Morrill County News

When the last of the domestic horse slaughterhouses closed up a couple years ago, many animal advocates and horse owners applauded the move as humane.

Morrill County addresses are changing, at least the rural variety anyway. In order to facilitate EMS and 911 calls, the Morrill County Roads Department sent letters to all residents of rural Bayard and Bridgeport telling them that all rural roads would be changing over to a regular address with a county road designation and would no longer be using ...

Clay Malory Berry, 85, of Bridgeport, passed away peacefully Friday morning, Sept.

The Morrill County attorney says natural causes killed a 31-year-old Bayard man who died after being arrested.

Morrill County Attorney Jean Rhodes says the death of a 32 year old Bayard man while in police custody has been certified to be from natural causes.

A day after it was announced birds in Morrill and Dawes counties tested positive for West Nile Virus, Scotts Bluff County Health Director Bill Wineman says a mosquito sample west of Morrill has also tested positive for the disease.

Two dead birds from Dawes and Morrill counties have tested positive for West Nile Virus this week.

Two dead birds from Dawes and Morrill counties have tested positive for West Nile Virus this week.

The Panhandle Area Development District is accepting applications for housing rehabilitation funds.

The scheduled September 9th jury trial for a Morrill County mustang ranch owner has been postponed, tentatively until the January jury term in Morrill County District Court.

Out fixing fences washed out by a hard spring rain in 1981, Morrill County rancher Verlin Livingston and his son Mark made a chilling discovery.

A 14 year old Broadwater youth died over the weekend in a rural Morrill county accident.

Local cattlemen are taking on industry challenges head on. On Tuesday, eleven Morrill County Cattlemen members completed the newly developed Masters of Beef Advocacy program.

As Scotts Bluff County is conducting their property valuation protest hearings this week, a Central City appraisal firm is continuing the reappraisal that began June first of all Morrill County land.

After 45 years of service to Nebraska youth in need of out-of-home placement, the board of directors of the Nebraska Boys Ranch has decided to suspend services, which means the elimination of 14 staff positions.

A Bayard woman charged with violating a Bayard city ordinance for keeping chickens at her home has been found guilty and fined $100. The ruling was made Wednesday by Morrill County Court Judge James Worden after 42 year old Marsha Mason fought the citation given to her April 22nd by Bayard Police.

The heavy rain, hail and high winds that swept through Nebraska in June were so damaging to some areas that Gov.

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture.

The powerful storm that flew out of Wyoming into Nebraska's Panhandle left behind piles of hail but apparently did no major damage and caused no injuries.

Two to five inches of rain fell in northern Morrill County Wednesday afternoon causing lowland flooding.