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(Editors note: Todays article is the first of two stories about beekeeping and honey production in South Dakota and the work conducted at A.H. Meyer & Sons Inc. in Winfred that includes the processing of beeswax for many consumer products.)  On Wednesday, Ken Meyer picked one of the best afternoons so far this spring to provide a tour of A.H. Meyer & Sons beekeeping, honey and beeswax operation in Winfred. Meyer, the companys vice president, wanted a small beehive set up next to a pond a sho...

CROW presents final Virtual Speaker Series programs By CROW - | Apr 21, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Presented by LCEC, the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife’s weekly Virtual Speaker Series will continue on April 22 at 4 p.m. with “Conservation Biology of Reddish Egrets, Mangrove Cuckoos, and Swallow-tailed Kites on Sanibel Island: Racing Time in a Rapidly Changing World” with Ken Meyer, senior research ecologist and executive director for the Avian Research & Conservation Institute. It w...

Weeks after giving an enthusiastic thumbs up to the Stegall Road repaving project, Scotts Bluff County Commissioners held a lengthy discussion this week on whether there were any options to further reduce the cost of the $1.67 million plan, and whether such modifications could be done through a change-order or would force a re-bid of [...]

BY Scott Miller | January 25, 2021 Scotts Bluff County will soon begin the process of seeking out candidates  to fill the County Assessor’s position being vacated by Amy Ramos. Last week, Deputy Assessor Angela Dillman was appointed to the post on an interim basis while the process of finding Ramos’ replacement plays out. County Board Chair Ken Meyer noted there are some very specific ...

Scotts Bluff County Commissioners Monday evening accepted the resignation letter of County Assessor Amy Ramos, who’s last day on the job will be January 31st. Board Chair Ken Meyer read her resignation letter aloud in the meeting. In the letter, Ramos said while she has enjoyed working with the County, personal reasons make it necessary [...]

Early on Monday morning, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi posted a hot story headlined “Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric.” It said “Cumul

Craig Tucker, Lawrence I agree completely with Ken Meyer’s recent letter. First of all, people in this country are waiting in long lines for food, they have lost their jobs and can’t pay rent, and small businesses have closed. So it is imperative for Congress, although increasing the national debt, to give ample COVID relief. But $600 won’t even pay a month’s rent. We can cheat hard working Americans, but we can afford to give out foreign aid like it was Monopoly money? It includes $500...

BY Scott Miller | December 21, 2020 (Miller/KNEB/RRN) Scottsbluff County Commissioners thanked an outgoing member of the body for his service the past four years Monday night, then ultimately approved paying their portion of a maintenance contract for a river gauge used to monitor for local flood conditions. Chair Ken Meyer presented a plaque to Glenn Schleve on his last meeting on the boar...

Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media 2020 By Mediaite StaffDec 21st, 2020, 9:35 am You can exhale. We’re close to the end of 2020, marking the conclusion of one of the most consequential years of news in modern history. The major stories were seismic. There was a pandemic that brought the world to a grinding halt, emptying newsrooms just as more people than ever clamored for information about one of the biggest global outbreaks since the 1918 flu. Protests against racial injustice, af...

A little box on the Avenue I bridge does a lot of work. It’s a streamgage that’s been recording live data on the North Platte River for five years, part of a national effort to map and reduce flood risk. It’s unique, one of only two in the state. It helped local, federal and state officials model the floodplain and develop an innovative map to show what inundation might do to the area. The streamgage, which measures and records the flow of the river, continues to present a pictur...