Popps announces her candidacy for the District 47 seat

Peggy Popps of Sidney has announced her candidacy for District 47 State Senator.

The 47th District is comprised of 10 counties in the Nebraska Panhandle: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte (West of 385/87), Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Kimball, Morrill and Sioux.

Popps said the driving force for her decision to launch her campaign is because "the Unicameral needs a dose of good common sense from Western Nebraska. I feel that political conversations have taken a circular path that hasn't led to any real solutions."

For the past 17 years, Popps has worked in the corporate office at Cabela's in Sidney...