Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2020

LINCOLN, Neb. –The Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department jurisdiction will be the third local health department to move to Phase 4 of the Directed Health Measures (DHMs). The health department covers nine counties: Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins and Red Willow. The new DHM will start August 1, 2020...

The Nebraska Legislature reconvened the 2020 session on July 20th and in the first few days of session we were able to advance a number of bills that had previously been debated before we postponed the session in March. Many of the bills that I recently wrote about in my previous articles were advanced to the next stage of debate. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — It has been a long wait, but the wait is over. Patients coming for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy at the Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center will enter through a new entrance directly from the front parking lot starting Monday, August 3. The new entrance is just east of the main hospital entrance and will be marked...

McCOOK, Neb. — A corridor connecting Community Hospital to the former Medical Specialists Center and McCook Clinic will be closed to the public and staff for several months beginning Tuesday, August 4, according to Blake Bethell, Community Hospital Facility Project Manager...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will host commencement ceremonies Friday at campuses in McCook and North Platte. The McCook Community College ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. That will be followed by the North Platte Community College commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on NPCC’s South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd...

McCOOK, Neb. – TestNebraska, a free COVID-19 testing initiative for Nebraska residents, was so successful for McCook, Curtis and Trenton sites in July, that Community Hospital is adding more testing days as well as expanding each site to accommodate more people. Nearly 100 individuals were tested in McCook, Trenton and Curtis in July. Testing days will continue through October. Community Hospital organizers took over managing the event from the Nebraska National Guard this month...