It had been nearly 50 years since the newspaper's editor, Bill Blauvelt sold Big Bang Canyons in the Blauvelt Fireworks Stand but in 2018 he decided to order a supply of Bangsite and again fire one of the canyons. In this video he tells of the history of canyon and test fires one he has had for more than 50 years.

Summer is the time for celebrations in the small towns through out rural America and Byron is no different from hundreds of other towns, On a warm Saturday afternoon in 2018 these photos were taken at the Byron Bash

Lovewell Lake is a popular summer time recreation spot. An Express photographer enjoyed watching youngsters in the summer of 2018 playing with the gigantic floating air mattress

Fireworks were blamed for catching a garage on fire and destroying a Superior Home in July of 2018

It was a muddy time when the Nuckolls County Ag Society hosted a 2018 high school rodeo on the Fairgrounds in Labor Day weekend

Every 4 years a group of Nuckolls County people and friends come together to host Oregon Trail Day in the Northeaster Nuckolls County community Oak. Events included narrated tours of the Oregon Trail, The slide show is from the 2018

Playing in the rain---a slide show made from black and white negatives showing three girls playing in downtown Superior on a rain night in the 1970s.
It was sometime in the 1970s and rain was the big news of the week in Superior. but how to photograph it? While trying to answer this question Bill Blauvelt heard a noise outside the office and went to the door to investigate.. He found three girls playing in the rain. He wrapped his camera in plastic and joined them. The result is this slide show.