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December 4, 2025 – CBI – Bailey, CO – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in collaboration with the Park County Sheriff’s Office and the Park County Coroner’s Office, is making a renewed and expanded appeal for public assistance in identifying a man whose remains were discovered last year.

December 2, 2025—Nineteen states will raise their minimum wage on New Year’s Day to kick off 2026. Three other states and the District of Columbia have increases scheduled later in the year. Business owners across the country are welcoming the increases, saying they will boost consumer spending, reduce costly employee turnover, increase productivity, improve customer service, and strengthen local economies.

Last week the Valentine Police Department had a network issue. This week, it is back up, but the call numbers entered last week are limited because they weren’t able to access the server.

The Sandhills Prairie Refuge Association invites birders to participate in the longest-running community science survey, the annual National Audubon Society- sponsored Christmas Bird Count, on Tuesday December 16.

For more than 30 years, community leaders in Valentine have recognized the need for a larger, modern facility to host conferences, events, and regional gatherings. As someone who has worked in the hospitality industry for 27 years and served on the Cherry County Tourism Board since 2021, I’ve seen firsthand how this need has grown along with our tourism industry.

I just wanted to reach out and let you all know about a program called Project Share Your Story. It is a project by the Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation to collect stories from Vietnam Era Veterans and share those stories.

This is a good time to reflect on our fortunes and those of the people around us. The holidays are a time for giving thanks and showing kindness to others. The Salvation Army is dedicated to helping those in need and is asking for community volunteers to ring the red kettle bell this holiday season. Last year, roughly 20 or so local community members and organizations volunteered to stand outside, braving biting winds and chilling temperatures to ring bells for those less fortunate.

For weather freaks, these past few weeks were something to ENJOY! There was a little bit of everything for everyone, really. Without a doubt, this autumn has been balmy, a jacket was all anyone has needed - if that. Then it was back to capris, lawnmowers clearing up the last of autumn leaves, and BBQ’s out back. A record setting high temperature of 81 degrees was recorded by NOAA Weather Friday, November 14, 2025, which broke the old record of 79 degrees set in 1990.

Lincoln, NE – The Nebraska Forest Service (NFS), part of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), has secured more than $24 million in Community Wildfire Defense Grants from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to implement wildfire mitigation projects across Brown and Rock counties. These efforts will expand partnerships with landowners, the counties, protect communities, and improve resilience in some of the state’s most fire-prone regions.

I just wanted to reach out and let you all know about a program called Project Share Your Story. It is a project by the Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation to collect stories from Vietnam Era Veterans and share those stories.