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Incidents/Arrests On 02/12/2023 at 8:52 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 300 block of East Highway 20. A 44 year old South Dakota woman was cited for drug paraphernalia.

LINCOLN – Governor Jim Pillen reacted to the decision by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board (NEFAB) to make no additional adjustments to the revenue forecast, as presented last October. That forecast was used to determine the sustainability of tax cuts and proposals to benefit Nebraska children, which were included in the Governor’s budget.

Valentine – A Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan will help decision-makers enhance the quality of life in Valentine and the surrounding communities, and to stimulate economic activity by providing safe, well-maintained parks, natural areas, recreational waterways, trails and facilities designed to meet the physical, cultural, and social needs of both residents and visitors.

March is Red Cross Month, and for more than 130 years, heroic American Red Cross volunteers have provided hope and urgent relief to families in communities across the country. This March the community is invited to join in the lifesaving mission of the Red Cross and be someone’s hero by rolling up a sleeve to five blood March 2, from 11:30 a.m.

In 2022 the St. John’s Food Pantry served from 45 to 65 people each month. We had a total of 34 new adults and 24 new children signed up for assistance during 2022. Our prayers go out to those in need, and we praise God we can be of help to them.

Cherry County Hospital and Clinic (CCH) is excited to announce their partnership with MEDITECH Expanse to upgrade the organization’s current system in an effort to provide better care, maximize clinical efficiencies and simplify provider workflows, and close care gaps with interoperability. Cherry County Hospital and Clinic’s mission is to provide personalized, quality, progressive healthcare to Valentine and surrounding communities. This partnership will ensure they meet those goals.

There are many who are completely OVER winter! This last storm, February 22-23, was not exactly welcomed - luckily, it didn’t pan out as it had been forecasted with a high end of 18 inches. Instead, over the two day period, a total of 5.5 inches - according to NOAA Weather - fell at Valentine’s Miller Field. Temperatures plummeted into the negative with a high of 7 on Wednesday, February 22, and an overnight low of -14 Thursday, February 23. Winds gusted up to 40 mph creating sculptural drifts and dangerous wind chill temperature values which reached -34 in the early morning hours of Thursday with winds at 20 mph.

TheValentinePoliceDepartment shared their annual report at the City Council meeting Thursday, February 9, 2023. We’ll continue with Chief Dana Miller’s report which includes training, and input from the other officers within the department.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ With few confirmed details from President Joe Biden's White House, the downing of three unknown aerial objects in as many days by U.S. fighter jets has prompted wild speculation about what they were and where they came from. It even fell to his press secretary on Monday to announce earnestly there was no indication of “aliens or extraterrestrial activity.”

OMAHA, (AP)-Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company added to its already substantial Apple investment at the end of last year while slashing a new investment in computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor and two longtime bank holdings.