CURTIS — A beloved local tradition returns this spring as the 64th production of the Curtis Easter Pageant will be presented on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026, at 3:00 PM in Curtis at the gym at Medicine Valley High School.

Curtis - During a week meant to recognize agriculture, NCTA faculty, staff, and students have been living its values in real time. On Thursday, March 12, the Cottonwood Fire and other wildfires ignited across Nebraska, driven by dry conditions and relentless wind. What had been cattle rangeland was quickly engulfed in fast-moving flames, shifting unpredictably in the winds. For students at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, the first day of spring break took on a different meaning as learning moved beyond the classroom and into the realities unfolding around them.

With persistently dry conditions and seasonably warm temperatures combining with typical Nebraska spring winds, conditions have been ripe for fire activity for a while. Thursday, disaster struck across much of the western half of the State as the situation came to a head.

$1 Million Available for Producers who Demonstrate Nitrogen Efficiency LINCOLN, Nebraska – Agriculture producers have a new opportunity this growing season to earn extra income while cutting fertilizer costs. The Nebraska Corn Board has committed $1 million to a new Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) Program, offering payments to farmers who have demonstrated nitrogen efficiency during the 2026 growing season.

Just a another reminder that Severe Weather Awareness in Nebraska is March 2327. The annual “tornado drill” is at 10 AM CDT, March 25.

Area 4-H’ers took advantage of the sunny weather at the recent Bull Judging Clinic held at the Darr Feedlot Bull Development Center. Twelve 4-H age youth and one clover kid from across the county participated.

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, March 9th, 2026. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is pleased to announce the launch of Healthy Families Nebraska – Southwest, a voluntary home visiting program designed to support families during pregnancy and early childhood.

The Cambridge Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, March 9, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. Board member Kim Huxoll was excused from the meeting.

It has been almost three decades since the Oxford Thrift Store opened its doors in the then closed Clinic area of the hospital building in Oxford. Rhonda Scheske Barker, Glenda Hamilton and others began displaying and selling donated items in that location at that time. Then came the dream of relocating the store to Oxford’s Ogden Avenue in the downtown area. Many community volunteers were involved in renovating the chosen building and the store has been there ever since.