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Introducing www.hookercountytribune.com

The Tribune now has a website! Go to www.hookercountytribune.com and check it out! If you are already a print subscriber and didn’t receive an email about the e-edition last week, go to the upper right hand corner of the website, select subscribe and then select existing print subscriber.
Don and Carol Moore, married for 54 years

Don and Carol Moore, married for 54 years

Don and Carol Moore, married for 54 years

When I interviewed Don and Carol Moore, I learned many life learnings that they went through, how to be successful in life and how to also get through the tough times on top. Most of you reading this article probably know me as Don and Carol’s grandson.

Free appointments at clinic help pick Medicare D drug plans

Need help picking your Medicare D drug plan? Sandhills Family Medicine in Mullen will be hosting Jacob Childers, a pharmacist from North Platte, on November 3, 4, 10 and 11 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. to help pick the right drug plan for you.

Local COVID-19 update

Hooker County has had more positive cases of COVID-19 in the last week. The West Central District Health Department had technical difficulties with their Dashboard on Monday and they don’t update it on the weekends, so as of Friday, Oct.
Post office is halfway to their goal

Post office is halfway to their goal

Post office is halfway to their goal

The Mullen Post Office is keeping track of the number of Breast Cancer Research Stamp sheets they have sold on one of the post office windows this year. At press time on Tuesday morning, they were at 86 sheets - over halfway to their goal of 150 sheets by Oct. 31. Gerri Peterson

To go meals offered at Saturday’s raffle

The Hooker County Community Foundation Raffle is still on for this Saturday, Oct. 24. If you’d rather get your meal to go, just stop by the Hooker County Community Center at 6:30 p.m. and pick it up. You don’t have to be present to win the top prizes!

Struggling to save for retirement? Focus on what you can control

Throughout my career, I’ve talked to countless people who sleepwalk through life and have no plan for their financial future. They live in a fantasy land of wishful thinking, assuming the government will take care of them or their kids will step up to the plate.
Kwik Stop on track to open next month

Kwik Stop on track to open next month

Kwik Stop on track to open next month

Progress is being made on the new Kwik Stop gas station on the corner of Hwy 2 and Hwy 97 in Mullen every day. Owner Dan O’Neill said they are on track to be open by the end of November. If you are interested in working at the Kwik Stop, apply at www.kwikstop.

Changes statewide to DHMs

Lincoln – On Friday, Oct. 16, Governor Pete Ricketts announced changes to the state’s directed health measures (DHMs) that will take effect statewide on Oct. 21, 2020.