The Sheridan County Commission held a hearing last week on the future of four liquor licenses in Whiteclay Nebraska.
In November, the state liquor control commission ordered the Whiteclay stores to reapply for their licenses amid public pressure to reduce panhandling and public drunkenness.

Commissioner James Krotz says it was a productive hearing…

The county commissioners did not act on the licenses, and instead just took the issue under advisement. Krotz says he and his two colleagues, will meet again next week to try to reach a consensus.
The four stores sell about three million cans of beer a year, mostly to residents of the nearby Pine Ridge Reservation across the border in South Dakota.

The commissioners’ decision will simply be a recommendation to the Liquor Commission, which has the final say on all liquor licenses but generally gives strong weight to recommendations from the affected local governing bodies.