from the utility poles on Main Street. New this year are the garland wraps, purchased by the Downtown Appearance Committee and hung on the poles in cooperation with the...

Corn harvest in full swing

Saturday brought beautiful weather to Bridgeport and the Crossroads Co-op was busy with trucks coming and going. Jason Post reports that they are about 200,000 bushels above where they were last year at this time, with roughly 1.5 million bushels,...

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Scotts Bluff National Monument holds 100th anniversary celebration

GERING—The community is invited to share in the celebration of Scotts Bluff National Monument’s 100th anniversary on Thursday, December 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Gering Civic Center.

AAA urges drivers to safely secure Christmas trees

FARGO, ND—An estimated 84 million Americans will flock to tree lots across the country this year in search of the perfect Christmas tree.

Catholic Jubilee Celebration November Animation Event

All Souls Catholic Church in Bridgeport was the site for the November Animation Event as part of the Jubilee Celebration for All Souls Catholic Church in Bridgeport and Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Opinion

The state of agriculture

It’s no secret that 2019 has been a tough year for Nebraska due to historic flooding. For our farmers and ranchers, damage from the floods was compounded by additional hardships.

By Governor Pete Ricketts

Property tax solution faces competition from petition drive

It looks like a legislative committee has come up with a plan to address the state’s nagging property tax problems.

By J. L. Schmidt, Statehouse Correspondent, Nebraska Press Assn.

Straight Talk from Steve

Politicians speak in code. Doublespeak is language that deliberately distorts the meanings of words.

By Senator Steve Erdman

It looks like a legislative committee has come up with a plan to address the state’s nagging property tax problems.

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