The Chadron Middle School track and field teams wrapped up an impressive season in early May while participating in meets hosted by Gering and Alliance.
Last Wednesday, May 8, members of the Northwest Nebraska Trails Association had a small gathering in Railroad Park to mark the fifth anniversary of the announcement of the Great American Rail-Trail. As part of the event, the NNTA showcased the new trail sign at the park.
By posting career-best marks at the Class B District 6 Meet on Tuesday, May 7 at Ogallala, three Chadron High School girls qualified for the first half of the Nebraska State Meet that began Wednesday and will conclude today, Thursday, May 16, in Omaha. The first two days of the meet feature …
Several students will each receive an additional $100 in funding for their trips to National competitions later this year, following action taken by the Chadron Public School Board of Education Monday night.
The Chadron Culture Club which was organized in 1898 is celebrating its 126th Anniversary. In 1898 Mrs. George Harmony (Margaret), Mrs. J.G. Romine (Gertrude) and Mrs. Charles Foster (Anne) met to found the Thursday Club, which met weekly to read poetry and to study. By October of 1899, the …
Though clouds kept the skies gray and the temperatures low over the weekend, it didn’t keep hearty hikers from taking to the Steamboat Trail at Chadron State Park for the Trail Mix and Tree Huggers event hosted by the Northwest Nebraska Trails Association (NNTA).
For about a year, Rex Cogdill has been serving as the curator of the Dawes County Historical Museum, alongside co-curators Barb McCartney and Linda Rotness. One of the many facets of the Dawes County Historical Society — the Golden Age Courier being another that’s well-known — the museum’s o…
Several students will each receive an additional $100 in funding for their trips to National competitions later this year, following action taken by the Chadron Public School Board of Education Monday night.
The Chadron Culture Club which was organized in 1898 is celebrating its 126th Anniversary. In 1898 Mrs. George Harmony (Margaret), Mrs. J.G. Romine (Gertrude) and Mrs. Charles Foster (Anne) met to found the Thursday Club, which met weekly to read poetry and to study. By October of 1899, the …
Though clouds kept the skies gray and the temperatures low over the weekend, it didn’t keep hearty hikers from taking to the Steamboat Trail at Chadron State Park for the Trail Mix and Tree Huggers event hosted by the Northwest Nebraska Trails Association (NNTA).
The Dawes County Ag Committee is launching a new award recognizing the value of being a good neighbor.
Ashley Ahrens, who started with UNL Extension in January of 2023, has been the lead educator in Dawes County since June of last year, taking over from Jenny Nixon. She’s also the Food, Nutrition and Health Educator for Dawes, Sioux, Sheridan and Box Butte County, as well as the lead educator…
Former NASCAR driver and racing analyst Kyle Petty is hitting the open road once again to lead the 28th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America – one of the most popular charity rides in the country — with one of the first stops in Chadron on Sunday, May 4.
It’s quite a coincidence. Chadron State College has now had two men’s basketball players receive the prestigious Academic All-American honor and they’re both named Josh Robinson.
After sweeping four games from Adams State in Alamosa, Colo., last weekend the Chadron State College softball team will wrap up its schedule by hosting Black Hills State in a pair of double-headers this weekend.
The public is invited to join the Northwest Nebraska Trails Association on Saturday, April 27, at 3:30 p.m., for a hike on the Steamboat Trail.
Tuesday evening, April 23, 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 commissi…
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…
Author Poe Ballantine will be at the library Saturday, April 27, at 2:30 p.m. Ballantine is a fiction and nonfiction writer known for his novels and essays, many of which have appeared in The Sun. His second novel, "Decline of the Lawrence Welk Empire", won Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year.
The public is invited to attend a dual canine presentation at the Dawes County Museum on Sunday, April 28, beginning at 2 p.m.