Benkelman News

With just less than nine months until the start of the 2010 Census on April 1, population estimates released by the Census Bureau show downward trend in rural population.A In fact, of the 13 incorporated cities and villages in the five-county area surrounding Chase County, only foura 'Palisade, Hayes Center, Elsie and Madrida 'showed declines less ...

Frances Ellen Greene Erickson, 92, of McDonald, Kan., died Friday, June 19, at the Rawlins County Hospital after suffering a stroke.

A southeast Nebraska family has received $10,000 from the Web site Overstock.com to help pay bills.

A Benkelman woman has won a $10,000 prize in an online contest sponsored by Overstock.com The Benkelman News reports that Bonnie Willis won the retailer's monthly "Family Bailout Sweepstakes," a contest that pays $10,000 directly to the creditors of one winner each month through November.

If the swine flu were to break out in Nebraska, local officials say they have new technology to connect with every hospital and health department in the state to share vital information.

The coming of spring means outdoor track season in Nebraska is in full swing despite the weather.

Two more cities are joining the list of Nebraska municipalities that charge local sales and use taxes of 1.5 percent.

Household hazardous waste collection sites will be in operation two Saturdays later this month, March 14 and March 21, at several locations in southwest Nebraska including Wauneta on March 14 and Palisade on ...

Kay and Don Phillips will celebrate their 50th anniversary with their children Saturday, Feb.

Bird-watchers in Southwest and south-central Nebraska are rewarded with collectible pewter pins created by Cambridge sculptor Gary Ginther.

His photographs caught many nuances of Laura Lutz's expressions -- the high school student that she is ... a strikingly pretty young woman ... the fashion model that she could become.

McCook Public Schools' business manager is one of the final four candidates who will be interviewed next week for the school district's superintendent position.

The Nebraska Supreme Court last week upheld a Lincoln County Judge's division of the estate of a Custer County rancher.

The search is on -- the search for the first baby born in the new year in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas.

A A A Book by author formerly of Chase County now available at The Grant Tribune-Sentinel. By Carolyn Lee The Imperial Republican A A A A memoir written by former Palisade resident Alison Johnson of Maine about ...

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 22:00 A A A It's not everyday I get to headline my column with the title of a popular Bon Jovi tune, so you can imagine how I'm relishing this opportunity and taking full advantage.