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Second graders learn about shaking butter, planting relays at AgSplosion event
Local second grade students learned agriculture can be fun during the AgSplosion event at the Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension...

Olivia Wieseler
Sep 4, 20222 min read
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Six Gering school board candidates advance to general election
The primary election on Tuesday, May 10, cut the number of candidates for the three open spots on the Gering School Board in half as six...

Olivia Wieseler
Sep 3, 20222 min read
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Ewing, Hubbard advance for Gering mayor
Half-cent sales increase passes. A future of leading the City of Gering is one step closer as Kent Ewing and Eldon Hubbard advance to the...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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Pioneers make new plan as city approves new lease for Oregon Trail Park Stadium
The Gering City Council approved a proposal by the Western Nebraska Pioneers and entered into a new lease agreement with owners Chuck and...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 24, 20225 min read
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Local kindergartners take a ‘Trip through Time’ at Legacy to experience history firsthand
For nearly 30 years, local kindergartners have traveled back in time to wash laundry by hand, create their own rope and shell corn until...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 20, 20222 min read
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High school music students participate in District Music Contest Thursday
Twelve Panhandle high schools brought a total of 749 students to the Western Nebraska Community College for a full day of music Thursday,...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 19, 20222 min read
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‘I know the country … I can make a difference’
Local Ukrainian aiding humanitarian effort after helping family escape war-torn country On Feb. 24, Alex Tkachenko woke up at 5 a.m. to...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 15, 20227 min read
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GHS students ready for 'Bye Bye Birdie'
A flurry of energy will be seen on the Gering High School auditorium stage April 21-23 as musical students throwback to the “Golden Age”...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 13, 20222 min read
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Gov. candidate Jim Pillen outlines four main pillars of campaign during fourth stop in Scottsbluff
As the primary election nears, gubernatorial candidate Jim Pillen made his fourth stop in Scottsbluff during a visit to western Nebraska...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 11, 20223 min read
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SHS students stage walkout, protest sexual harassment and abuse
A couple hundred Scottsbluff High School students walked out the front doors of the school Thursday, April 14, in a planned protest. The...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 8, 20224 min read
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Curriculum, grading scale among key issues for Gering school board candidates
Nine of the 12 candidates vying for a seat on the Gering School Board outlined their positions on key issues during a candidate forum...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 6, 20224 min read
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Gering mayoral candidates tackle key issues in forum
Three mayoral candidates spent Thursday, April 7, telling constituents why they should get their votes during a virtual forum at the...

Olivia Wieseler
Aug 4, 20223 min read
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A number of Panhandle graduation rates see slight dip in COVID years
It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic heavily affected schools and disrupted the learning process. Now, there is additional data...

Olivia Wieseler
May 23, 20225 min read
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Lincoln Elementary kindergartners celebrate 100th day of school
Lincoln Elementary kindergarten students celebrated their 100th day of school with a variety of learning fun. *Originally published in...

Olivia Wieseler
May 20, 20221 min read
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SHS junior Riley Ibero scores 36 on ACT, credits math competitions as preparation
On the morning of Dec. 21, Scottsbluff junior Riley Ibero got out of bed and hopped in the shower to get ready for the day. It wasn’t...

Olivia Wieseler
May 17, 20223 min read
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Kimball junior gets 36 on ACT, Kimball alum awarded Rhodes Scholarship
Kimball junior Xavier Thomas-Lewis was touring colleges on the East Coast while visiting his brother Nicholas over winter break when he...

Olivia Wieseler
May 4, 20227 min read
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Local haiku author Ryan Ray describes how he uses his outlet for expression
With a cool breeze blowing through the wisps of his hair, Ryan Ray, of Gering, walks along the Monument Pathway next to the calm North...

Olivia Wieseler
Apr 3, 20224 min read
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Historian Jerry Lucas shares his 15 years of research on the legend of Hiram Scott
In late 1827 upon his company’s arrival back to St. Louis, Missouri, General William Ashley decided to send a group of men back out west...

Olivia Wieseler
Mar 26, 20227 min read
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NSCAS test scores released, learning loss evident
Last year’s test scores have revealed, albeit with a number of analysis caveats, that Nebraska public school students’ academic...

Olivia Wieseler
Mar 11, 20225 min read
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City of Gering passes annexation
After a pair of special meetings, both with split votes, the Gering City Council passed the ordinance to annex around 45 tracts of land...

Olivia Wieseler
Feb 20, 20222 min read
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