Congratulations to Rhonda Officer of Gillette, WY the 2022 Cherry County Passport Winner! She won a $1,000 Cherry County Vacation Package! She completed all 37 stops on the second annual Cherry County Passport that was inside last year’s Explore Valentine Magazine.

Middle Niobrara Natural Resource District and Niobrara National Scenic River staff worked together to improve river users’ access at Brewer Bridge landing. The landing was leveled up and new beach mats were installed to assist people using this landing. This is a different product and can be changed if seen that it isn’t working well for people.

Valentine City Council President Kyle Arganbright was the one who cut the ribbon for Valentine’s Main Street renovation, Friday, June 9, 2023. The celebration included free hamburgers grilled in front of the Valentine Public Library by Hoboe’s Smoke n’ Meat’s. The line stretched all the way to the Sawyer Memorial Library!

Thanks to a new Summer of Youth grant that Valentine Community Schools received, students in Valentine will get to expand their learning in unique ways this summer. Beyond School Bells, an initiative of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Education, has selected Valentine Community Schools Badger Cub Club as one of the Nebraska communities to receive a Summer of Youth grant to support summer learning opportunities.

The Cody-Kilgore Unified School held its biannual Alumni Banquet on Friday, May 26, 2023 at the Cody Gymnasium. There were 63 Alumni in attendance.

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