Tuesday evening saw the first local forum of the 2024 election year, with candidates for Chadron City Council and Dawes County Commission District 3 Republican race answering various questions. Though eight candidates are on the ballot — five for council and three for the commission — only f…
Chadron High School’s newest club, the Science Club, competed at their first ever Science Olympiad on April 9 in Ogallala, with Hina Hinman taking first place in Forensics, Sammi Brodrick and Hinman placing second in Fermi Questions, and Emmerson Landreth and Lillie Uhing placing third in Wr…
It was Cody Kahl who was first crowned on Saturday evening, being named the 2024 Chadron Junior/Senior Prom King and receiving his crown from Ike Nitsch.
With 16 team members scoring points, the Chadron High School girls breezed, or maybe we should say shivered, their way to victory at their annual Twilight Track and Field Meet that took place at Cardinal Field on Friday, April 19. With the temperatures in the mid-30s to go with a wind that m…
The Chadron High Future Business Leaders of America attended the annual State Leadership Conference in Kearney, April 11-13. To start the conference, students were motivated as they listened to the keynote speaker, John Beede and attended a variety of workshops.
The Chadron High girls tallied 161 points while winning the team title at the Alliance Invitational Track and Field Meet on Saturday, April 13.
Next week will see the 2024 Chadron Festival of Quilts, at the Dawes County Fairgrounds, April 26-28. The festival, featuring a theme of "Disappearing Blocks - It's All About The Cut" this year, will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27, and from 12-4 p.m.…
Those looking to be more involved with the well-known Post Playhouse at Fort Robinson State Park can do so with a new organization.
Last week, motivational speaker Amberley Snyder spoke at CSC’s Memorial Hall, but also spent some time with Chadron high school and middle school students.
The Chadron High Future Business Leaders of America attended the annual State Leadership Conference in Kearney, April 11-13. To start the conference, students were motivated as they listened to the keynote speaker, John Beede and attended a variety of workshops.
Though four bids came in on a 60’ x 84’ x 14’ post frame building for the Street Department, Chadron City Council opted to reject all four. City Manager Tom Menke noted the bids all came in higher than the initial estimates for the project and recommended the rejection.
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Medicaid & Long-Term Care will host its next Medicaid Listening Tour throughout April and May in communities around the state.
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.
Friday afternoon saw the investiture of Dr. Ron Patterson as the 12th president of Chadron State College. Prior to presenting Dr. Patterson with the medal designating him the college’s president, Nebraska State College System Chancellor Dr. Paul Turman and many others shared words of support…
Dorothy May Smith
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…
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
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