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City of Valentine Preparing for Spring and Summer Months
With warmer temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s in this weekend’s forecast, people across the region might once again begin thinking about spring and summer activities like golfing, swimming and picnicking. According to Valentine City Manager Shane Siewart, Frederick Peak Golf Course will be among the first...
43rd Legislative District Candidates on the Comment Program
The KVSH Comment program went long Wednesday morning as we hosted candidates for Nebraska’s 43rd Legislative District Tony Tangwell and Tanya Storer. Both candidates touted their impressive endorsements and qualifications while fielding questions presented to them about topics ranging from private property rights to water and taxes. We will have more political coverage on KVSH radio this Friday evening as we will help facilitate the Cherry County Republican Party’s Cherry County Commissioners and Valentine Community Schools forum broadcast live from the Valentine Campus of Mid Plains Community College. All candidates in these two races have been invited by the GOP and Trent Loos has agreed to their invitation to moderate the event. We invite listeners to stay tuned to KVSH in the following couple of months as we are in the process of setting up a debate between supporters and opponents to the EPIC tax proposal which may be on this fall’s general election ballot.
VPD Week In Review
April 7 – 13, 2024. On 04/07/2024 at 7:21 pm, an officer conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of south Main Street. A 54 year old South Dakota woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. A 60 year old South Dakota man was arrested on an active Cherry County warrant.
Area Prom Update
Cody Kilgore held their annual Junior Senior prom on March 23rd, with royalty crowned after the Grand March. Crowned Prince was Tristan Fish, Princess Kate Cox, and King Isaac Robinson and Queen Sadee Adamson. At Sandhills Thedford’s prom on March 16th, Kayle Haake was crowned Prom Queen, Prom King was...
VPD Week In Review
On 04/02/2024 at 12:58 am, an officer conducted a traffic stop near 4th and Cherry Streets. A 34 year old woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and no driver’s license. A 19 year old woman was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Both women were from South Dakota.
Park Ranger shares history of severe weather along the Niobrara River
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - KNOP News 2 has brought you severe weather awareness within the past week. On Friday, our Reporter Ashanti Allen had the opportunity to drive two hours to visit the Niobrara National Scenic River in Valentine, NE. Park Ranger Interpreter Bobbie Roshone shares the type of...
Old West Days Update
As plans are being finalized for Old West Days and the Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering (a part of Valentine, Nebraska’s annual 1884 Days), the committee is happy to announce that nearly forty outstanding entertainers from fourteen states will be entertaining during the event. Kickoff will be the live old-time radio melodrama to be held Thursday evening, April 25, at the Valentine High School Auditorium, beginning at 7:00 p.m, sponsored by the Valentine area Chamber of Commerce and free to the public. Also, free session programs will be held Friday, the 26th, at the.
Sandhills Area Foundation Awards 4 Grants
The Sandhills Area Foundation is pleased to announce the following four grant awards for the remaining 2023 grant cycle: a $500 grant to the Valentine Community Schools Mental Health team to be used to highlight overall wellness in the schools during May, Mental Health Month, and to help sponsor their annual Wellness Night; $1900 to the Cherry County 4-H Foundation Sandhills Leadership Program, whose purpose is to create youth awareness of rural revitalization issues and develop leadership skills while examining and engaging in real-world community issues; and $2800 each to the Thedford Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Mullen Rural Fire Protection/Mullen Ambulance Squad to go toward purchasing new ambulances for their respective squads. Grants were previously awarded in 2023 to the Valentine Rotary toward their scholarship fund, and to the Citizen Washington Focus group.
The Valentine Chamber of Commerce Hires Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Valentine Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the addition of Jenny Moore as Executive Director. She joins the Chamber after long-term Director Dean Jacob’s resignation in late 2023. Jenny worked as a cosmetologist for over 20 years, four of which she was self-employed. She has farmed since 2006, and co-owned L & V Innovations, LLC from 2008-2019. Jenny has been involved numerous community activities including involvement with Rotary and Sandhills Area Foundation. With more than 20 years of experience working in both non-profit and for-profit businesses Her business, Just 4 You, an event planning and landscape design business of which she is a part owner, has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since its launch in 2023.
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