SCANNER RECAP Aug 14, 2023 – Monday

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Drones or Military Aircraft?

Several inquiries came in regarding some large drone like aircraft flying over Scottsbluff Monday.

Thank you to Tommy Bernhart for that quick identification!

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Stolen Vehicle Recovered

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#backtoschool || Back to Top

Gering Police Department Reminder

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Region 22 Emergency Management

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#accident || Back to Top

Double Fatality Motorcycle Accident

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#creativity || Back to Top

Destination; The Creative Beet

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#mathaward || Back to Top

Distinguished Mathematics Award

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End of Summer Craft Fair

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Once in a Blue Moon

From NASA.com

There was a time, not long ago, when people saw blue moons almost every night. Full moons, half moons, crescent moons–they were all blue, except some nights when they were green.

The time was 1883, the year an Indonesian volcano named Krakatoa exploded. Scientists liken the blast to a 100-megaton nuclear bomb. Fully 600 km away, people heard the noise as loud as a cannon shot. Plumes of ash rose to the very top of Earth’s atmosphere. And the moon turned blue.

Krakatoa’s ash is the reason. Some of the ash-clouds were filled with particles about 1 micron (one millionth of a meter) wide–the right size to strongly scatter red light, while allowing other colors to pass. White moonbeams shining through the clouds emerged blue, and sometimes green.

Blue moons persisted for years after the eruption. People also saw lavender suns and, for the first time, noctilucent clouds. The ash caused “such vivid red sunsets that fire engines were called out in New York, Poughkeepsie, and New Haven to quench the apparent conflagration,” according to volcanologist Scott Rowland at the University of Hawaii.

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Wildfire Training Academy

Our local agencies conduct and/or attend several trainings each year to ensure their readiness to serve the community, many of them on a volunteer basis, sacrificing their own time and money to help.

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Duck Dash Tickets

Ducks are on sale NOW throughout Western Nebraska! Stop by one of our great partners and get your ducks for a chance to win one of 35 Quack-tastic prizes!

SCOTTSBLUFF
Team Auto Center (2014 E 20th Place)
Riverstone Bank ( 2002 Broadway)
Main Street Market (401 S. Beltline) Highway- Customer Service Desk)
United Way Office (1517 Broadway)
RWMC Gift Shop (4021 Ave B)

GERING
Riverstone Bank (1540 10th Street)

ALLIANCE
ALLO (203 W. 3rd)

SIDNEY
Beans & Steams Coffee House (610 Glover Rd Suite #10)

CHADRON
Apricot Lane at the New Leaf Marketplace (1002 East 3rd)

Each duck purchase gives you a chance to win 1 of 35 prizes valued at over $45,000!!! Grand prize is a brand NEW 2024 Chevrolet Trax (loaded with a sunroof, heated seats, and so much more!) donated by Team Auto Center, 2nd prize is a 2023 Honda 520 Side-by-side donated in part by Sandberg Honda. See all the prizes and purchase ducks online at uwwn.org/duck.

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Back The Blue

NSP Hotline *55

If you see a dangerous driver or need help, you can always call *55 to reach an NSP Dispatcher.

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Local Jail Inmate Search

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Nebraska State Inmate Search

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Sex Offender Registry Search

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Always be aware of your surroundings.

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Fire Safety

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Andi and Brian Hale offer encouragement on their daily Faith Matters podcast.

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Look Who’s Hiring!

Main Street Market is hiring.

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City of Gering is hiring.

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City of Alliance is hiring.

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Wyoming Highway Patrol is hiring.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Free Labor Day Musical Festival

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