Niobrara National Scenic River Superintendent Stephen Thede accepted a new position as the Superintendent of Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding, Idaho starting on May 9, 2021. “I will miss living and working in Valentine” stated Thede.

KBR Rural Public Power A regular meeting of KBR Rural Public Power District Board of Directors will be held Monday, April 5th at 1:00 p.m. in the District Office at 374 North Pine Street, Ainsworth.

As a primary care physician, I walk with my patients as they face many of life’s challenges. Facing the diagnosis of dementia may be one of the hardest. Any chronic illness involves loss, but dementia threatens the loss of not only ability and independence, but of the very self.

Alpha Delta Chapter of DKG met March 20th at the Pizza Place in Bassett. Five members were present and after answering roll call made a donation to Read Aloud Nebraska.

The Johnstown Fire Department with the assistance of the Ainsworth Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Monday afternoon, March 22nd. The fire was located a couple miles south of Highway 20 on the Ainsworth Airport road. The fire, which started from embers being blown from burning some construction debris was quickly extinguished.

Our Constitution’s framers affirmed our right to bear arms through the Second Amendment for an important reason; to provide Americans with means of protection and self-defense. This week Democrats brought to the House floor two bills they claim would protect safety by restricting gun ownership. I will always be vigilant in protecting Nebraskans’ Second Amendment rights, and I opposed both bills because they would do far more to harm the rights of law-abiding Americans than to address any real problem.