VISITORS CENTER CLOSING AS A BUDGET CUT

Oct. 15 will be the final day of operation for the High Point Visitors Center after 11 years of operation. The Kimball County Commissioners elected to close the tourism facility.

On Monday evening at a special Visitors Center meeting, Kimball County Commissioner Rich Flores explained “due to budget constraints in LB 34, thank your Governor for that ... we really had to tighten our belts.”

LB 34 is the recetly passed measure to reduce Nebraska property taxes.

According to Flores, “The consensus throughout the state, in many counties, is that we should hang onto as much money as we can for now b...