Bob King

One night last week, I looked up toward the constellation Cetus the Sea Monster and saw Mira for the first time in well over a year. Mira slides up and down in brightness due to real physical changes in its size and temperature. Polish astronomers Johanne... See more

January may be cold, but it sparkles with snowflakes and stars. Although nights begin to grow shorter this month, they're still long and luxurious. You can stargaze after dinner, go to bed at your normal time and get up the next morning to watch a sunrise... See more

Holdrege High School’s Girl’s Basketball team gave favored Gothenburg all they could handle before falling 73-64 Friday night in Holdrege. Holdrege Senior Carson Sundquist led off the scoring with a field goal. After an Emily Stutzman basket was sandwiche... See more

At 9:03 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, the sun will sit at its lowest point in the sky. That spot has is called the winter solstice. Informally, most of us know it as the first day of winter. When the sun is at the solstice point, the time between sunrise and suns... See more

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