Olivia Thomas Storytelling

For nearly 30 years, local kindergartners have traveled back in time to wash laundry by hand, create their own rope and shell corn until...

Twelve Panhandle high schools brought a total of 749 students to the Western Nebraska Community College for a full day of music Thursday,...

Local Ukrainian aiding humanitarian effort after helping family escape war-torn country On Feb. 24, Alex Tkachenko woke up at 5 a.m. to...

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”...

As the primary election nears, gubernatorial candidate Jim Pillen made his fourth stop in Scottsbluff during a visit to western Nebraska...

A couple hundred Scottsbluff High School students walked out the front doors of the school Thursday, April 14, in a planned protest. The...

Nine of the 12 candidates vying for a seat on the Gering School Board outlined their positions on key issues during a candidate forum...

Three mayoral candidates spent Thursday, April 7, telling constituents why they should get their votes during a virtual forum at the...

It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic heavily affected schools and disrupted the learning process. Now, there is additional data...

Lincoln Elementary kindergarten students celebrated their 100th day of school with a variety of learning fun. *Originally published in...

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...

Kimball junior Xavier Thomas-Lewis was touring colleges on the East Coast while visiting his brother Nicholas over winter break when he...

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...

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...

After a day-long public hearing with a packed audience, the Gering Public School board voted to terminate the contract of high school...

ne summer night in 1980, 22-year-old Tom Downey left his house around 1 a.m. to chase a lightning storm with his old 1950s-era press...

“Sing with me! You know the words!” Vince Ramirez shouts to the crowd at Backaracks in between verses of a country song. The room is...

Last year’s test scores have revealed, albeit with a number of analysis caveats, that Nebraska public school students’ academic...

*This column contains strong/violent imagery. One of the things I love about my job is how unexpected it can be sometimes. Take this...

With holiday parties and get-togethers around the corner, a new conversation starter that has already become quite popular for small talk...