Commissioners Approve Funding Request

Between the interstate traffic and the outdoor retail stands a bronze symbol of Sidney’s past, a lone rider on a horse determined to make his next stop on the Pony Express. It is as much real as it is symbolic as the man and steed have seen their share of weather and need sprucing up now and again.

Monday morning, the Cheyenne County Commissioners gave approval to a grant for the Sidney Jaycees to replace the flags at the National Pony Express Monument.

“Since the movement put that up, the Jaycees have taken care of it, put up the flags,” said Cheyenne County Tourism Director Kevin Ho...