The Chadron High School speech team wrapped up its season on March 20, and coach Rachel Gifford is proud of what the students accomplished this year.
There were more than 7,500 Nebraska FFA members at the state convention. Students were able to attend the FFA Expo with thirty plus agriculture organizations, colleges, commodity groups and vendors. They also had the opportunity to examine a Career Fair and interact with over forty agricultu…
The Chadron Middle School track and field teams got their seasons off to promising starts during meets in Scottsbluff and Gering on Tuesday, April 2. Young athletes from a half dozen schools participated. The girls competed in Gering while the boys’ action was in Scottsbluff.
The annual Feed a Senior in Need fundraiser announces seven winners. Four of the prizes were Rapid City Rush hockey packages which included two tickets to the April 13 Rapid City Rush hockey game (donated by Jake Rissler) along with hotel stay and dinner, donated by Hampton Inn and Suites, H…
The May 13 meeting of the Chadron Public Schools Board of Education will be the last for Maddie Nitsch, who has served the board six years. At their meeting Monday evening, the board approved Nitsch’s resignation from the board, as she is moving to Phelps County at the end of the current sch…
Marlena Martin Richardson
As usual, good basketball was played by Panhandle boys’ basketball teams this past season. Exactly half of the 24 teams in the 12-county area won half of their games. Four won at least 20 games, another 17 and three more 15. The coaches and players on those teams should have felt good about …
The May 13 meeting of the Chadron Public Schools Board of Education will be the last for Maddie Nitsch, who has served the board six years. At their meeting Monday evening, the board approved Nitsch’s resignation from the board, as she is moving to Phelps County at the end of the current sch…
RSVP (the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) injunction with the Community Services Program at Northwest Community Action Partnership (NCAP) will sponsor a Drive Thru Mobile Food Pantry with the Food Bank of the Heartland on April 16, 2024. The mobile will be held at the Community Cente…
Northwest Nebraska Region Local Board #5656-00 has been awarded $21,203.78 federal funds for the FEMA ARPAR phase under the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the counties of Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Sheridan and Sioux. The…
Marlena Martin Richardson
Last week, several people slowed and stopped to witness the demolition of long-standing Assumption Academy on Cedar Street. The building was deemed inefficient and under-utilized and will be replaced with a new Parish Life Center at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
A program that began in 2022 to improve city sidewalks was again renewed following action by Chadron City Council, Monday evening.
The nominees are in!
The Chadron Police Department is announcing their participation in the upcoming U Text U Drive U Pay Campaign event, between April 1 and April 8.
Denise and Kevin Miller have been connected to Chadron since 2000, he as a former professor at Chadron State College and she as a former nurse at Chadron Community Hospital. Though they left temporarily to move to Wayne, the couple returned to Chadron in 2015. However, their three daughters …
Chadron Community Hospital & Health Services has announced that its Board of Trustees has appointed Sean Wolfe as Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 27, 2024. This decision is part of the hospital’s ongoing commitment to ensuring effective leadership during this trans…
Dennis Absalon
Chadron siblings publish book
Saturday marks the annual Chadron Community Easter Egg Hunt, starting at 11 a.m. sharp. More than 4,000 eggs will be available to find at the Legion baseball Fields, 400 North Main. Following the event, there will be free hot dogs, chips and drinks.
More than 60 teams and approximately 500 players participated in the annual Chadron State Hoop Shoot this past weekend.
The inauguration of Chadron State College’s twelfth president, Dr. Ron K. Patterson, is set for Friday, April 5, at 3 p.m. at Memorial Hall.
The Pine Ridge Ranger District is offering a sharp-tailed grouse viewing blind that is free for the public to use. This will allow visitors the opportunity to witness the amazing courtship dances of the sharp-tailed-grouse. The viewing blind opened to the public Saturday, March 16, and will…