Beaver City - Kathy Wilmot of Beaver City has announced her candidacy for District 7 Board of Regents. District 7 is comprised of the western 45 counties of Nebraska, reaching from the Colorado/Wyoming line to the eastern edges of Holt and Harlan counties. Wilmot signed paperwork to enter the District 7 race at the Secretary of State’s office on Monday.

Oxford - The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees had a good audit review with their auditor Tracy Cannon. She went over the benchmarking with the board, but said the population had dropped quite a bit since the last census so some numbers may look a little off. The benchmarking compares Oxford with other similar towns. The revenues and cash reserves are where they need to be and for the most part everything is in the average range. She said they will need to keep an idea on the sewer, it still has positive cash flow, but may need looked at in the future.

CHADRON, NE (03/01/2022)-- Chadron State College student Beth Fisher, of Beaver City, NE has been awarded the Earl and Tillie Schaeffer andUnky B Reboot scholarships. Chadron State College, which was founded in 1911, is the only four-year, regionally-accredited college in the western half of Nebraska.

Four Fresh new 4-H signs have sprung up across Harlan County. This project, to update the old 4-H road signs, started in 2019 by Harlan County 4-H Council members and members of the community in hopes of promoting 4-H and bringing pride to the 4-H program. These signs line highways 183, 136 and 89. Funding for the new 4-H road signs were made possible by generous donations from long time 4-H supporters; the Kenneth Bantam family, the Jared and Michelle Baker family, Peterson Livestock of Orleans, and TwoPTurf of Orleans. Keep your eyes out for the new, and fantastic looking Harlan County 4-H signs on your next drive!

The weekly weather report is courtesy of National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer Troy Fletcher. Readings are taken at 7:00 a.m..

Open Tuesdays and Fridays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Monday was potluck hosted by Ilene Collins and Bev Brown. March birthdays are Bev Brown, Donna Soncksen, Dakota, Joanne Miller. Bingo will be March 19. The next potluck hostesses will be Virginia Cookson and Ilene Collins. The program was interesting on honoring our home state and St. Patrick’s Day with the true meaning of the shamrock. A wonderful lunch was enjoyed.

The Beaver City Community Building will be the location of the Furnas County GOP Convention. Registered Republicans are welcome to attend on March 15th at 7:00 p.m.

Arapahoe Speech students competed at District Speech in Loup City recently and the final results are: Freshman OID (Cadence Carpenter, McKenzie Ewoldt, Lael Rathbun, Sage Larson and Paisley Zodrow) placed 6 overall, Sophomore Titus Goshert placed 5th, Senior Leslie Hillman placed 5th, Senior Alese Williams placed 4th and Senior Hannah Whitson is on her way to State!!! She was the Serious Prose Champion!

Sunday dinner guests of Emma Crawford at Prairie Pines dining room were Emma’s daughter, Marilin Crawford of Papillion, NE and Emma’s son, John Crawford and wife, Julie Crawford of Arapahoe. George Probasco also ate