Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball City Administrator Annette Brower has distributed information about the next STAR Roundtable session to help small businesses make the most of working with the federal govvernment and large contractors during the Sentinel missile project. The idea is to strategize. STAR is an acronym for Strategic Team Alliance Roundtable. The roundtable – a webinar being hosted by the Wyoming SBDC – will hegin 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Small business representatives will be able to connect with panelists successfully performing as prime and sub... Full story
Holy Cow, August is here! The summer is sure flying for someone who is not having that much fun. Wheat harvest here in Banner County has looked pretty good, and in Scotts Bluff County, and Kimball, it has looked good at least in places. I recently road on a combine for a while and it sure was different than the last time I climbed those steps. There was no buddy seat and you had to drive. The cutting continues. Here at home, school starts soon, and the staff is due to be back on the 14th. So soon. There is a school board meeting on Monday, the...
The small village of Bushnell celebrates this year’s “Bushnell Day” with exciting events, presentations, entertainment, and food and craft vendors. Saturday, August 19th, kicks off with a parade at 10:00 a.m. followed by events in the park, including cow tongue football at 11:00 a.m. and a cornhole tournament at 2:00 p.m. Events at the Fire Hall include a hog roast at 5:00 p.m. and a dance featuring the Martin Gilmore Band at 7:00 p.m. There are plenty of things to keep both adults and kids busy throughout the day. The park will be fille...
Members of the Central Banner 4-H Club, at left, tied fleece blankets to donate to Kimball Health Services this year. The club makes blankets to donate each spring to an area hospital as a community service project. Now it's on to the Kimball Banner County Fair, which will keep many area 4-H Club and FFA members plenty busy through Aug. 13....
Wheat harvest has begun in and around the Kimball area. The recent days of 90-plus degree weather "gets things dried out," according to Frenchman Valley Coop's Hope Hinton. On Monday, cutting is happening "all over" north of Potter, north and south of Kimball, and south of Dix, she said. Hinton predicted that they will be in the harvest mode until the middle of August because of the large area that FVC covers. On Monday in the FVC office, the harvest crew was training for the long days of... Full story
At the Kimball City Council meeting on July 18, City Administrator Annette Brower addressed key issues regarding the missile project. Brower said the Pioneer Camp will be in place in 2024 and the Housing Hub for hundreds of project workers at a time will be built and operational in 2025. The Pioneer Camp will house workers who will construct the hub. In another matter, Mayor John Morrison commented on a story on July 13 front page of the Observer about Hometown Hardware. Referring to a water main break that affected the business, Morrison said...
Chief Jose Ruiz of the Kimball Police Department reported at the Kimball City Council on meeting a lengthy list of happenings. During the council meeting, the department also added two more officers to the ranks. New Kimball policemen include Sgt. Jose Barboza and Officer Colton McKenzie. Meanwhile, the department is in the process of nine abatements regarding residential maintence, while 16 have been completed, and three abatements are with the city attorney. In response to the semi-parking...
Good morning! Harvest is getting underway, so please no more rain for just a little while. Although we all are so thankful for the rain, it sure would be nice to get a few of those crops in! More to follow soon, right? Combines and the crews with them have been putting in many long hours trying to beat the weather. Beginning this week, Thursday, July 27th three bands out of Colorado will play at the 18th Street Plaza between 6 - 9 p.m. Cory Pearman and Loop Story are both soft rock bands, and Float Like A Buffalo is a funk horn band. Not sure a... Full story
While Mike's Greenhouse in Kimball has hit the end of the season for selling tomatoes, peppers and other starter plants, Mike Schepker looks forward to his real adventure, his true love, mining for gold. Wyoming Game and Fish has set July 1 to Sept. 10 as the Wyoming mining season. The season was set up as a window between the spawning seasons of trout in the spring and fall. Mike packs up his RV and heads west to Snowy Range to mine for gold and other precious gems. "It is a lot of hard work,...
The Kimball County Commissioners went into executive session Tuesday to discuss and consider approval of an agreement for the sale of the High Point Welcome Center of Western Nebraska property and adjacent land. When the commissioners returned to open session, no action was taken as following previous executive sessions regarding the matter, although they did state that a decision would be made on Aug 1. In a public comment period, Jack Shaw of Kimball addressed the commissioners concerning the planned relocation of the courthouse handicap...
Kimball County Transit Service celebrated its expanded service on July 12 with an open house and ribbon cutting. Officials from the Nebraska Department of Transportation and Mobility Management were on hand to celebrate, along with local and regional officials. The new extended service was launched July 11 between Kimball and Scottsbluff, known as the Sky Line. Also, operation began on the Sun Line route from Kimball to Sidney and Chappell. KCTS also runs the Red Line from Scottsbluff to... Full story
Teresa Gonzalez of Kimball is facing three felony charges – including domestic first degree assault, possession of a controlled substance, and terroristic threats – and two misdemeanor charges from an incident on July 8 at the First Interstate Inn. Gonzalez is being held in North Platte on $50,000 bond. On July 8, Gonzalez took her partner, who had a stab wound in his abdomen, to Kimball Health Services. Kimball County Sheriff Dave Hottell interviewed the victim July 13 at Regional West Medical Center, where he stated that “Teresa had stabb...
Good morning! Well summer is definitely here and isn’t it grand? Hot weather, weeds and all, I sure would rather have the heat to complain about instead of the cold! One of my very best friends would not agree with me at all and I understand, but for now I am happy with the heat, maybe in a month or so I will not be so much! Before we get into all of the things going on this next week I would like to congratulate Isaac Olsen on his recent experience with the Nebraska Ambassadors of Music Band and Choir. This group of 185 band members and 150 c... Full story
At approximately 3:15 p.m. Monday, Nebraska State Patrol troopers received a report of a single-vehicle crash approximately four miles west of Highway 71 on County Road 52 in Kimball County, troopers told the Observer on Tuesday. Upon arrival, troopers located a Ford Explorer on its roof. The driver of the vehicle, identified as Erin Dixon, 51, of Deer Trail, Colorado, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The woman is believed to have moved recently to Kimball County, a Dix resident told the Observer. The 16-year-old passenger was transported... Full story
A few days after the July 4 holiday in 2021, Hometown Hardware in Kimball opened its doors and celebrated June as a "super" financial month. They had made it through COVID and were looking forward to the summer months. "We were never going to get rich," Marilyn Patterson said. "You just hope you can pay your wages and pay your bills. We always paid our bills." The building at 212 S. Chestnut has been a centerpiece of the downtown area for generations, but the future of Hometown Hardware and the...
On Monday evening, the Kimball School Board accepted the resignation of FFA Advisor/Ag Instructor Sally Wheeler. Wheeler had been with the Kimball Schools for nine years and accepted a position with the Pine Bluffs High School. Emily Sowards will replace her. Britni Toth took the oath of office as the newest Kimball School Board member. Board member Ken Smith was elected to the office of treasurer. Superintendent Trevor Anderson updated the board about ongoing projects, including repairs and...
In a few weeks, County Road 59 South, otherwise known as the Dix road, will receive two coats of chip seal. At the present time, the tubes or culverts have been installed, and there are about 3½ miles left to patch before the chip seal project begins. The badly needed repairs will help improve the life of the blacktop and hopefully repair potholes. Randy Bymer, road superintendent, said the packer price is set to increase for the chip seal project. In other news discussed at Tuesday’s Kimball County Commissioners meeting, Bymer said the Ro... Full story
Kimball firefighters and their little buddies enjoy a ride atop a fire truck during Fourth of July festivities at Gotte Park. Nebraska State Patrol troopers also were on hand, along with local families. At Kimball Swimming Pool, this year's party surpassed last year's in awards for kids and adults.... Full story
Eileen M. Dudney's yard, home and retaining wall at 501 S. Washington received Yard of the Week. For some time, Eileen wanted to do something to her retaining wall. She considered a religious painting but settled on a Huskers theme. Carlos De La Cruz from Scottsbluff did the artwork for Eileen. In her younger days, Eileen had more than 135 varieties of flowers throughout her flower beds, but at 93 years old Eileen has given up on the flower beds.... Full story
Kimball Mary Lynch third grader Able Kuhns, 9, has been playing pool for more than half his life, and his experience is showing. The left-hander began playing when he could just sit on the table and hold the shaft of the cue, but more recently Able has entered the competitive ranks. With tons of tournaments already under his cue, Able is off to play in the VNEA Junior National Championships in Sioux City, Neb., and will compete against 45 pool players in the youth division. The tournament is Jul... Full story
Speculation on the location of the Northrup Grumman Work-Force-Hub site continues in the Kimball community. Northrup Grumman has yet to release the location, but representative Matt Dillow detailed a timeline at a June 28 community meeting in Kimball and gave an update on the Sentinel missile project. The Hub, much like a man camp, is expected to be operational in 2025. The Hub will be preceded by a preliminary camp known as the “Pioneer Camp.” Those at the Pioneer Camp will construct the Hub. Dillow gave a generalized timeline and thought the...
LINCOLN – Gov. Jim Pillen and the Nebraska Department of Education recognized a select number of students from across Nebraska – one from none other than Kimball – who earned the top score of 36 on the American College Testing (ACT) exam. Among those achieving the top score was 2023 Kimball High School graduate Xavier Thomas-Lewis. He was an honor roll student, active in activities, and a member of the track, cross country and cheer teams. Only one quarter of 1 percent of U.S. students earn the perfect score. The ceremony was in the Rotunda of... Full story
On Wednesday, June 28, a massive tornado touched down 12 miles south of Kimball near the home of Justin and Hilary Cook. Justin took this photo outside their back door, then rushed back into the basement for cover. Hilary said that witnesses believed that the twister was on the ground about 10 miles but did not cause great damange in the rural area. It came just two days after a tornado touched down near south Kimball. In the upper photo, a tornado Monday was believed to have blown down power... Full story
A large crowd gathered in Kimball Monday morning to see a piece of history and a showpiece of the Union Pacific, the Big Boy No. 4014. The steam locomotive was returning to its home base in Cheyenne after a trip to the College World Series. The Big Boy No. 4014 was built in 1941 and restored in 2013 to travel to special events. Onlookers included young and old, first-time viewers, Kimball residents, and train enthusiasts from across the nation. One young man carried around a miniature model Big... Full story
Here's a portion of the 150 acres that the City of Kimball annexed on the west side of Highway 71 on the south end of the city. Clean Harbors has acquired a 60-acre, 120-lot section of the land for housing to help accommodate new employees as it expands....