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The grand vision for Sidney involves curving streets and wide walkways framing new housing developments to allieviate the city's chronic shortage. Last night, a special meeting of Sidney's planning commission and city council convened to view the initial plans for east Sidney. As outlined, the grassland east of Ft. Sidney Rd. will feature a large housing tract and a new location for Sidney Regional Medical Center, as well as the consolidated K-4 elementary school, if approved. Much of the land b... Full story
A Sidney man faces two charges of distribution of marijuana after a Western Nebraska Intelligence & Narcotics Group Task Force investigation. Alfredo Balandran, age 39, of is accused of the class III felonies following a tip to the force that they could purchase an eighth of an ounce of marijuana. WING personel met with the informant and provided $50 in buy money to purchase the drug from Balandran. After making the deal in a garage near 13th Ave. and Newton St., the informant presented the marijuana to task force members who had observed the... Full story
I’m certain Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden fully believed at one point or another they were standing up for something important. Snowden’s revelations have, indeed, ignited a national debate and pinned the Obama administration and its promise of transparency to the ropes. Manning’s message of a war gone wrong failed to stir the same passion, though polls show a majority of Americans are still waiting for that quick end to our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. On the other hand, Snowden contradicted his concern for liberties broken by hi...
