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The legislature is in its second week and while I hoped we would have COVID in our rear-view mirror, it remains with us and continues to compound issues for our healthcare system.
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How many ages ago did someone look to a far horizon and wonder what might be found beyond his own known world? Footsteps became trails; trails became roads; and roads the bulwark of civilization.
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Ellsworth standout Will Cravens goes high against the Victoria Knights in tournament action. LORI FARMER/Ellsworth County I-R
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Ellsworth High School Lady Bearcat Peyton Coonrod goes high against Cimarron Jan. 22, during the 2022 Winter Jam basketball tournament in Hoisington. The Lady Cats lost the game, 69-39. LORI FARMER/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
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The family-owned Lazy B Ranch, north-northeast of Ellsworth, has won the Ellsworth County Conservation District’s Grassland Award for 2021.
Read moreThis week’s edition of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter is dedicated to the farmers and ranchers who consider conservation of the land a way of life.
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After six years of operation at 913 Evans, an Ellsworth auto parts business has expanded into a brand new, bigger and better 60’ x 150’ building nearby.
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