Panhandle Post talked to Karen Benzel and her 11 year old son James, and the topic was James’s battle with severe aplastic anemia and how how a man from England saved his life. Here is the conversation.&nbsp;

<div><iframe title="Post  Podcast: Alliance boy, mom talk about life saving donor" allowtransparency="true" height="300" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:300px;" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=xcjfc-145bdbc-pb&from=pb6admin&square=1&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5&size=300" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Panhandle Post talked to Karen Benzel and her 11 year old son James, and the topic was James’s battle with severe aplastic anemia and how how a man from England saved his life. Here is the conversation.&nbsp;</p>

Post Podcast: Alliance boy, mom talk about life saving donor

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 7/12/23

This is the Post Podcast, I'm Kalin Krohe. We spoke with Haley Anders from Upper Niobrara White NRD recently about their water sampling program.&nbsp;

<div><iframe title="Post Podcast: Upper Niobrara Water NRD talks water sampling program" allowtransparency="true" height="300" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:300px;" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=8it2u-1453719-pb&from=pb6admin&square=1&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5&size=300" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>This is the Post Podcast, I'm Kalin Krohe. We spoke with Haley Anders from Upper Niobrara White NRD recently about their water sampling program.&nbsp;</p><figure>
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Post Podcast: Upper Niobrara White NRD talks water sampling program 

<i>By:&nbsp; MIKE GLESINGER&nbsp; PANHANDLE POST</i>

2010 Alliance High School Graduate Jordan Hooper recently returned home from playing her 9th season of Professional Basketball.&nbsp; She spent this past winter playing in Israel.&nbsp; Prior to this season Jordan has played in Turkey,&nbsp;Australia and the WNBA.&nbsp;&nbsp;

During her high school career at AHS, Jordan was the 2-time , Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year.&nbsp; She helped lead Alliance to the Class B Girls State Championship in 2007,&nbsp; a State Runner-up finish in 2008 and 3rd place finishes in 2009 and 2010.&nbsp; She was also an All-State selection in volleyball and a multiple State Medalist in Track and Field.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Following high school,&nbsp; Jordan attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was a 4-year starter for the Cornhusker Womens Basketball Team.&nbsp; She finished her college career with 2357 points and 1100 rebounds. Just the 3rd player in Nebraska history to pass 2000 points and 1000 rebounds. She was a 3 time All Big 10 selection, a First and Second Team All American in 2014 and was Big 10 Player of&nbsp; the Year in 2014.&nbsp; &nbsp;She was also a member of the USA, Gold Medal winning team at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia in 2013.&nbsp;

She was drafted by the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA as the first pick in the 2nd round in 2014. She went on to play 3 seasons with Tulsa, the Dallas Wings, Connecticut Sun, Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky. She has played overseas since 2017.

Jordan recently presented a program at the Alliance Public Library talking about her experiences playing professional basketball around the world.&nbsp; She visited with Mike Glesinger and talked about growing up in Western&nbsp; Nebraska and going on to compete at the highest levels of womens basketball.&nbsp; &nbsp;Click on the arrow above to hear the interview.

<div><iframe title="Post Podcast: Catching Up with former AHS Bulldog Jordan Hooper" allowtransparency="true" height="150" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=4rw8s-145271e-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><p><i>By:&nbsp; MIKE GLESINGER&nbsp; PANHANDLE POST</i></p><p>2010 Alliance High School Graduate Jordan Hooper recently returned home from playing her 9th season of Professional Basketball.&nbsp; She spent this past winter playing in Israel.&nbsp; Prior to this season Jordan has played in Turkey,&nbsp;Australia and the WNBA.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>During her high school career at AHS, Jordan was the 2-time , Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year.&nbsp; She helped lead Alliance to the Class B Girls State Championship in 2007,&nbsp; a State Runner-up finish in 2008 and 3rd place finishes in 2009 and 2010.&nbsp; She was also an All-State selection in volleyball and a multiple State Medalist in Track and Field.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><figure>
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                    </figure><p>Following high school,&nbsp; Jordan attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was a 4-year starter for the Cornhusker Womens Basketball Team.&nbsp; She finished her college career with 2357 points and 1100 rebounds. Just the 3rd player in Nebraska history to pass 2000 points and 1000 rebounds. She was a 3 time All Big 10 selection, a First and Second Team All American in 2014 and was Big 10 Player of&nbsp; the Year in 2014.&nbsp; &nbsp;She was also a member of the USA, Gold Medal winning team at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia in 2013.&nbsp;</p><figure>
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                    </figure><p>She was drafted by the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA as the first pick in the 2nd round in 2014. She went on to play 3 seasons with Tulsa, the Dallas Wings, Connecticut Sun, Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky. She has played overseas since 2017.</p><p>Jordan recently presented a program at the Alliance Public Library talking about her experiences playing professional basketball around the world.&nbsp; She visited with Mike Glesinger and talked about growing up in Western&nbsp; Nebraska and going on to compete at the highest levels of womens basketball.&nbsp; &nbsp;Click on the arrow above to hear the interview.</p>

Post Podcast: Catching Up with former AHS Bulldog Jordan Hooper

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 7/7/23

Karen Benzel discusses the upcoming United Way Movie Night at Alliance's Sandhills Drive-In.

<div><iframe title="POST PODCAST: United Way of Western Nebraska" allowtransparency="true" height="150" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=66pmc-1449c19-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><p>Karen Benzel discusses the upcoming United Way Movie Night at Alliance's Sandhills Drive-In.</p>

POST PODCAST: United Way of Western Nebraska

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/30/23

BBHF Director Chelsea Thompson discusses the upcoming Health Foundation golf tournament.

<div><iframe title="POST PODCAST: Box Butte Health Foundation" allowtransparency="true" height="150" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=cu6bh-1446dcd-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><p>BBHF Director Chelsea Thompson discusses the upcoming Health Foundation golf tournament.</p>

POST PODCAST: Box Butte Health Foundation

Jason Wentworth, Mike Glesinger and Kalin Krohe welcome new News/Sports Director Alex Benzegala to the KCOW family.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<div><iframe title="POST PODCAST: Meeting The Newest KCOW Announcer" allowtransparency="true" height="150" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=pkwri-1444184-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5"></iframe></div><p>Jason Wentworth, Mike Glesinger and Kalin Krohe welcome new News/Sports Director Alex Benzegala to the KCOW family.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

POST PODCAST: Meeting The Newest KCOW Announcer

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/23/23

Hooks and The Huckleberries are on tour from New Mexico and traveling through Alliance and Scottsbluff for a couple concerts. Panhandle Post talked with Adam over the phone while they were in Scottsbluff.&nbsp;

They're set to perform in Scottsbluff Thursday night at Bands on Broadway and were to perform&nbsp; Bands on the Bricks in Alliance Friday night, but due to forecasted weather they will perform in The Gathering Spot from 8pm - 10pm. 

The Greendales from Scottsbluff will perform Bands on the Bricks August 4.&nbsp;

<b>Alliance Bands on the Bricks 2023 Sponsors include:</b>

PREMA&nbsp;<br>H&amp;H&nbsp;<br>Highway 2 Threads<br>Bolek Built<br>Dustin White Irrigation&nbsp;<br>Grocery Kart&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Tritle Plumbing&nbsp;<br>Gibson Irrigation&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Wolfe Auto<br>WESTCO<br>Farm Bureau&nbsp;<br>FNBO<br>Shelmadine Print Shop<br>Heartland real estate<br>Keystone RX<br>FNIC, your trusted insurance advisors<br>Meridian trust<br>Western Nebraska Community College<br>Red Beard Garage and towing<br>Box Butte General Hospital&nbsp;<br>Gathering Spot<br>BNSF<br>Crossroads Music in Alliance/Scottsbluff<br>Bernie's &amp; Girard Well Service<br>Eagles Communications- 1400AM/92.5FM KCOW Radio&nbsp;<br>Alliance Chamber of Commerce<br>City of Alliance<br>Parker Hanifan<br>Fergie's K Lawn<br>Webb Eyecare

<div><iframe title="Post Podcast: Hooks and The Huckleberries to rock Alliance, Scottsbluff" allowtransparency="true" height="150" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=khs45-143d1a2-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5"></iframe></div><p>Hooks and The Huckleberries are on tour from New Mexico and traveling through Alliance and Scottsbluff for a couple concerts. Panhandle Post talked with Adam over the phone while they were in Scottsbluff.&nbsp;</p><p>They're set to perform in Scottsbluff Thursday night at Bands on Broadway and were to perform&nbsp; Bands on the Bricks in Alliance Friday night, but due to forecasted weather they will perform in The Gathering Spot from 8pm - 10pm. </p><p>The Greendales from Scottsbluff will perform Bands on the Bricks August 4.&nbsp;</p><figure>
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                    </figure><p><b>Alliance Bands on the Bricks 2023 Sponsors include:</b></p><p>PREMA&nbsp;<br>H&amp;H&nbsp;<br>Highway 2 Threads<br>Bolek Built<br>Dustin White Irrigation&nbsp;<br>Grocery Kart&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Tritle Plumbing&nbsp;<br>Gibson Irrigation&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Wolfe Auto<br>WESTCO<br>Farm Bureau&nbsp;<br>FNBO<br>Shelmadine Print Shop<br>Heartland real estate<br>Keystone RX<br>FNIC, your trusted insurance advisors<br>Meridian trust<br>Western Nebraska Community College<br>Red Beard Garage and towing<br>Box Butte General Hospital&nbsp;<br>Gathering Spot<br>BNSF<br>Crossroads Music in Alliance/Scottsbluff<br>Bernie's &amp; Girard Well Service<br>Eagles Communications- 1400AM/92.5FM KCOW Radio&nbsp;<br>Alliance Chamber of Commerce<br>City of Alliance<br>Parker Hanifan<br>Fergie's K Lawn<br>Webb Eyecare</p><figure>
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POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/21/23

POST PODCAST: Alliance City Manager Seth Sorenson

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/19/23

BEVERAGES OF THE DAMNED: Not Everything Is Better With Bacon

What a season it has been for the NBA's Denver Nuggets!&nbsp; The Nuggets wrapped up their first ever NBA title Monday night with a 94-89 victory over the Miami Heat.&nbsp; Denver wins the NBA Championship Series 4 games to one.&nbsp;

Alliance native Jason Kosmicki has been the Radio Play by Play voice of the Nuggets for the last 14 years....and was behind the mic for their Championship run this season.&nbsp; Jason has been involved in Denver Sports for the past 29 years.&nbsp; He is a 1986 graduate of Alliance St. Agnes Academy and a former,&nbsp; part time, "weekend warrior" at KCOW.&nbsp;

Jason visited with Mike Glesinger about his radio career and his time with the Nuggets.&nbsp; Click on the arrow above to hear the interview.

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                    </figure><p>What a season it has been for the NBA's Denver Nuggets!&nbsp; The Nuggets wrapped up their first ever NBA title Monday night with a 94-89 victory over the Miami Heat.&nbsp; Denver wins the NBA Championship Series 4 games to one.&nbsp;</p><p>Alliance native Jason Kosmicki has been the Radio Play by Play voice of the Nuggets for the last 14 years....and was behind the mic for their Championship run this season.&nbsp; Jason has been involved in Denver Sports for the past 29 years.&nbsp; He is a 1986 graduate of Alliance St. Agnes Academy and a former,&nbsp; part time, "weekend warrior" at KCOW.&nbsp;</p><p>Jason visited with Mike Glesinger about his radio career and his time with the Nuggets.&nbsp; Click on the arrow above to hear the interview.</p>

Post Podcast: Catching Up with Denver Nuggets Radio Voice, Alliance Native Jason Kosmicki

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/9/23

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/7/23

The Alliance High School girls tennis team wraped up their season at the Class B State Tournament May 19 in Lincoln.&nbsp; Competing for the AHS Team were...Karlie Jensen #1 Singles.&nbsp; Haley Weare #2 Singles.&nbsp; Regan Braun and Kinley Pfeiffer #1 Doubles and Bri Huston and Kenna Montes at #2 Doubles.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Head Coach Scott Mills visited with Mike Glesinger about the season and gave special thanks to the Seniors on this years team. Click the arrow above to hear the interview.&nbsp;

<div><iframe title="Post Podcast:Catching Up with AHS Girls Tennis Coach Scott Mills" allowtransparency="true" height="150" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=scmwr-14295c9-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5"></iframe></div><p>The Alliance High School girls tennis team wraped up their season at the Class B State Tournament May 19 in Lincoln.&nbsp; Competing for the AHS Team were...Karlie Jensen #1 Singles.&nbsp; Haley Weare #2 Singles.&nbsp; Regan Braun and Kinley Pfeiffer #1 Doubles and Bri Huston and Kenna Montes at #2 Doubles.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Head Coach Scott Mills visited with Mike Glesinger about the season and gave special thanks to the Seniors on this years team. Click the arrow above to hear the interview.&nbsp;</p>

Post Podcast: Catching Up with AHS Girls Tennis Coach Scott Mills

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/5/23

POST PODCAST: Coffee Talk 6/2/23

Post Podcast: Upper Niobrara White NRD talks well decommissioning

Punishers Midwest will be holding their annual cancer benefit Poker Run on Saturday, June 3 and making stops in Alliance, Gordon, Crawford and Hemingford.&nbsp;

Registration is at 8:30 a.m. at the Alliance Senior Center with kickstands up at 10 a.m.&nbsp;

For more information call Dale at (308) 629-7766 or Randy at (308) 760-9646

<div><iframe title="Post Podcast: Punishers Midwest cancer benefit poker run" allowtransparency="true" height="300" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=a2ik8-141f860-pb&from=pb6admin&square=1&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=2&font-color=auto&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=5&size=300" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Punishers Midwest will be holding their annual cancer benefit Poker Run on Saturday, June 3 and making stops in Alliance, Gordon, Crawford and Hemingford.&nbsp;</p><p>Registration is at 8:30 a.m. at the Alliance Senior Center with kickstands up at 10 a.m.&nbsp;</p><p>For more information call Dale at (308) 629-7766 or Randy at (308) 760-9646</p><figure>
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