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Imagine the mouth of the Kansas River when it was first discovered by the early European explorers. The discovery would come as the larger Missouri River was being explored. The
Read moreQuote is incomplete To the Editor, Mark Kennedy’s quote printed at the top of the paper’s December 5, 2019 front page article is woefully incomplete. He forgot that the reasons
Read moreSeveral years ago, the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter staged an annual retail promotion that ended the Saturday before Christmas with drawings for $1,000 in cash. With the help of several businesses
Read more“Make America Great Again” was not original with this administration. President Reagan used it in his 1979 campaign. And it resonated with many Americans then. A sense that America is
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By mid-October 1868, Gen. Philip Sheridan’s plan for an unconventional winter campaign against the Cheyenne and affiliated tribes was complete. Sheridan reasoned that a winter attack in Indian Territory would
Read moreIn order to get the I-R to our printer on time, we prepared two front pages for the Nov. 21 edition. This was necessary because the Ellsworth City Council scheduled
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As 2019 nears an end and we say goodbye to a decade, 2020 affords us an opportunity as a U.S. citizen to make a difference to our state and to
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