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 [...]
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.
Spring is here and things are growing fast! The Chadron Police Department would like to remind citizens again that the weed season is here and request your assistance in mowing and maintaining lots and yards in accordance with Chadron City Ordinance ยง11-304 and 11-305. 11-304. WEEDS; DECLARED NUISANCE. It shall be a nuisance to [...]
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 [...]
Groundbreaking ceremonies will be held Monday afternoon for the first of 3 new welcoming signs in Chadron. Chadron Chamber of Commerce vice president Senna Reeves says dignitaries with golden shovels will turn the first dirt at the 10th and Highway 385 site at 4 pm. The city of Chadron has approved $75,000 in LB-840 community [...]
DELTA…the Dawes County Entrepreneur Leadership Training Academy…completes its year-long program tomorrow with a tree-planting project at the Dawes County Courthouse in Chadron. They’ll start planting at 9 am. DELTA is sponsored by NNDC…the Nebraska Northwest Development Corporation…and executive director Deb Cottier says planting trees was seen by the 8 students…all from local businesses or organizations…as [...]
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 [...]
Chadron Community Hospital has been named the Radon Business of the Year by the Panhandle Public Health District and the Panhandle Worksite Wellness Council. Council Coordinator Jessica Davies made the award presentation Thursday to hospital representatives. Davies says Chadron Community Hospital was recognized for having the highest percentage of employees among participating Panhandle employers testing [...]
For the fifth straight year, SWANN…the Solid Waste Agency of Northwest Nebraska…will not raise rates. The SWANN board Thursday night adopted a hold-the-line $1.6-million dollar budget that’s only about $50,000 higher than last year despite a 4% merit raise for workers and a 12% increase in health insurance. As a result, residential rates will stay [...]
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 [...]