City takes different approach to adopting this year’s budget

The contrast between an explosive pink-postcard meeting in 2024 and last week’s city budget hearing could not be more extreme.

Hello, Spencer Blake!

My world expanded in the most wonderful way last week when our newest grandchild breathed his first breath in Texas.Every grandparent knows this is the best gig ever.

Harvest safety calls for forward looking, thinking

Autumn 2026 officially begins this week on Tuesday evening, and that means harvest season is not far away. In fact, the seed corn harvest has already begun in our area, as evidenced by the string of trucks lining up at the Beck’s processing plant near Phillips bringing in this year’s crop.

Celebrating the annual poetic struggle season

The State Fair is over, school has started, the weather is changing and, as of this week, Autumn is officially here.

Aurora school construction proposal a plan worth studying

There’s no getting around the fact that $84 million is a big number.When Aurora Public Schools unveiled its latest proposal this week for a new high school and improvements at the elementary and middle schools, that price tag was bound to get people’s attention. It should.

911 tragedy brought unity. Can we find it again?

It’s one of those moments we will never forget.If you were old enough to grasp the enormity of what was unfolding on that television screen 25 years ago this week, the images of the 9/11 attack on America are forever seared in your memory.

Boards, taxing entities urged to spend it like it’s their own

Of all the budget-related stories and required legal notices you’ll see published this month in the News-Register, tax asking is one of the numbers that matters the most.

Your photos can help tell story behind stats

What makes Aurora and Hamilton County a great place to live, work, build a business and raise a family?There are plenty of answers, but at Aurora Development Corporation (ADC), we believe the story is about more than what we have today. It’s about what we are building for tomorrow.

Inclusive playground christened with laughter

The delighted squeals and laughter of children at play, the sight of half a dozen youngsters riding at all levels of a tall Christmas tree-shaped merry-go-round and a young girl with cerebral palsy sitting at a picnic table that’s just her size while enjoying a snow cone.

ANR fair photo appreciated

Dear Editor:I wish to commend the ANR on the adorable picture on the cover of the Hamilton County Fair results. The moment captured is of a young child seriously conversing with the livestock judge. Priceless! Even the show animal, the 4-H helper and others are all patiently waiting.