Cuming County Extension is looking into the possibility of starting a community garden and is seeking individuals who are interested in helping with the project.

A West Point agricultural firm that believes in local solutions to local challenges has made a financial pledge to the Nexus project at Northeast Community College.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue this week announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage stemming from the tarde wars. 

Nebraska Extension and USDA Farm Service Agency in Nebraska will host a series of Farm Bill education meetings over the next two months to assist producers as they begin to make farm-bill related program decisions. 

The Nebraska Cattlemen’s annual convention and trade show will take place the week after Thanksgiving.

Time is running out for those still needing to complete a Cuming County housing or workforce study survey.

Master Sergeant Anthony Modlin told those gathered at Monday’s Veterans Day program in West Point that there are several ways to thank the veterans for their service and sacrifices.

West Point Public Schools Board of Education received an update from the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and about the Pathways 2 Tomorrow funding options when it met Monday night.

About an hour and a half from the Norwegian capital city of Oslo, Noway, lies the city of Asker, with a population near 60,000, and the hometown of West Point-Beemer High School foreign exchange student Fredrick Spalder.

If all goes as planned, the City of West Point will submit its plans and specifications for the water treatment plant improvements to the State Department of Health by the end of this week.

A roof collapse at the Snyder Post Office has left the village seeking a short-term solution, while also putting the long-term future of a Snyder office in question.

Rural Nebraskans are confident that higher education can lead to a good job, according to the 2019 Nebraska Rural Poll.

A Cuming County-wide housing study is being conducted with the guidance of a steering committee and the assistance of Hanna:Keelan Associates, a Lincoln-based community planning and research consulting firm.

Much of the work will be unseen by the public, but the next phase of renovating the more than 100-year-old building that houses West Point Community Theatre will be the most extensive done on the building.

Northeast Community College has honored an area woman for her service to the institution. Mary Lauritzen was presented with Northeast’s Distinguished Service Award during the College’s annual Achievement Awards ceremony at the Lifelong Learning Center on the Norfolk campus recently.

A Cuming County-wide housing study is being conducted with the guidance of a steering committee and the assistance of Hanna:Keelan Associates, a Lincoln-based community planning and research consulting firm.

During the past 15 years, the trucking industry has struggled with a shortage of drivers. While the American Trucking Association reports the driver shortfall is expected to fall slightly by the end of 2019 from a combination of slower economic growth and a small bump in supply, the combinat…

Get your fun outfits ready for school, because West Point-Beemer starts Red Ribbon Week Monday, Oct. 28.

A chilly autumn morning didn’t stop a crowd of more than 1,000 from gathering outside the new Lincoln Premium Poultry facility in Fremont on Saturday.

Area residents will have the opportunity to speak with a member of U.S. Senator Ben Sasse’s staff about federal government-related issues next week in West Point.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Nebraska State Director Karl Elmshaeuser on Tuesday said Nebraska has been allocated with nearly $2.2 million in grants available through the Community Facilities Program to help rural communities continue in their recovery from the eff…

Newly appointed Nebraska Department of Economic Development Director Tony Goins had high praise for projects underway in Cuming County, saying Monday he was especially impressed by Pathways 2 Tomorrow.

It’s two weeks away, but those thinking of attending the next West Point City Council meeting are reminded that the meeting on Nov. 5 will begin at 5:30 p.m. and not 7:00.

A West Point team captured  first place at this year’s Northeast Area FFA Land Judging Contest held last Tuesday near Leigh.  

Cantaloupes, meat and an assortment of colored tomatoes have recently been put on the menu for West Point-Beemer students, with all of that food grown in Cuming County.

West Point to St. Louis is no short drive, but six St. Paul Lutheran School faculty members went the distance to attend this year’s Lutheran Educators Association Convocation.

The total tax request of the 16 townships in Cuming County this year is up $137,414 from a year ago. The townships will collect $2,481,081 in taxes, according to the total tax requests that were part of their budget notices published prior to their respective budget meetings.

Public schools in Nebraska received their report cards Wednesday, and the results were mixed for West Point Public School, administrators said this week.

West Point’s water department was expected to finish the flushing of water mains yesterday (Tuesday). Late yesterday afternoon, City Administrator Tom Goulette said the work would be done a day or two earlier than expected.

Halloween is two weeks away, but the little spooks are invited to a fun night of trick-or-treating a week earlier in West Point.

The Road Gems Car Club in West Point, after having just wrapped up sponsorship of the 30th annual Last Fling ’til Spring Car Show, is looking for a few more members.

The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will go live, as promised to customers, with a modernized vehicle registration and titling system Tuesday, Oct. 15.

As of this week, two women have announced plans to seek the 1st District Democratic congressional nomination.