We have to apologize for our lack of updates to the website. We are still having some technical difficulties with replacing some hardware we lost in the fire. Specifically we lost the power cord to the external hard drive that houses all the data for our website. Parts are on order and we hope to be up and running as normal as soon as possible. In the meantime, one part of the website that we will keep up to date is our twitter updates "The Latest" displayed above. So still check in here for the latest NBC Tiger score updates and other news updates.
Eagle update (1/15): The Eagle has found a new nest across the street from our old one. We will soon be moving into 730 Main Street in North Bend. This is the building just south of the medical clinic. As of now, you can drop things off for the Eagle at Gambino's pizza. We hope to have a new drop box at our new building soon.
Benefit to help fire victims
A benefit will be held a Jan. 23 at the city auditorium to raise funds for the businesses and buildings lost in the Dec. 28 downtown fire. A barbecue dinner, silent auction and dance are planned from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Silent auction items include autographed Nebraska football memorabilia, Creighton season tickets and much more. This will also serve as a thank you to the 14 fire departments who responded to the call for help on the 28th. The North Bend Chamber of Commerce will pay for firefighters meals.
Fire hits downtown NB
Nearly every major news organization in eastern Nebraska descended on North Bend Dec. 28 and 29, but only one news organization was on the scene from start to finish: the North Bend Eagle. Heck, we were the only news organization that was part of the scene. Above is about a five minute slideshow of the fire that destroyed five businesses and a home Dec. 28, including the Eagle offices. The pictures are in chronological order starting shortly after the first smoke was seen at about 1:30 and the call went out to the fire department. The images run through about 8:30 p.m.
We appoligize for not getting this up sooner. We broke all records for number of visits to northbendeagle.com this week and regret that we were unable to update the website until Dec. 31 (with the exception of the twitter updates). Not all of our cords made it out, so we had some trouble getting things set back up. In fact, I can still not access the external hard drive I need to update this website. But I was able to find a way around it, so here we are.
Eagle updates
The Eagle is temporarily being run out of Steve and Mary Le Arneal's house. We will have a drop box at Gambino's Pizza for people to drop off any submissions, payments, news, etc. You can also reach us by mail at P.O. Box 100 in North Bend. The Eagle staff will be out of town until Jan. 8. We will continue to provide NBC score updates through "The Latest" above.
We would also like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and messages of encouragement that have been sent our way during this difficult time. It looks like there is a benefit in the works to help the victims of the fire. Stay tuned to the Eagle for more details. Have a happy New Year.
Angels unaware....
Sometimes people right here on Earth can become angels without even knowing it. The Eagle brings you several stories of people helping people, serving as Angels unaware. Read more>>
Board helps arboretum
The NBC school board gave money to help finish the paving prjoct for the trails in the North Bend Arboretum at its Dec. 14 meeting. More>>
Millions of dollars still standing
With a wet fall and last week's blizzard, there are still millions of dollars worth of Nebraska's largest crop ever standing in area fields. Read the story>>
City donates to library drive
The North Bend City Council approved a $20,000 donation to the new library capital campaign at its Dec. 1 meeting. Read the story>>
Library's capital campaign kicks off
The drive for a new library in North Bend began a capital campaign to raise funds for the new building this week and has already secured $85,000 in pledges. Read more>>
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Angels unaware....
