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Headline exercise can boost optimism

A headline-writing exercise is just the elixir needed to start 2026 in the right way after a roller-coaster 2025, Dave Bergmeier writes. Read More

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O Christmas cards, oh those Christmas cards

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Reflections: 40 years in journalism

Milk pouring into a glass. (Adobe Stock │ #354060824 - alter_photo)

Raise a glass to dairy farmers

Livin’ that lifestyle 

Silhouette of mother with her baby (Photo: iStock - NexTser)

Babies are tiny miracles

There’s no better place to grow up than the farm

My boys watch their Dad ride a horse on a summer evening in 2018. They're too distracted to get anything from his sessions. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

What agriculture means to me 

Crews work to clear the snow from Highway 4 west of Bruning, Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Nebraska Department of Agriculture.)

NOTICE: Severe weather to delay March 15 print edition of the High Plains Journal

Small town Main Street. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Extending your reach 

The cover of "Rowdy Ringo and the Cowboys" by Marisa Betts. (Photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

‘Rowdy Ringo and the Cowboys’ now available