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Plenty of contested races on ballot

Ncj Staff Report

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Your vote matters and there are plenty of races and ballot initiatives up for grabs on the election ballot.A sample ballot appears on page 9 of today’s newspaper. Not all races will appear on all ballots.Below are a list of contested races on the General Election ballot.

Officials: Not a sanctuary county

Rick Holtz

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

FULLERTON — Don’t trust everything you read online.Nance County official want to make it clear that Nance County is not a sanctuary county when it comes to people entering the United States illegally. The Nance County Supervisors passed a resolution reaffirming that fact at their Sept. 24 meeting.

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Winner Take All conversation may not be over

Rick Holtz

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

LINCOLN — Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen is open to calling a special session to tackle Winner Take All, but he wants to know he has the votes first.

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Rep. Smith announces upcoming staff outreach events

Ncj Staff Report

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (RNE) are invited to meet with a member of his staff during the month of April in Albion, Fullerton, Hyannis, Loup City, Tekamah, Ogallala, Mullen, Pierce, Thedford, Stapleton, Center, O’Neill, and Valentine.

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Smith sends letter to USPS on possible North Platte processing facility closure

News Staff

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tuesday, Rep. Adrian Smith (RNE), sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing concern about the United States Postal Service (USPS) proposal to remove postal operations from the USPS processing facility in North Platte.

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NCJ sees subscription rate increase in 2024

News Staff

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

As a result of rising printing and postage costs, the Nance County Journal is increasing the cost of an annual subscription to the newspaper.

Tamara Taylor and Fullerton Postmaster Tom Bates are gearing up for a busy holiday season. NCJ photo by April Carr

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Postal workers ready for holidays

April Carr

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

FULLERTON — It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. “Thanksgiving to Christmas it gets insane,” Postmaster Tom Bates said. “We are starting to see the uptick now but after Thanksgiving is when it really picks up.” Employees at Fullerton’s post office are gearing up for a busy holiday season.

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Thanksgiving costing more this year

April Carr

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

FULLERTON — With Thanksgiving this week, those planning on hosting a festive gathering are no doubt eyeing grocery store prices to gauge how much their meal is going to cost this year. In the past year inflation has increased food prices by an average of 3.7%. That is on top of the 9.

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Fischer, colleagues demand Biden expand border wall construction

News Staff

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) recently joined 12 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden encouraging the administration to resume and expand construction of the border wall. The letter was led by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

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Sens. Ricketts, Smith introduce Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act

News Staff

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress continue to show bipartisan support for rural small businesses as they prepare to debate the nation’s next farm bill. Last week, U.S. Sens. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act of 2023.