The Culbertson School District Board of Trustees held their regular meeting Tuesday, June 16. Attendees met in the lunchroom. Following roll call and the recognition of visitors, minutes were approved for the May 19 regular and curriculum committee meetings and the June 3 special board meeting. A finance report was received by the board. It covered action, bills, investments, note cash and

Amtrak will cut service later this year on most of its long-distance routes nationwide to three times a week instead of the current daily service because ridership has fallen significantly during the coronavirus pandemic. Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said June 17 that the cuts will take effect Oct. 1 and remain in place until at least the summer of 2021. Woods added that daily service

The swimming pools in Culbertson and Medicine Lake are currently open to visitors, with alternating, twice-weekly bus service scheduled from Froid on Tuesdays (to Culbertson) and Thursdays (to Medicine Lake). Buses leave the Froid School gym at 12:30 p.m. and return at 4 p.m. The Medicine Lake pool is now open every day from 1-5 p.m. and in the evenings from 6-9 p.m. Water aerobics are offered

Jimmie Ashcraft, a long time physician in Sidney, will be one of the featured authors during the Sunrise Festival of the Arts in Sidney on Saturday, July 11. The 30th annual Sunrise Festival of the Arts, presented by Dasinger Oil Properties, is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park. Ashcraft has discussed his books often at the Sunrise Festival after practicing at Sidney Health