Performers to place emphasis on 'Thanksgiving'

McCook Daily Gazette - Tue Nov 24

Mark Saturday, Nov. 28. 2009 on your calendars. It promises to be a special night in the musical history of Southwest Nebraska.

Federal road funding on track

McCook Daily Gazette - Tue Nov 24

The "responsible charge person" for Red Willow County assured commissioners during their meeting Monday morning that the county's documentation on federal aid and federal stimulus road projects is "on track and moving forward." Karl Elmshaeuser of the West Central Nebraska Development District in Ogallala and Red Willow County's "RC person" for ...

Hospital, city work together to promote recycling

McCook Daily Gazette - Mon Nov 23

Stacey Aguilar and Derek Sailors, Community Hospital employees heading up the hospital's recycling efforts, sort items into the City of McCook's recycling trailer.

Water release from Red Willow Dam

Omaha World-Herald - Thu Nov 19

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it will continue to release water from a southwest Nebraska reservoir to relieve stress on a damaged dam.

Bureau still studying Red Willow Dam, lowering lake

McCook Daily Gazette - Thu Nov 19

Cracking in the embankment caused a sinkhole in a dam north of McCook, and water continues to be released from the lake behind it while officials try to decide what to do next.

WWII pilots died for our country on Nebraska soil

North Platte Bulletin - Wed Nov 18

Wreckage of the B-17 near Wellfleet, April 10, 1945. In a pasture south of Wellfleet, a low-altitude B-17 'Flying Fortress' flew into a ridge in the dark, slashing a long furrow in the Nebraska soil.

Neb. County to Liquidate Collateral

KTIC - Wed Nov 18

Officials say Pawnee Aviation borrowed $200,000 from the county in 2004 and later received a grant of $100,000. The grant depended on the company creating and maintaining full-time jobs.

Irrigators calling for fair treatment

McCook Daily Gazette - Wed Nov 18

James Williams, left, of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, answers questions from Culbertson farmers Francis Freihe, and Roland Miller, at the special meeting Tuesday at the city auditorium.

'Annie' auditions set Nov. 23, 29

McCook Daily Gazette - Tue Nov 17

Audition times have been set for the 2010 upcoming Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre musical, "Annie". Directors are Christy Stevens; Kathy Latta, music; and Robin Marks, choreographer.

Engineering firm ends services to avoid funding threat

McCook Daily Gazette - Tue Nov 17

The McCook engineering consulting firm of Miller and Associates resigned effective Monday morning as Red Willow County's roads superintendent.