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CAMBRIDGE - The Tri Valley Health System Board of Trustees has commenced a search for a new CEO to lead Tri Valley Health System and expects to name a new CEO by April 1, 2024. Applications are being accepted until March 1, 2024.

CAMBRIDGE - Pinpoint Communications announced Tuesday that it received additional Nebraska Broadband Bridge Program Grant Funding that will allow it to continue to expand its high-speed broadband service to underserved areas of Furnas and Red Willow counties.

The Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) awards banquet held on Saturday, January 13, was the culmination event for the program’s seventh year of farm management competitions. The TAPS program was created by University of Nebraska educators and specialists, as an innovative way of connecting producers to industry professionals and offering a way of testing out new, advancing technologies through farm management competitions facilitated in North Platte, Neb., at the West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center.

HAYES CENTER - the Maywood-Hayes Center girls and boys basketball teams each took victories over red-hot Paxton squads Friday as the girls improved to 12-1 with a 40-37 victory and the boys moved to 11-2 with a 55-30 triumph.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - The Southern Valley girls basketball team beat Bertrand and Centennial last Thursday and Saturday. The Eagles defeated the Vikings 54-12 and the Broncos 53-43.

Recently I had the privilege to join the Governor, various leaders of Nebraska religious groups, and my fellow Senators in the tradition of declaring January 16 th as Religious Freedom Day. Religious Freedom Day was first signed by proclamation by President Bush in 1993 and has continued to be proclaimed by every President each year after. President Bush chose January 16th as the date based upon Thomas Jefferson’s draft bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia.

The United States champions the right of free and fair elections around the globe. Wherever political machines are abused to interfere in elections, American administrations have spoken out against those abuses — and the Biden administration is no exception.

As we begin a new year, consider how a little planning could help relieve stress and make best use of your resources. In an effort to eat more meals and snacks from home, set aside 30-60 minutes each week to do menu planning, suggests Nebraska Extension Food Educator Kayla Hinrichs working in Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley counties .