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BY Scott Miller | December 30, 2020 Communities in Scotts Bluff, Morrill and Kimball counties are kicking in funding for an effort intended to boost workforce housing in the region. The Western Nebraska Rural Workforce Housing Grant Fund is a pool of loan funding intended to be leveraged with a state economic development grant being applied for in January that would match those state funds dollar for dollar. Panhandle Area Development District had previously applied for a state rural workforce housing grant in 2018, but was not successful at that time, and this year Twin Cities Development will oversee the grant application process. Earlier this month, TCD Executive Director Rawnda Pierce explained to the Gering Council that the intent of the fund is to provide the financial backstop for expansion of affordable housing in and around the communities that hav ....
BY Scott Miller | December 21, 2020 The cities of Gering and Scottsbluff have agreed to a contract that could lay the groundwork for the development of a new disposal facility in Sioux County that would replace the Gering landfill that’s nearing full capacity. Under the terms of the site exploration and purchase option agreement with F-X Land Company, the cities would pay a $25,000 non-refundable fee for the right to conduct in-depth on-site studies on up to 300 acres of land adjacent to Highway 71 about 16 miles north of Scottsbluff. After the Gering Council gave unanimous approval to the document during a special meeting Monday afternoon, Gering City Engineer Annie Folck explained that several different sites were considered in Scotts Bluff, Sioux and Banner Counties, and found unsuitable for a variety of reasons, but preliminary studies of the site in ....