If Alliance experiences a drought this summer like it did last year, don’t look for the water sprinklers to be working overtime on Alliance Public School lawns. During Monday night’s board meeting, business manager Kevin Wilkinson informed the board that the district’s water bill was $30,000 higher in 2012 than it was in 2011. Wilkinson [...]
The Alliance Tennis Club is currently taking registrations for the Kerry McDermott Clinic. Registrations will even be taken on the day of the clinic! It’s not too late. Please show up about 15 minutes before starting time to register. The Clinic will be run by UNL Nebraska Men’s Tennis Coach Kerry McDermott and his assistant [...]
Fire caused substantial damage to an unoccupied mobile home five miles southwest of Alliance at 6350 Wayne Road Sunday afternoon. The fire was electrical in nature. The Alliance Fire Department was called to the fire shortly after 12 noon and remained on scene for over three hours.
AHS senior Everett Gerth performs the class song, “Time of Your Life,” which drew a standing ovation from his 100 classmates during graduation ceremonies Sunday at the APS Performing Arts Center (Kevin Horn photo). The threat of rain yesterday afternoon pushed the Alliance High School graduation ceremony indoors at the Performing Arts Center A full [...]
The trial for the Hemingford woman charged with being an accessory to the death of former Alliance resident Josh Bullock, which was scheduled to start Monday morning in Box Butte County District Court, will NOT be held. Friday afternoon, Judge Travis O’Gorman accepted the guilty plea of 20-year-old Rose Seifke to an amended charge of [...]
Alliance High School Class of 2013 Valedictorian Kacey Horn (center) and Salutatorians Jaycie Sward (left) and Ellie Applegarth (right). 101 seniors will receive their diplomas during Commencement exercises Sunday, May 19, at 2 pm at Bulldog Stadium. The ceremony will begin with the traditional playing of Pomp and Circumstance by the AHS Band. After the [...]
119 Alliance Middle School eighth-graders will be honored during the annual eighth-grade advancement ceremony scheduled for Friday, May 17, at 6:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center. Moving on to high school: Flor Acosta Tyler Adamson Isabel Aguallo Karley Alvarado Cooper Bell Alshia Benda Taiton Benham Tamara Bingham Hannah Bolinger Mikayla Brink Gabriel Britton Gage [...]
HHS Class of 2013 Valedictorian Kelsy Wood and Salutatorian Brady Horstman (Hemingford Ledger Photos) 25 seniors will be awarded diplomas during graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 19, at 2 pm at the HHS gym. The Class Valedictorian in Kelsy Wood, while the salutatorian is Brady Horstman. The [...]
BOX BUTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S AGENDA Monday, May 20, 2013 @ 8 a.m. Roll call Pledge of Allegiance Note Open Meeting Laws Accept Agenda BOARD OF EQUALIZATION: sign correction book- Approve Minutes – May 6, 2013 - Sign Official’s Repor – Correspondence – Board Reports – County Assessor re: TERC representation & computers for MIPS Program – Fair [...]
The Keep Alliance Beautiful and KCOW Radio Clean Up/Green Up promotion has been deemed a success. City of Alliance landfill records indicate that during the amnesty period, April 30-May 8, 504.41 tons of refuse was collected including the amount for the amnesty. The amnesty week and the cleanup were extended to a little over a [...]