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LINCOLN — Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy Director Jim Macy announced the award of $6,686,369 in grants to support 144 projects across the state. Middle Niobrara NRD and North Central RC&D was awarded one of the grants to host a scrap tire collection.

We cannot express enough how touched we are at the generosity of each of you who help keep our little pantry up and running by your much needed donations.

On March 19, 2021 the CDC updated its K-12 school guidance related to physical distancing between students in classrooms. The CDC now recommends that, for schools with universal masking, students should maintain a distance of at least three feet in classroom settings. An outline of key changes is provided below.

Valentine – Niobrara National Scenic River and the Nebraska Writing Project are excited to release the Ever Changing Currents lesson series on March 25, 2021. The lessons can be found at www.nps.gov/niob.

Kanessa F. Saupitty, Valentine.

Agriculture is more than Nebraska’s number one industry. It’s the heart and soul of Nebraska and cause for celebration! Every year during National Ag Week, we celebrate agriculture and thank the people behind the food, feed and fuel we depend on every day. This year, National Ag Week is March 21-27.

•Cash receipts from farm marketings contributed more than $21.4 billion to Nebraska's economy in 2019 and 5.8% of the U.S. total.

NORTH PLATTE-(AP) Plans have been unveiled for a nearly $300 million beef packing plant that would employ 875 people in western Nebraska. David Briggs, CEO of both Alliance-based cooperative WESTCO and the packing company, Sustainable Beef LLC, said Thursday that the North Platte plant would process 400,000 head of cattle a year, The North Platte Telegraph reports.

WASHINGTON-For the first time, a federal energy board is weighing how a proposed natural gas pipeline would affect greenhouse gas emissions, one of several steps taken this week by the Biden administration in its effort to slow climate change.

LINCOLN—The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) would like to remind pesticide applicators who received a special extension to their applicator license in May 2020 due to the pandemic, that they must complete recertification training before April 15 in order to retain their licenses.