Lebanon News

Ever-increasing fuel prices were reflected Monday morning in the bids for the gravel that Red Willow County commissioners will use to cover 600 miles of county roads.

“It was important to attempt to determine the infection rate of deer in this area”

News - State/Regional News Authorities: Deer along SW state border are healthy by McCook Gazette - 3/13/2008 LINCOLN--Sixty-three deer have turned up negative for chronic wasting disease, in a testing project ... via North Platte Bulletin

“In response to the CWD positives that were detected during the Nebraska and Kansas firearm deer seasons, it was important to attempt to determine the infection rate of deer in this area”

Testing of deer for chronic wasting disease along the Kansas border produced negative test results. via Buckmasters Whitetail Magazine

Among other action Monday, the Red Willow County commissioners purchased a used 2003 928Gz Caterpiller front-end loader from Nebraska Machinery, North Platte. via McCook Daily Gazette

“Twenty years ago, the county paid $5-6,000 to get these projects done.”

Red Willow County commissioners were a little surprised that no one appeared at their meeting Monday morning to comment on a proposal to combine the Lebanon and Beaver voting districts in southeast Red Willow ... via McCook Daily Gazette

Housekeeping business in connection with the start of a new year and a number of other items are on the agenda for Monday's meeting of the Red Willow County board of commissioners. via McCook Daily Gazette

“As Secretary of State of the United States, I'm [also] working very hard on Iraq, on Afghanistan, of course, Lebanon, Northeast Asia and North Korea.”

What would you do if you were the American Secretary of State and you didn't want Israelis and Palestinians to reach an agreement? You might start by focusing most of your public activity on the Arab-Israeli ... via Jerusalem Post

QUESTION: Madame Secretary, you've invested a lot of time and effort in the last year in the Middle East. via State Department

“Unilateral sanctions rarely, ever work”

The new, unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran will not work and will only unify the Iranians, said Sen. via Omaha World-Herald