It’s not just you, 2019 has been cold
Sometimes from year to year, it can be hard to tell if a winter is actually especially long and cold or if it’s just a normal winter that’s testing your patience.
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MEAN meets with council ahead of visit from renewable energy advocates
Representatives from the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska challenged claims that the agency is hindering local renewable energy generation during the March 19 Holyoke City Council meeting.
Colby Purkeypile gives one bidder a closer look at a camouflaged Mossberg 500 shotgun during the Friends of NRA live auction last Friday, March 22. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Friends of NRA dinner raises funds for local shooting programs
Dozens of firearms were raffled, auctioned and won as prizes — everything but retailed at the third annual Phillips County Friends of NRA dinner, held in the Phillips County Event Center March
Phillips County’s second courthouse was the former B&M Eating House, purchased from the B&M Railway in November 1903 for $3,000. The building was moved in two sections by a team of horses from its location east of the depot to courthouse square. It was razed in mid-1935 to make way for construction of the present courthouse. — Source: Phillips County Museum
Peekin' into the Past
Five Years Ago
March 27, 2014
Phillips County is celebrating its 125th anniversary March 27, while proudly looking back to its history from 1889-2014.
Urban-rural divide has widened, say Senate Republicans
If you thought the rural-urban divide at the state Capitol showed signs of improvement under the previous administration, in recent weeks it’s shown new signs of blowing much further apart.