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The new Bell Lumber and Pole plant located northwest of Sidney received a big welcome from members of the community as well as state representatives at Thursday's grand opening. The $25 million utility pole treatment plant located north of the Adams Industries Industrial Park has already created at least 30 local jobs and is set for possible expansion. Many local government leaders spoke to the large crowd at the opening. They all applauded the project's success due to the cooperation of the...
Bart McLeay believes that for Congress to work, its members must try to reach a consensus on issues. He also knows that the current body in Washington is notorious, at least in the public’s eye, for gridlock. The Republican candidate for Nebraska’s U.S. Senate seat is adamant that he will not be a part of any legislative standstill. “Nebraska clearly wants their representative in the Senate to advance conservative ideas, so we will have to vote no at times,” he said. “But I would never leave a successful business to go to Washington and sit i...
Although all his opponents wish to repeal Obamacare, U.S. Senate candidate Shane Osborn claims that he was working against the bill’s passage before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon. “The difference here is the fact that I actually led the rallies around the state back in 2009 trying to keep it from passing in the first place,” Osborn said. “I didn’t just become against Obamacare when I was looking for votes and that’s a big difference in this race.” Since then, Osborn hasn’t changed his view that the Affordable Care Act will fail or th...
Ten Sleep, Wyoming, is situated in the western foothills of the Big Horn Mountains near a tiny tributary of the Bighorn River named Spring Creek. Little more than a couple of dozen miles due east of Worland, Wyoming the Spring Creek area was designated as sheep range in the 1890s by an agreed upon imaginary boundary called a "deadline." From the deadline, cattlemen grazed their herds to the west, sheep men tended their flocks to the east and serious consequences lay in store for sheep men who...
Melvina Savely was welcomed to heaven by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the home of her son in Lodgepole. Mary Melvina Bedee Savely was born on the family farm near Lycan (Baca County), Colo. on Dec. 3, 1925. She was the first child of the former "confirmed old bachelor," Daniel Albert Bedee, and the sixth living child of the former widow, Mary Jane Grice Coy Bedee. With their farm devastated by the impact of the Dust Bowl, the family relocated to Durango, Colo.... Full story
It is difficult to gauge the race for the Republican party's attorney general nod, particularly with so much attention directed toward the gubernatorial and Senate campaigns. Knowing the relevant concerns of the Nebraska voters, on the other hand, is much easier, according to attorney general candidate Brian Buescher. During a visit to Sidney on Thursday, he spoke of marijuana traffic resulting from Colorado's legalization of the drug, federal regulation affecting Nebraska's agricultural producers, water disputes and support for law...
Representatives from the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce as well as from Adams Industries stand by as Tom Bell cuts the ribbon for his company's new utility pole treatment plant.... Full story
Compiled By The Sidney Sun-Telegraph Staff These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons. 100 YEARS AGO May 9, 1914 'Extension Of Sewer And Water Mains A Necessity' Sidney Neb. May 4, 1914. Board met in adjourned session. The following members present: L. Fundingsland, Chairman; J.J. McIntosh, J.J. Parks and Gus Wellner, members, L. Neubaner, Clerk. A motion was made and carried that as the...
“Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” —Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Oh, the Places You’ll Go is so true. You’ve run the course and passed the finish line! So much hope and promise lie before you. Here are a few pieces of advice that will help you navigate your brave new world. Friend...
