🌱 Want to know Chadron’s air quality before heading outside?

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In today's newsletter:

• Want to know Chadron’s air quality before heading outside?
• How a Chadron State grad just won a major national award
• Chadron remembers former CNW railroad worker Veryl Jansen

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 54 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Strong winds developing, temps: high: 62, low: 24.
• Thursday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 39 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Panhandle Public Health District Partners With Communities to Expand Access to Air Quality Information (chadronradio.com) — Chadron residents can now check real-time local air quality thanks to sensors installed across western Nebraska and visible on the PurpleAir online map. The Panhandle Public Health District explains how to read the color-coded Air Quality Index and when to limit outdoor activity. Wildfire smoke, dust, pollen, and agriculture can all quickly change conditions, so residents are urged to monitor the map regularly.
   

• FSU history student receives competitive writing award to support architectural and Indigenous landscape studies research (fsu.edu) — A Florida State University doctoral student who began his academic journey at Chadron State College has earned a major national writing award to support his research on Indigenous land and water management. His work examines how federal infrastructure projects have affected Native communities and modern resource management. The recognition highlights the strong foundation he built during his undergraduate years in Chadron.
   

• Veryl Jansen (chadronradio.com) — Longtime former Chadron resident Veryl Jansen, who worked for the CNW railroad here and lived in the community for more than 20 years, has died at age 91. His life took him from a South Dakota farm to careers, family gatherings, and later years in Montana, where he passed away on December 6 with services set for December 17 in Forsyth.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Bobcat Branch
  Hemingford Elementary School Hemingford, NE 69348
  7:45 am
• đBoys Basketball JV/Varsity vs Hyannis
  Gordon-Rushville Public Schs Gordon, NE 69343
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV vs. Hay Springs Public (Home)
  Hemingford High School Big Gym
  4:30 pm
• đGirls Basketball Varsity vs Hyannis
  Gordon-Rushville Public Schs Gordon, NE 69343
  5:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Hay Springs Public (Home)
  Hemingford High School Big Gym
  6:00 pm
• đBoys Basketball Varsity vs Hyannis
  Gordon-Rushville Public Schs Gordon, NE 69343
  6:30 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Hay Springs Public (Home)
  Hemingford High School Big Gym
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• GES Christmas Movie
  Gordon-Rushville Elem-Gordon Gordon, NE 69343
  1:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Boys JV vs. Mitchell Public Schools (Home)
  Hemingford High School Big Gym
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Mitchell Public Schools (Home)
  Hemingford High School Big Gym
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Mitchell Public Schools (Home)
  Hemingford High School Big Gym
  7:00 pm
• High School Winter Concert
  Gordon-Rushville Public Schs Gordon, NE 69343
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (06140) - 1519 West 6th St. in Chadron. Apply here.
• Arby's posted a job opening for Team Member in Chadron. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chadron here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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