Kudos to all who made playground vision a reality

Dear Editor:I live near the new Inclusive playground and go by several times some days. There are always cars parked and children playing. I have seen residents of the Villa having lunch and moms reading while kids are playing.

An ode about Trump rally

Dear Editor:With alarm and some shame, I write this ode,but political motivation makes so much more owedby local citizens who have no respect and no shame,parading asinine characterizations when our President came.Like a young child today they can’t assimilate or knowjust why would an adult ever...

Online sports betting would be a mistake

Dear Editor:Initiatives 440 and 441 would legalize online sports betting in Nebraska. We have heard of the story of Robin Hood taking from the rich to give to the poor, but if Initiatives 440 and 441 were to pass, it would be somewhat like the opposite, the poor giving to the rich.

Trump’s speaking style wide open to misinterpretation

Within mere hours of the publication of last week’s edition of ANR featuring my front page article chronicling President Trump’s campaign rally in Grand Island last Monday, the responses started rolling in. As expected, they were both positive and negative.

The format changes, though need for local news doesn’t

Newspapers may be changing, but one thing hasn’t changed: people still want to know what’s happening in their hometown.That’s worth remembering during National Newspaper Week, when the Aurora News-Register joins thousands of newspapers across the country in celebrating the important role local...

Aurora: A place to grow and come home to

Last week I attended the Governor’s Summit in Kearney, and it reminded me of something that Aurora does extremely well as a community.Something that is unique about this conference is that a Youth Summit is also taking place at the same time.

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.