Due to recent rains in Cherry County, the Cherry County Commissioners have at least temporarily lifted the county wide burning ban that was issued last summer during severe drought conditions. Chairman Mark Adamson informed KVSH last night that the burn ban would be lifted for the time being, but could be reinstated if conditions warrant later in the summer. He cautioned that some public lands in the area could still have some self imposed burning restrictions and visitors should make sure about them. Once again the Cherry County Commissioners have lifted the burning ban in Cherry County. Area Fire Chiefs encouraged everyone to still be extremely cautious about camp fires and burning barrel...

BASSETT, Neb. (AP) - A Bassett woman has died in a single-vehicle crash in central Nebraska.

Rock County Sheriff James Anderson tells the Lincoln Journal Star (http://bit.ly/11aKmyL) that 27-year-old Claudia Koenig died in the Monday morning crash.

Anderson says Koenig was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 183 about 25 miles south of Bassett when her Jeep went into a ditch, veered back across the highway and rolled several times.

Anderson says Koenig was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the Jeep. She died at the scene.

Anderson says investigators believe speed played a factor in the crash.

The official ribbon cutting for the Circle C Market in Cody will be this Friday May 24th, at 9 am MT. Governor Heineman will give some remarks at the Adamson Community building to start things off. Store hours at this time are 8AM to 6PM MT. The grocery store will not only benefit students, but the community as well by making it easier to obtain fresh produce and other groceries. Student groups were formed to help make decisions about the details of the store. Groceries are being supplied by another grocer in Valentine.
The store, which was built as a straw bale building in order to stay “green” and use less heating, will feature groceries, a small office space, and a classroom. The...

The Husker Sports Nightly Show announced their summer tour on Monday nights show. The five sites for the Woodhouse Auto Family Sports Nightly Summer Road Show July 8-12: will start off in Valentine on July 8th.

Mon: Jordan's Fine Dining in Valentine
Tues: Lakeshore Marina at Johnson Lake
Wed: Coppermill Steakhouse in McCook
Thurs: Bullseye's in Hastings
Fri: Fairbury Country Club

Make sure to mark down the dates and locations, 3 or 4 Husker head coaches are planning to attend the event in Valentine on July 8th.

This is National EMS Week. The Cherry County Hospital Ambulance Service currently has 3 advanced ambulance units and about 50 members on its squad, and responded to roughly 550 calls in 2012. The Ambulance also provides standby service for area schools’ sporting events, rodeos, demolition derbies, fires and more. The members of the Cherry County EMS would like to thank all of their employers who graciously allow them to leave when called on to man the service.

 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Craig Schaunaman encourages farmers and ranchers to enroll in the 2013 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program (DCP) or the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) before the June 3, 2013 deadline.  Producers are busy planting this spring, but they can’t forget to visit their county office and sign up for DCP or ACRE.  The DCP sign up period ends August 2, 2013. A meeting will be held on May 29, 2013 at 6:00 PM at the Murdo Tech Center in Murdo SD. This meeting will be led by a Pheasants Forever Biologist who will provide information on the currently running General CRP Signup that ends June 14th, 2013.  For more information...

On behalf of U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) is reminding Nebraskans of the availability of cost-share funds to promote U.S. livestock exports.
The funds are available to private livestock breeders, companies, or cooperatives interested in promoting livestock, semen, or embryo sales in international markets through December 31, 2013. These funds are available through the Market Access Program of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for Nebraska farmers, ranchers and livestock companies to enter into or expand their presence in the international marketplace,” said Stan...

Soaring prices for corn and soybeans have Nebraska farmers taking more erosion-prone land out of a federal conservation program and back into crop production.   Landowners in southeastern Nebraska, which has been a stronghold for the federal Conservation Reserve Program, are moving away from the 10-year federal contracts and toward row-crop production. That includes landowners in Johnson, Gage, Otoe and Lancaster counties.   Pawnee County, which once had about 60 square miles enrolled, saw enrollment drop to less than half that last year.   Officials say that while more crop production is good news for livestock feeders, ethanol plants and other potential profit-makers, it's not so good...

FSA announced that Cherry is one of 3 Nebraska counties designated as contiguous natural disaster areas due to winter storm conditions affecting parts of South Dakota.  The counties included are Cherry, Dawes and Sheridan. These counties were designated a Presidential Major Disaster on May 10, 2013, based on an April 8-10 snow storm.  This designation authorizes Emergency (EM) Loans for eligible producers.  Producers in these counties are encouraged to contact their local FSA Service Center for detailed information about available programs and updated disaster designations. Emergency Loan applications are available for qualifying losses caused by these disaster conditions.  Physical losses...

Nebraska landowners have only a couple of weeks left to enroll in a program that pays them up to $10 an acre for keeping their wheat and mile stubble 14 inches or taller during this year's harvest.   The deadline is June 1 to enroll in the Crop Stubble Management, Wildlife and Water Conservation Program. The program is being offered in eight natural resource districts in southern and western Nebraska.   Participants must leave the tall stubble undisturbed until April 1. Eligible producers may enroll up to 320 acres per year per crop type for two years. Post-harvest chemical applications are allowed, but other disturbances - such as disking, grazing or haying - are not allowed before the...