Editorials

Prairie Doc Perspective Week of April 19th, 2026 By Kelly Evans Hullinger, MD Substance use disorders like alcohol and opioid use disorders can be

While this year’s calf crop is mostly on the ground, we ranchers are already preparing for next year’s crop. Ranchers play the long game.

“We should go on a litter walk,” my daughter suggested after supper as I was complaining about the trash around town. Even my wife’s

By Debra Johnston, MD Benjamin Franklin famously wrote “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Franklin was

I lived away from home most of my childhood in order to attend school. It took a long time to get over the homesickness

There has recently been a change that has occurred in our house. Following an appointment to have his eyes evaluated, my son is now

“Reasoned debate takes more discipline than shouting. Learning takes more patience than certainty. Civil life takes more courage than force.” Ann Alexander Are you

By Jill Kruse, DO In my role as a hospitalist, I am always happy when a patient is healthy enough to be discharged. A

Area residents who recycle through Keep Alliance Beautiful are on pace with 2025 rates. Through the first quarter of 2026 the KAB recycling center

By Ethan L. Snow, PhD, MA Cells are the basic building blocks of all living organisms. In a healthy body, cells follow an orderly