The Valentine Police Department had been monitoring the whereabouts of a mountain lion for the past couple weeks, and confirmed a second sighting within the Valentine city limits via video evidence early last week.

Following a public hearing to set the final personal property tax request, the commissioners voted unanimously to approve a $3,914,282.54 property tax request. The $3.91 million property tax for 2023-24 is 18.5% higher than the 2022-23 property tax request of $3,193.366.87.

AINSWORTH – Mort McBride was walking down Main Street when a man stopped him with a question. “Is there a place to buy a decent pair of boots in this town?” McBride was standing in front of a building he’d recently bought.

Drivers turning east from Main Street onto Highway 20 have noticed white striping on the east side of Main Street, where the right turning lane use to be. Carl Hart of NDOT said, 'With the new construction of the Main Street intersection, NDOT didn't make any geometry changes to the intersection, but new ADA compliant sidewalk and crosswalk ramps were installed at the intersection.' 'After observing traffic movements at the intersection, it was noticed that trucks, turning to the east onto Highway 20 from Main Street, had trailer encroachment onto the sidewalk ramps, potentially endangering pedestrians waiting at the crosswalk, or encroaching on the westbound lane of Highway 20 as indicated in the above diagram.' 'The Department evaluated the traffic count for the intersection and due to the numbers, it was decided to make the intersection one single approach,' said Hart.

The Ainsworth High School Girls Golf team competed in the Mullen Invite on Thursday, September 14th. This was a successful invite for the golfers in which two individuals, Terra Shoemaker and Braylin Rudnick, improved their career low scores that they set earlier this season.

Dates, Times and Menu Subject to Change Thursday, September 21st All Day: Volleyball Parents Night. 4:00 p.m.: Girls Golf at West Holt Quad.