Thanks to the Ten Free Trees program, an effort of the Nebraska Forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, the City of Beaver City, NE received ten trees for the City Ball Park and Frisbee Golf Course project.

(February 27, 2024) – The wild and woolly first years of the Nebraska Territory is the subject of Nebraska historian Jeff Barnes’s presentation of “The Queen’s Road: Nebraska’s Bumpy Ride to Statehood” at the Curtis Community Center on Sunday, September 29, at 2 p.m. The program is presented by the Frontier County Historical Society and sponsored by Humanities Nebraska.

The Nebraska Area Health Education Center Scholars Program, based at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, recently graduated 58 students. The two-year program, part of a national initiative, prepares health professions students to serve in rural and urban underserved areas of the state.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has announced 100 Nebraska high schools as this year’s Healthy Home Team partners. A few schools in and around Medicine Valley, Maywood and Southern Valley will receive a $500 grant as partner schools, along with a team spirit sign to hang in their athletic facilities. This grant will support the schools’ efforts to promote health and well-being in their communities.

The Arapahoe City Council held their meeting on Tuesday, September 17 at 7:30 pm. Included were the CRA and City Council budget hearing meeting, CRA meeting to approve their budget, and a regular meeting immediately following.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is assisting cities and villages in the health district with education and inspections for the Clean Indoor Air Act. In 2008, Nebraska passed the Clean Indoor Air Act requiring indoor workplaces to be smoke-free as of June 1, 2009.The purpose of this act is to protect the public’s health from secondhand smoke by prohibiting smoking in public places and places of employment.

Thursday, Sept. 26: Bacon cheeseburger.

MCCOOK - In rolling to a 10-0 start without dropping a set, the Southwest volleyball team entered the McCook Invite without any real stressful moments this season. Sure, they’d trailed in a set a few times, but they’d never stared down anything remotely resembling defeat.

Curtis Fall Festival.

Curtis Fall Festival.