Stories from Saturday, January 3, 2004

McCook could become the new home to a helicopter medical service, if the McCook City Council agrees to approve contracts with the company. Critical Care Life Flight Corp. has asked the council to approve a lease of airport property that could house a new hangar and crew quarters for its operations and receive dispatching services from the McCook Police Department...

Sen. Tom Baker will leave for Lincoln on Monday for what promises to be another grueling session for the Nebraska Legislature. Baker said the lawmakers will jump right into the work at hand as the legislative session gets under way Wednesday. Much of what the Legislature will examine in the first part of the session will be bills that were introduced last year. ...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- Since this column was writter, Houston Nutt has said he turned down Nebraska's ofer: The Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Al Saunders turned it down. So did the Miami Dolphins Head Coach, Dave Wannstedt. Bo Pelini was never offered the job and, according to some sources, was never considered...

OK, the New Year's here. So what can we expect? Will the local and area economy pick up steam, or will we be lucky to hold our own? Throughout the town and region, people are wondering about those close-to-home kind of money matters, because -- to a large extent -- our individual financial well-being is determined by the health of area agriculture, business and industrial enterprises...