Panhandle Secession Talk Prompts Heated But Light Response
News reports and local commentaries question a Scottsbluff driven bid to join Wyoming. Residents largely dismiss the movement as a joke or overreaction, stressing Nebraskan pride and concerns over roads and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Newsweek Magazine
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Exon
Hiram Scott
Axe Exon
Save the
Alliance
Keith Kemper
Kemper
Hiram Scott College
University of Nebraska
Chadron State College
Whitney
Gering
Richard Phros
High Court Challenge to NRD Law Heads for Appeal
Lancaster County District Court Judge Samuel Van Pelt upheld most of the Natural Resource District law but left final ruling to the state Supreme Court. The suit by Richardson County Soil and Water Conservation District and two landowners seeks overturning parts of the law while preserving the tax levy to fund NRDS operations. Four state commission members were ruled unconstitutional for dual employment and will be replaced as non voting advisory members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County District Court
Samuel van Pelt
Supreme Court
Richardson County Soil and Water Con
NRDS
Walter Neeman
Frederick Behlin
van Pelt
State Natural Resources Commission
Commission
Dan Jones
E.F. Frolik
College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Vincent Dreeszen
NU Conservation and Survey Division
John Adams
Agriculture Extension Services
J.J. Exon
Wyoming approves modest KN rate hike in state
The Wyoming Public Service Commission rejected a 482000 request by Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co and authorized a 127162 increase. KN serves multiple states and seeks higher rates to cover costs, claiming a 652809 annual Wyoming revenue deficiency. Sidney and Gurley holdouts in Nebraska, while other communities approved earlier.
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Wyoming Public Service Commission
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Kansas Corporation
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Montana
Texas
Sidney
Gurley
Mit
Cheill
Potter, Kimball
Dalton
Commission
Associated Press
Banks seek second detached teller offices in Lincoln
Lincoln AP The Nebraska Banking Department reports 18 banks have filed applications for a second detached teller office under LB312 enacted by the 1973 legislature. The measure allows two such facilities per bank.
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Lincoln
State Banking Department
Plan Focus for Regional Group Aims Realism Over Rhetoric
Nebraska Panhandle Resource Conservation Development and Planning Council members met to rewrite the annual plan of work. They target clear positive statements and real administration potential while facing no HUD funds next year.
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Bridgeport
Nebraska Panhandle
Jones
HUD
Rockey
RCD & PC
Platte
Don Siffring
Siffring
Sidewalk Sale Promoted by Sidney Chambers Group
Sidney Telegraph highlights downtown Sidney merchants hosting the annual sidewalk sale sponsored by Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. this Saturday with top buys and busy shopping.
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Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Wheat harvest lines shrink as storage and yields ease
Farmers store more on farm as bins fill and yields drop, cutting lines at country elevators. Dry weather and crews back in fields aid cutters, with bids near 3.63 to 3.41 a bushel for No 2 wheat and varied test weights.
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Sioux Army
Gurley
Lyle Mather
Chicago Board of Trade
Bruce Juelfs
Juelfs Grain Co
Potter
Sidney- Bridgeport
Dawes County
Nebraska Wheat Harvest Bulletin
Box Butte County
Sheridan County
Devel County
Kimball County
Cheyenne County
Dalton
Dalton Co-op
Larry Miller
Lodgepole
Paul Smith
Colton
Jim Deaver
Colton Grain Co
Deaver
Lorenzo
Chet Phelps
Farmers Co-op Elevator
Juelfs
Sidney
Co-op
Don Hoffman
Hoffman
Israeli couple helps harvest on Nebraska farm
In Cheyenne County Nebraska, Ehud and Jane Snir from Kibbutz Shoval Israel joined Raymond Jessen’s wheat harvest. The couple travel on a six month farm study tour learning U.S. farming, journal their trip, and plan articles for Israeli papers. They note differences between Israeli wheat and Nebraska crops and plan to visit Yellowstone and the Pacific Northwest after harvest.
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Shoval
Negev
Israel
Snir
U.S
Dif
Sairs
Jessen
Jane
Ehud
Kibbutz
National Geographic
Panhandle
Minnesota
Enid
Sea of Galilee
Parhandle
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Yellowstone National Park
Pacific Northwest
Mrs. Jessen
Cheyenne
Egging Co
Gurley
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Chadron
Kearney
Newsweek
Phros
August Gold
NRD
High
State Supreme Court
Chuck Lafler
Lafler
Planning Council
Western
Raymond Jessen
Ehpd Snir
Snirs
Ray Jessen
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