Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team continues to look formidable. Kimball cruised to victory against area rival Potter-Dix and in the process helped give Coach Trevor Anderson his 100th career victory, which was a cause for celebration, above. The Horns followed that up with a win Monday over Bridgeport in the opening round of the SPVA Tournament. See more in Observer Sports, Page B1....
The Kimball County Commissioners met in regular session on Jan. 21, addressing items tabled from the Jan. 9 meeting and new issues on the current agenda. The County Holiday Schedule for 2025 was approved. The county will recognize 15 holidays by closing the courthouse, including Dec. 24 and 25. Those same days have been declared holidays by the state and federal government. A short discussion occurred about Juneteeth. It was described as a National Independence Day celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate ending slavery in the United...
Christy Warner, KCTS administrator, and members of the KCTS Advisory Board met with the Kimball County Commissioners on Jan 2. The commissioners requested an update on KCTS to review policies and procedures, and discuss a succession plan and the success of the advisory board. Warner’s numbers show a significant increase in rides from the fiscal year 2023-24 to July to December in fiscal year 2024-25. The monthly increase in total rides range from 300 to over 1,500 from 2023-24 to the first six months of 2024-25. The informational chart b...
How Kimball Health Services staff would respond to a tornado damaging half of the new Kimball hospital and a surge of incoming patients was the focus of a panhandle-wide disaster exercise on Friday. The exercise involved a dozen healthcare-related agencies in a simulated tornado outbreak including several hospitals, public health departments, emergency medical services, emergency management agencies, long-term care facilities and others. For Kimball's part, 18 staff on the hospital's Hospital...
Good morning here, and climbing out of a deep freeze. Little moisture and extreme temperatures. Church was cancelled last Sunday due to the cold temperatures and as much as I don’t like that, I think it was a smart move. Today is the 23rd and the final full week of January. Man, does time seem to fly, whether I am having fun, or not! In Kimball this evening at 5:30 p.m. there will be a Child Care Tax Credit Information Session. It will take place at 615 E 3rd Street and will last approximately one hour. Elodie’s Oddities in Scottsbluff wil...
Max W. Revell, 72, of Kimball, died at his home in Kimball on January 16, 2025. Funeral arrangements are pending and a full obituary will be published when available. The services have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home....
Charlotte Hickman, 96, of Kimball, died on Monday, January 20, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at the Trinity United Methodist Church with Pastor Lorri Kentner officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the funeral on Thursday. Burial will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to share condolences and stories for the family. Contributions in Charlotte’s memory may be given to the family for a donation of their choice. A complete obituary w...
This week we got our second win against Potter Dix despite a slow start. I was happy with the girls' effort and intensity and we had so much fun with the throwback jerseys! I wore those jerseys during my freshman and sophomore years playing at Kimball, so it was fun to see them wearing those jerseys on the court. The atmosphere was fantastic for both the boys and girls games with the community support! Potter-Dix at Kimball Clarika Hottell 6 pts 14 reb JaLeigh Bohac 16 pts 10 reb 3blks 7 stl...
Bryant Knigge was raised and played sports in the Kimball and Potter-Dix area, although now he is assistant coach and director of analytics and scouting for the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks in Durango, Colorado. Unless you are a basketball scholar and fanatic, you may wonder what basketball analytics is. As the Skyhawks prepare to head to the Denver area to play three games this week – the 23rd with Colorado Christian University, then the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and Jan. 30 a...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team takes its show on the road Friday in a clash with North Platte St. Pats in the semifinals of the SPVA Conference Tournament. The Longhorns, 11-3, advanced to the semifinal at North Platte Community College with a 52-50 victory over Bridgeport in the tournament's opening round before a large crowd at The Arena. The game wrapped up a week in which Kimball beat visiting Prairie, 63-36, on Jan. 18, lost at Bridgeport, 45-42 on Jan. 17, and cruised past...
People from Kimball and surrounding areas showed up in droves for breakfast and the silent auction benefiting Brigsley Hinton and her parents, Trevan and Hope. Nine-month old Brigsley and her parents are forced to repeatedly travel to Denver for treatment of a low grade brain tumor at Children's Hospital. Brigsley was diagnosed at four months and has been receiving chemotherapy in the hopes of reducing the tumor. Unfortunately, the tumor has not shown signs of reduction and a new type of chemo...
The installation of three board members was the first order of business at the 2025 Kimball School Board meeting. Britni Toth, Landon Smith, and Taylor Brown took their oath of office, and then the board got down to doing the business of the school district. During the reorganization, Travis Cook was once again elected as the board president, with Jennifer Griebel as vice-president, Tom O’Brien as secretary, and Britni Toth, treasurer. Superintendent Trevor Anderson noted two significant bills when the board bills were discussed. Anderson m...
The process to rejuvenate the wastewater treatment plant continues to move forward as the Kimball City Council approved Resolution #01-2025. The council approved this resolution to file an application with USDA Rural Development for a 40 year loan in the amount of $5,863,000 to finance the wastewater treatment plant improvements. The $5,863,000 includes the improvement project, legal fees, the central beltway interceptor, and interceptor-contingencies and inflation. Wastewater expert Doug...
Landon Smith and Taylor Brown, new Kimball School Board members, take their oaths of office on Monday at the January board meeting. See story, Page A1....
Alicia M. Ramsey, age 90, of Dix, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at the Kimball County Manor. Cremation has been held and memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Brandon Yuill officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Dix Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to leave condolences and share stories with the family. Contributions in Alicia's memory may be made to Boys Town of...
Paul D. Quicke, 69, died at his home in Kimball on January 9, 2025. Following his wishes, cremation has taken place and memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Tyler White officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view his tribute wall and share stories and condolences with the family. Contributions in his memory may be given to Life Spring Wesleyan Church, 2105...
We fondly remember Richard (Rich) Howard Christenson, who passed away December 7, 2024. Rich was born March 4, 1966, in Kimball, Nebraska to Harold and Betty Christenson. Rich grew up and lived in Kimball, Nebraska. He worked for Castronics, Curley’s, the Hottells, Joe Rebein, Joe Culek, GRI and Mossberg Farms. Rich loved fishing, hunting, camping, motorcycles and the Huskers. He loved spending time with family and friends. Rich took pride in his nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and his step grand kids. Rich is survived by his l...
Dennis "DC" M. Cleveland, 74, of Kimball, died on Thursday, January 9, 2025 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Following his wishes, cremation has been held and no services will be held at this time. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view his tribute wall and share condolences and stories with the family. Contributions in his memory may be given to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The services for Dennis have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home....
The first Kimball County Commissioner meeting of 2025 was held on Thursday, January 9 at 9:00 a.m. David Hottell was sworn in as Kimball County Commissioner, replacing Carl Stander for the four-year term. The regular commissioner meeting followed the swearing-in, with many items tabled due to Elyse Lukassen's absence. While commissioner appointments to various boards and committees were tabled, Rich Flores was elected Board Chairman, and Elyse Lukassen was voted vice-chairman. The appointments...
Karen A. Bivens, 82, of Kimball, died on Monday, January 13, 2025. Memorial services are pending and a complete obituary will be published in next week’s Western Nebraska Observer. The services have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home....
SPVA Conference Tournment arrives next week for Kimball's boys and girls basketball teams. Coach Trevor Anderson's No. 3 seeded boys open at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, vs. visiting fourth seed Bridgeport. The top seed is Perkins County, which will host Hershey. The No. 6 seeded Kimball girls, meanwhile, will play 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at top seed Bridgeport. In pre-SPVA action, Longhorns basketball hosted Potter-Dix on Tuesday this week, will travel to Bridgeport on Friday, and will host...
The Kimball Longhorns Boys Basketball team went 2-1 this week as they dominated South Platte, had a hard fought victory over Haxtun, and lost a tough game on Saturday at Chase County. The team is 8-2 heading into another busy week with Potter-Dix at home on Tuesday, a road game Friday at Bridgeport and back home Saturday vs. Prairie. Against South Platte, the Longhorns jumped out to a commanding 42-21 halftime lead and put the game well out of reach with a 34 point 3rd quarter to get the clock running. The team forced South Platte into 35...
The Potter-Dix Coyote Boy’s Basketball team is another team in the panhandle that should have a better record this far in the season. Loaded with talent like junior Landon Gasseling and junior Dylan Tabor, this is a team that just needs to get settled and play together better. They have the athletes and the coaching is there, it just seems that a combination of bad luck, bad timing on their schedule, and a few losses that could and should have been wins, have kept the Coyotes from being where they should be. The last two games are typical of t...
Two incinerators – the new one and the long-established one – could be seen working on Thursday at the Clean Harbors Environmental Services plant in Kimball County. It's another step forward for the facility's major expansion that is bringing growth to Kimball. This photo was taken about three miles south of Kimball. Clean Harbors executive Paul Whiting said, "We completed most feed system checks on non-hazardous waste and moved to hazardous waste feeds one system at a time on Dec. 23. That pro...
Kim Randles lived at 208 N. Elm St. for the past 31 years. On Monday, Dec 29, at 6:45 a.m., she lost her home and she is unclear where she go after Jan 16. The Kimball Volunteer Fire Department and a local resident have paid for her hotel room until Jan 16. According to Randles, she is still suffering from the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning from the fire. She said she is experiencing body pains and difficulty breathing. When she awoke the fire was consuming the camper and she escaped to...