The East top-seeded Southwest girls basketball team rolled past eighth-seeded Medicine Valley in Saturday’s first round RPAC Tournament game, 46-18. The Roughriders scored 18 points in the opening quarter and stifled the Raiders while building a 31-5 lead at the half.

LINCOLN - The Public Alliance for Community Energy (ACE) elected Board of Director officers and at-large Executive Committee members for fiscal year 2025-26 at the ACE Board Annual Meeting held Jan. 22 in Kearney, Neb.

Scott Eldon Orcutt, 58, of Ogallala, passed away on January 27, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska. Scott was born in Fountain, Colorado, on October 17, 1966, to Harold Earl Orcutt and Elva May (Geising) Orcutt.

Kermit Smith was awarded his 50 year pin for serving on the Eustis Ag Society Board. He was awarded his pin by teh Nebraska Association of Fair Board Managers on Saturday, January 25 in Kearney.

YORK, Neb. (January 23, 2025) - York University announced the students named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 term.

Cub Scouts Pack 236 hold Pinewood Derby.

A total of 116 students qualified for the President’s List during the 2024 fall semester at Mid-Plains Community College. To make the list, each student had to complete 12 or more applicable credit hours in college-level courses and maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.9 or greater on a 4.0 scale.

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A total of 154 students qualified for the Mid-Plains Community College Dean’s List during the 2024 fall semester. To make the list, students had to complete 12 or more applicable credit hours of college-level courses and maintain an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 – 3.89 on a 4.0 scale.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) encourages parents and young adults to know if they are protected from HPV. Human Papillomavirus or HPV is a common virus that can cause cancer later in life.