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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The public is invited to attend a meeting March 12 concerning a possible reduction in hours for the Champion Post Office. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Champion Community Center. The U.S. Postal Service (USP...
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By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Sequestration. We’ve heard about it for months as the country came up on a March 1 deadline which would trigger automatic spending cuts to the federal budget totaling $85 billion. Just so we’re on the same p...
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■ Editor’s note: This story on Grant graduate Erin (Chrisman) Goings first appeared in a recent issue of The Fence Post. It has been edited and reprinted here with permission.By Lindsey SalestromLincoln, Neb. The arid plains of western Nebraska have...
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By Joseph Moore, Bethany KnippNebraska News Service Panelists at a gun violence discussion at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln agreed that a lack of access to mental health care and family dysfunction are the roots of American gun crime. Point Blank: A...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Western Nebraska didn’t fare too well at the Nebraska State High School Girls’ Basketball tournament last weekend. Of the five area teams that qualified, only Hershey made it past their first round game last Thurs...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Basketball official Miles Colson of Imperial capped off his season last week as one of 36 officials selected state wide to officiate in the girls’ state tournament. This marks Colson’s third trip to the state t...
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Very little produces school spirit and intensity more than participation in a championship sporting event. On Saturday, March 9, the best boys’ high school basketball teams in the state vie for championship trophies in six different classes in competit...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Several area and western Nebraska basketball teams will make the trip to Lincoln for the boys’ state basketball tournament that opens today (Thursday). In Class D2, Chase County will be represented by eighth-seede...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Seniors Kale Gockley, Brian Bell and Hunter Spady earned the recognition as honorary captains for the 2012-13 Longhorn boys’ basketball team. Gockley served as the team’s point guard and Bell and Spady came in ...
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Drought and an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in 2012 caused significant reductions in whitetail deer populations, permit sales and harvest. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission responded to the outbreak in October by reducing antlerle...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican More than 260 players in grades 4, 5 and 6 converged on the community Saturday for the annual Imperial Youth Basketball Tournament. Coordinator Alex McNair said the day involved 33 teams, including 17 girls’ squads ...
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Mid-Plains Community College is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The college will host a visit April 24-26 with a team representing the Higher Learning Commi...
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Those of Irish descent and those who would like to be want to attend the St. Patrick’s Day concert put on by the Sandhills Symphony Orchestra in North Platte. The free March 17 concert will begin at 3 p.m. CT in the North Platte High Performing Arts Cen...
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Private pesticide safety training and chemigation certification will take place at the Crossroads Wesleyan Church, later this month. Pesticide training will start at 1 p.m. MT and chemigation certification will take place at 5:30 p.m. MT. There is a $30 ...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The Chase County Schools speech team took second place at the McCook Speech Invitational in McCook Saturday. Most team members also scored medals. Arapahoe High School placed first, while McCook High School took third...
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People in the Champion area Saturday may have thought a fire was underway southwest of that community. Rather, it was a valuable practice exercise involving the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department (IVFD), which serves Imperial and the rural district around...
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With Monday’s mid-30 degree temperatures, it wasn’t the best start to the 2013 spring track season at Chase County Schools. But, after some stretching indoors, the teams were outside for some running drills. Carl Zuege, who heads the boys’ team this...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Imperial’s Shop at Home campaign for the holidays may have reaped some additional benefits. Besides benefiting the businesses themselves, shopping and purchases in Imperial in December 2012 brought in the biggest mo...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Highway 6, north of Enders, was closed for several hours Saturday after somewhat of a bizarre accident piled up three vehicles and damaged another. And, according to one of the people involved, “It was a miracle we ...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) will offer an irrigation retirement program again this year. Farmers and landowners will need to act quickly with a March 15 sign-up deadline. This marks the...
