The Sidney Sun-Telegraph - Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper

Nebraska's Senior Congressman, Representative Adrian Smith, was scheduled to visit Sidney earlier this month but his trip was canceled due to recent winter storms.

The congressman, however, accommodated the Sidney Sun Telegraph by calling from his office in Washington to discuss issues directly impacting his constituents in the panhandle. Smith is no stranger to rural Nebraska, which comprises the 3rd District. His family has called Nebraska home for six generations and Smith himself grew up in Gering.

Smith, who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2007, touted a number o...