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Cheyenne County was bathed in a sea of white for most of Wednesday as a spring snowstorm brought heavy snow and strong winds, blanketing the region leading into the Easter holiday and forcing the closure of Interstate 80 and other routes in the Nebraska Panhandle. The National Weather Service in Cheyenne, Wyo., received reports of between 5 and 6 inches of snow in Cheyenne County from yesterday's snowstorm. Chad Hahn, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist, stated in an email interview that...
The Peetz Plateau School District will remain on its current five-day week schedule through at least the 2016-2017 school year after board members rejected moving the district to a four-day week. The decision was made during the school board's regular meeting held on March 15. Peetz Superintendent Mark Collard said discussion to move the district to a four-day week began in December last year. "We did research on it and held some open forums," Collard said. "Some hard copy survey materials and...
The City of Sidney is taking steps toward improved community health. At the March 22 City Council meeting, a newly formed Active Living Advisory Committee shared action plan strategies with the mayor and city staff on potential policies about walking, biking, trails and infrastructure to make it easier for residents to be active. “For the past six months, the advisory committee has been working to advise the city on decisions that could improve the overall health and quality of life of our community,” said Jessica Davies, wellness coordinator o...
Information, inspiration, and advice are on tap at the Women in Agriculture Conference: Improving Agriculture, Improving Lives, scheduled for Friday, April 8 at Sidney. The event will run from 8:15 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Country Inn & Suites, 664 Chase Blvd., Sidney. The conference is intended for women who are involved in day-to-day farm and ranch business decisions; who want to learn more about farm and ranch management; who are landowners; or who want to broaden their knowledge of agribusiness. Topics include: • Take Charge of Your H...
Regional West Health Services has appointed Tadd Greenfield as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the health system. Mr. Greenfield will assume administrative responsibilities for the health system and medical center on April 25. Greenfield has many years of health care experience, most recently serving as the Chief Clinical Officer for Great Plains Health in North Platte. He has also worked with Banner Health and Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Missouri....
Shirley M. Fisher, 83 of Sidney, passed away at the SRMC Extended Care Tuesday evening, March 22, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, March 28, in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sidney with Rev. Tar Drazdowski officiating. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Monday to drop off condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be made in Shirley’s name to SRMC Hospice or the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department. A complete obituary will be published when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in c... Full story
A boating safety course will be held at the Western Nebraska Community College campus in Sidney on Thursday, April 7, according to Scott Eveland, Boating Safety Officer for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. According to Eveland, the Nebraska Boating Safety course is required of all power boat operators born after Dec. 31, 1985, which includes operators of personal watercraft and all other motorboats. The minimum age to operate a motorboat in Nebraska is 14. The course covers everything from equipment requirements to safe boat operation an...
The South Platte NRD will be offering scholarships to the Adventure Camp about the Environment (ACE) camp and Range camp, both to be held at the State 4-H camp in Halsey, Nebraska this coming June. The ACE camp will be held June 12 – 15. The camp is for students who will have just completed 6th, 7th or 8th grade. While at the camp students will learn from experts in the fields of Forestry, Energy, Wetlands, Soils, Range, Water and Wildlife. The students will also have the opportunity to participate in archery, zipline, tanking, and tubing at t...
Ongoing The Elks Lenten Fish Fry will be held every Friday between Feb. 19 through March 25, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., located at 1040 Jackson St. in Sidney. … A memorial account has been set up at American National Bank (Main Bank and Drive up locations) for Tabitha Davis. Donations can be made to: “Tabitha Davis Memorial Fund” to help defray expenses and to benefit twin daughters “Emmersynne Joy & Ellyeaunnah Grace”. … HOLY WEEK Christ Episcopal Church of Sidney is holding services during Easter week on Monday and Thursday at 6 p.m.; Good Friday...
The NCAA basketball games are upon us, and March Madness has arrived. The team to watch in recent years has been the University of Connecticut, where basketball is king. The men won their last national championship, their fourth, in 2014, but the women point with pride to their ten national championships, the most recent one last year, in 2015. In first round play this year, the Uconn women decimated the Robert Morris Colonials 101 to 49, and played Duquesne on Sunday, March 21. Uconn’s men d...
