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City honors staff with recognition awards

The City of Columbus recently celebrated the 2022-2023 fiscal year by honoring its staff members.

Staff members were saluted during an awards recognition banquet on Oct. 13 at American Legion.

"This is just another example of the great employees we have," Mayor Jim Bulkley said. "They are here when we need them and are not afraid to go a...

COUNCIL PREVIEW: City Council to consider several reappointments and more

The Columbus City Council has several items to address when it next meets at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16.

The agenda includes several reappointments:

-Larry O’Neill to the Library Board for a four-year term

-Chuck Whitney to the Nebraska Cooperative Government Commission as a delegate for a one-year term

-Adam Urkoski, Ron Schilling and Charlie Bahr to...

Severe thunderstorm leads to building, parks and road damage

The cleanup is underway after Tuesday night’s thunderstorm caused some damage to Columbus parks, buildings and roadways.

Two trees went down in Frankfort Square; a tree fell down on a light pole and took down some powerlines by the west shelter in Pawnee Park and roadways throughout town were closed as a result of tree branches falling down, among other things.

According to ...

Library drive-thru window now open at Columbus Community Building

Patrons don’t even have to get out of their cars to return and pick up library books during the week anymore.

Columbus Public Library’s drive-thru window is officially open. The drive-thru lane is located on the backside of the Columbus Community Building, 2500 14th St. It can be accessed by taking 15th Street, then turning onto 25th Avenue and into the...

CITY ADMINISTRATOR, PART 1: What actually happened in York?

The following chronicles Columbus City Administrator Tara Vasicek's tenure in York as its city administrator.

NOTE TO READERS: As city administrator, Tara Vasicek oversees activities in the city office and the departments that are in charge of utilities and services; as well as the day-to-day operations of the City while implementing all plans and policies under t...

WATCH AND READ: Congressman Flood visits Columbus Community Building

Congressman Mike Flood back in July bragged about the Columbus Community Building while on the House of Representatives floor in Washington, and on Aug. 24, he brought a memento from the nation’s capital to the City of Power and Progress.

On Thursday, Flood stopped by the Columbus Community Building, 2500 14th St., for an extensive tour of the building that houses City Hall, Columbus Public Library, the Columbus Arts Council, an in-the-works children’s museum and more. He also ca...

Downtown viaduct project public open house set; your input sought

Area residents will soon have another chance to hear more about the potential for a downtown Columbus viaduct and can share their input now via an online survey.

Following presentations made in Frankfort Square during Columbus Days and at a gathering of downtown stakeholders earlier this month regarding a potential downtown viaduct, the City of Columbus will host a public open house from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29^t...

FROM THE MAYOR: A grand summer so far (July 2023)

Did you make it downtown on July 8th for the ribbon cutting and open house of our Community Building? Wow, what an exciting day.

]Wow, what an exciting day. You might think that I am getting tired of talking about this - not! What a day. It began with us highlighting the accomplishments that went into bringing this awesome facility together. We thanked all of the people that played...

'Where collaboration lives': Columbus celebrates grand opening of Community Building

Thunderous applause could be heard early on July 8th, 2023, along 14th Street as hundreds of residents packed outside the Columbus Community Building for its grand opening.

“This is such an exciting event for us and all of you. This voter-approved, $32-million project was completed on time and on budget,” Columbus Mayor Jim Bulkley said to the crowd, moments before cutting the ribbon, to many cheers. “We figured out that wor...

WATCH: Local leaders cut ribbon on Columbus Community Building

Far more than 1,000 people packed the voter-approved Columbus Community Building on Saturday morning for the facility's grand opening celebration.

Watch the video of Columbus Mayor Jim Bulkley, the Columbus City Council, City Administrator Tara Vasicek and other community leaders gather to cut the ribbon kicking off the festivities on our YouTube channel by clicking here.

The City will publish plenty...

Columbus Public Library's move to new building underway

Don’t be surprised to see people wheeling carts of books across 14th Street throughout June.

The Columbus Public Library is technically currently closed, but staff members are hard at work as they prepare to relocate into the entity’s new home in the voter-approved Columbus Community Building.

“Even though the library building ...