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by Rachel Hochhauser Lost: Amelia Earhart’s Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life by Rachel Hartigan We the Women by Nora O'Donnell This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives by Elizabeth Arnott A Far-Flung Life by ML Stedman All Booked Up by Melody Carson NEW BOOKS - 4/28/2026 Faithful of Heart by Tracie Peterson The Fortune Flip by Lauren Kung Jessen The Hired Man by Sandra Dallas The House of Hidden Letters by Izzy Broom How to write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh The Hybrid Prince by Tui T Sutherland It Girl by Allison Pataki A Good Person by Kirsten King.

When my neighbor’s daughter came for a visit, she decided to help her mother deep-clean her kitchen and was amazed at the unnecessary items her mother had saved and stored in her cupboards. There were several stacks of plastic cottage cheese and margarine cartons, plus neatly folded well-used sheets of tin foil. As she described these findings, I thought of my own mother who saved the same items, even saving waxed paper, and made sheets from the lining of cereal boxes to lay out warm cookies as she removed them from the oven.

The best news I can comment on this week is that we received moisture over the weekend! There was a little snow, but mostly rain, and so appreciated. There were different amounts reported, but probably an average of around 1 inch or so. Bring on the green grass!

by Aug and Debby Galloway April 12, 2026 We were in Cherry County Hospital at 12:30 on March 12 where my husband, August, was being examined for having a heart attack. We were waiting for the tests to tell us if he would be flown to North Platte. Around 4:00 I heard the nurses in the hallway discussing a fire south of Kilgore, NE.

Valentine, Nebraska — Area residents are invited to jump-start the summer on Saturday, May 23, by joining a community river and road cleanup in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Niobrara National Scenic River.

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Lincoln, NE – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced that it is submitting a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Healthy Choice Waiver to include candy as an ineligible purchase. Once approved, the restriction will take effect November 1, 2026.

During the week of April 19 - 25, the following arrests were made by the Valentine Police Department: • On April 23, at 1:00 a.m., a suspicious circumstances report at the Cherry County Fairgrounds lead to the arrest of a 25 year old Nebraska man for the offense of Procuring Alcohol for a Minor. • At 8:00 p.m.

More Than Half of Bankers Report Recessionary Economic Conditions April 2026 Survey Results at-a-Glance: • The overall RMI dropped below growth neutral for the third consecutive month. • More than half of bankers reported that their local economy was in a recession.

Regret is a universal currency, but it gains interest with age. The missed chances we brushed off in our 20s, the tough conversations we dodged in our 30s, the adventures we swore we’d take “next year” – they tend to grow louder as the decades roll on. To understand which “what ifs” linger most sharply, Choice Mutual, a life insurance agency that specializes in final expense insurance, surveyed 2,000 over sixty-five-year-olds, and asked them to look back with honesty, a little humor, and the clarity that only hindsight delivers.