CAMBRIDGE - The Valley Voice newspaper is pleased to announce that it has launched a website at valleyvoicene. corn.

Sappa Peak has an elevation of 2,231 feet and is located in Harlan County. In 1869 the 5th Calvary Lt. Jeff Volkmar discovered a stone man approximately 25 feet long that depicted a man holding a spear and a shield and wearing a medal around his neck.

Arapahoe was recently selected as 1 of 14 communities by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) to receive Planning grants under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for 2020. The awards total $510,985. Arapahoe received $43,000 for a Downtown Revitalization Study.

Furnas County Clerk Kennis McClelland issued the following statement to the Valley Voice, regarding a reported investigation into the disposal of some election envelopes from the primary election in May.

History Nebraska is pleased to announce that the results from the 2020 historic surveys for Fillmore, Furnas, Garfield and Howard Counties are complete. History Nebraska periodically conducts official historic surveys in communities across the state.

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has received reports of two additional facilities, Chase County Community Hospital and Dundy County Hospital, that have contracted to do free testing for COVID-19 through TestNebraska.

Open Tuesdays and Fridays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 210 7th Street, Arapahoe, NE 308.962.7296. To observe social distancing during the COVID 19 pandemic, call the number posted outside the building and wait for the volunteer staff to bring out your box of groceries.

MISSION MALL Thrift Store Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 1:00-5:00 p.m. Saturdays 9:oo am -1:00 p.m. Limit to 10 shoppers in store at a time and social distancing. 509 Nebraska Ave. Arapahoe, NE.

Residents had many calls from close family over the weekend which was very welcome and enjoyable. For Thanksgiving dinner, Lisa Vassar was invited to her sons fiance’s house.

Elaine Haussler went to the home of Ron and Zona Fritz west of McCook to have Thanksgiving dinner. Paula Austin of Oberlin, KS was a guest of her mother, Gara Lee Sprague, to eat dinner on Friday.