by admin | Nov 27, 2024 | 2-State, Local, News
The Nebraska Department of Labor announced Nebraska’s unemployment rate for October is 2.7 percent. The rate is unchanged from the September rate and is up 0.2 percentage points from the October 2023 rate of 2.5 percent. For the fifth straight month, Nebraska’s rate...
by admin | Nov 27, 2024 | 2-State, Local, News
Several lakes on the Valentine Refuge experienced severe to moderate winterkill during the winter of 2022. Stocking of these lakes occurred during the spring and fall of 2023 with bluegill, yellow perch, largemouth bass, and northern pike. Black crappie were stocked...
by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | 2-State, Local, News
The Wood Lake Fire Department spent a couple hours on the scene of a small fire Tuesday morning. At about 4:30 Tuesday morning, firemen were paged to the report of a fire at a storage shed owned by Dan Cozad. Wood Lake Fire Chief Craig O’Kiefe stated that the...
by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | 2-State, Local, News
Valentine City Manager Shane Siewart announced that the Valentine Police Department has named Jamon Slama as new police chief, effective Thursday, November 28. Slama will be taking the position held by current chief Dana Miller for the past decade. Slama began with...
by admin | Nov 26, 2024 | 2-State, Local, News
Time is quickly running out for the public to submit nominations for the 2025 Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame. Nominations are due by December 31, 2024. Started in 2006, the Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame continues to honor the men and women who have made a...
by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | 2-State, Local, News, Sports
Several close games and a couple of upsets on this weeks KVSH Pigskin Prediction card made for a difficult week. Hardly anyone picked Auburn to beat Texas A&M and Alabama losing to Oklahoma was mind blower. Also North Carolina and Colorado both losing cost some...