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Nebraska Public Media offers a festive holiday lineup of television and radio programs to brighten the season. Enjoy musical performances, drama and PBS KIDS programs sure to warm the heart and light up the day. All times Central. This list is also available at NebraskaPublicMedia.org/ holiday.

Hospital receives Performance Leadership Award

Celebrating the power of rural on National Rural Health Day (COLUMBUS, Neb.) – Columbus Community Hospital is proud to announce its recognition from the Chartis Center for Rural Health as a 2022 Performance Leadership Award recipient for excellence in quality.

Nebraskaland Magazine photo contest underway

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will accept submissions for the 2022 Nebraskaland Magazine photo contest through Jan. 1, 2023. With miles of winding rivers, wide-open vistas and wildlife from border to border, Nebraska is a photographer’s paradise.

Journal Rewind

10 Years Ago November 21, 2012 Fullerton FFA members receiving the Greenhand Degree on November 5 include Brandon Wamberg, Jacob Robinson,Tyler Prososki, Ryly Haughton, Spencer Herman, Will Meyer, Ashley Frenzen, Macy Peregrine, Elle Lesiak, Katie Shotkoski, Emily Frenzen, Katelyn Loseke, Dawson...

Grace Notes

Just outside the back door of the farmhouse where I grew up was a large “cat pan”. It was there my mom would conveniently dispose of table scraps, as well as any leftovers past their prime. She knew that sooner or later our cats or dog would show up to eat.

From the Belgrade Files

10 Years Ago The Boone-Nance Genealogical Society is again resuming work toward publishing a book which lists the Civil War veterans which at one time lived in Boone County. June Bentley has listed and alphabetized 297 names of Civil War veterans who at one time lived in Boone County.

Lower Loup NRD Taking Tree and Shrub Orders for 2023 Planting

The Lower Loup Natural Resources District is now accepting orders for conservation tree and shrub seedlings for planting in spring, 2023. The trees are sold to landowners in the District seeking to implement windbreaks, wildlife habitat, buffer strips, or other conservation practices.

Loup Power Delivers Lease Payments

COLUMBUS, Neb. — Loup Power District officials recently presented lease payment checks totaling more than $1.6 million to area communities. Each of these communities owns their electric distribution systems. These payments compensate them for the use of those systems for the third quarter of 2022.