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Sidney High School students and the community will be getting the opportunity to experience and learn about hispanic culture next week when the school hosts Cultural Expressions, an event which will feature art, dance and poetry influenced by Chicano traditions. In December, 15 students won first place for creating a mural and an accompanying skit at a cultural expressions competition in Denver. The event was sponsored by the Journey through our Heritage program, under the Metropolitan State...
During Monday's regular meeting, the Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners discussed a proposed ambulance task force that will perform a fiscal evaluation for services provided within the county. Currently, the county's ambulance service is provided by Emergency Response Care (ERC), which is based in Sidney and under the operation of Regional West. The service is under a three-year rolling contract with the City of Sidney and Cheyenne County. Jason Petik, CEO of Sidney Regional Medical Center,...
Weather permitting, construction work is scheduled to begin the week of April 18 on eastbound and westbound I-80 from Reference Post 75+43 to Reference Post 84+64, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads. Koss Construction Company of Topeka, Kan. has the $38,665,968 contract for the I‑80 removal and reconstruction project. Traffic will be reduced to a head-to-head configuration onto the existing westbound lanes while work on the eastbound lanes is being performed. The eastbound construction work is anticipated to be completed by N...
Creek Valley High School participated in the Chadron State College Scholastic contest last week. A total of 23 high school students from Creek Valley competed in the contest. Pictured are Nash Leef, who placed fourth in American Government and tied for tenth in Personal Finance, Kenzie Backus, who finished in ninth place in Algebra I, Noemi Marin, who was second in Business Law, and Sami Schmid, who had a second place finish in Plane Geometry....
Upcoming The Cheyenne County Art Guild will hold its 43rd annual Spring Show at the Cheyenne County Visitors Center located at 648 Glover Rd. between the Subway and Dairy Queen restaurants in Sidney. The show will feature the latest work by award-winning artists in the region. Original artwork, prints, collectible sets of greeting cards are for sale, door prize and raffle. The Spring Show will be on Friday, April 8, from 2 - 7 p.m., Saturday, April 9, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, from noon - 4 p.m. There is no admission charge....
Sidney High School had a strong academic showing as 50 of its students competed in the Chadron State College Scholastic Contest held on April 1, finishing first as a team in their division for the fifth straight year. CSC Scholastic Contest recognizes the academic achievement and talents of high school students from Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. There are approximately 45 different competitions, each designed to allow students to demonstrate their academic skill in a particular...
On August 22, 1939, Nazi Germany's troops, tanks, and aircraft stood poised and prepared to attack Poland, its neighbor to the east, and on that day the Nazi's dictator, Adolf Hitler, spoke. "Our strength," he said, "consists in our speed and in our brutality." Already he had instructed his generals "to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language." And the reason for his assault upon the Polish people? "Only then," he said, "shall...
