Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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According to Panhandle Public Health District, five new cases of COVID-19 were reported since March 1 in Kimball County. The PPHD’s risk dial remains in the yellow or moderate category for the Panhandle. However, Kimball, Scottsbluff, Box Butte and Sheridan counties are in the high-risk level category. Last week, Kimball County had no new cases of the virus and other countries also experienced a drop in numbers; PPHD Director Kim Engel said, “How quickly things can change.” As of Monday, 21.3% of Panhandle adults have received the COVID... Full story
Here comes the Kimball spring sports season – a year after COVID-19 wiped out the track and golf seasons and two years since the last competitions. "After taking last year off, all schools will have a lot of work to do to make up for lost time so we will all be on an equal playing field," Longhorns activities director Ken Smith told the Observer. For Kimball, March 20 is go time. That's when the boys and girls track teams open their seasons at the Chadron State indoor meet. About 25 s... Full story
Students from across the Panhandle attended the District 12 FFA contest in Kimball on Wednesday. Over 180 students from 20 different schools participated in various competitions, including Meat Judging, Livestock Judging, Biotechnology, Nursery/Landscaping, AgriScience, and Agronomy. First-year teacher Kortni Burnett brought 15 students from Bridgeport. She would have had an additional 20 students, but the Bridgeport basketball team made it to State and those other 20 students went to Lincoln...
On Friday, March 12, and Monday, March 15, the City of Kimball will have its regular power source, Western Area Power Administration, shut off for updates. Still, the City’s power plant will operate its generators to power the city, although the power may not be consistent throughout the day. The city has requested that businesses and residents prepare for possible disruptions, fluctuations and outages. The city is urging people to protect sensitive equipment by unplugging it. The Kimball County Transit building at Chestnut and Highway 30 w...
The Kimball Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a grassfire just off the south lanes of Highway 71 on Monday afternoon. They contained the flames quickly despite the warn, dry conditions over several days prior....
The Kimball School Board met for a full agenda on Monday evening. The board approved the items on the agenda, the minutes of the past two meetings, board bills and the treasurer’s report. Superintendent Trevor Anderson’s report explained that Kimball Public School would receive $271,376 as part of the ESSER II funds. ESSER is the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund to help districts deal with the effects of COVID-19 funded by the Nebraska Department of Education. Anderson’s report also stated that Kimball Public Schools would recei...
Livestock judging participants look at the hogs during the FFA District 12 contest in Kimball. See story on Page A1 and another photo on A5....
On Monday afternoon, Dave Roberts works a field for Mike Reuter. Roberts was land-finishing on cornstalks just east of Kimball. Other area farmers were busy putting fertilizer on their fields before the snow hit....
Good morning Banner County! The beautiful spring tease is about to cool off by about a 15/20 degree drop, but it sure has been nice to have such great weather. Along with that change we will also be springing forward with our clocks beginning on Sunday, March 14th. This week at the local schoolhouse they will be in school. Not a whole lot of outside activities, great, huh? A heads up for them also, concerning Friday, March 19th. That will be a regular school day with an early 1:00 p.m. dismissal. We extend our sympathy to the local Olsen famili...
Banner County High School freshman Jacob Parsons takes the written test for the Meat Judging contest at the District 12 FFA Contest in Kimball. See story on Page A1....
Antonia C. Bourlier, 94, of Kimball, died at Kimball Health Services on Monday, March 1, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kimball with Father Mike McDermott and Father Robert Karnish officiating. The service will be live streamed through the Cantrell Funeral Home Facebook Page. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery following the funeral service. Visitation will be held from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. on Monday at the... Full story
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball team had its best season in 13 years, finishing with an 18-5 record, a D2-11 Sub District title, and a trip to the D2-5 District final before falling to the Loomis Wolves 83-45. The team set many records during the season, including fewest points allowed in a game (19 against Peetz) and fewest points allowed per game average, 45.0. The previous record was 52.9 set in the 1988-89 season. There were many individual records set during the season, including senior Javo...
The Potter-Dix High School speech team is heading back to State. The Coyotes, five-time State champions since 2002, qualified for the D1 state competition at Kearney High School on March 19 after winning this year's District and Minuteman Activities Conference championships. Potter-Dix's speech pedigree is most impressive. Since the turn of the century, the team won D1 state titles in 2002 and 2012 and D2 titles in 2011, 2016 and 2019. For good measure, they were D1 runners-up in 1998, 2010 and...