SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — The remaining employees at Cabela’s former headquarters in western Nebraska have received buyout offers.

Bass Pro Shops delivered the offers to Cabela’s employees in Sidney, Nebraska, last week, but it’s not clear how many positions will be eliminated.

Bass Pro bought Cabela’s in a $5 billion deal last year. Officials pledged to maintain significant operations in Sidney but kept the headquarters in Springfield, Missouri.

A letter outlining the buyout offer that the World-Herald obtained says Cabela’s employees who are over 50 years old and worked for the company at least 10 years can receive bonuses up to $40,000 on top of two weeks of severance pay for every year of service.

Longtime employees are also being offered lifetime discount cards for Bass Pro and Cabela’s stores.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol is reminding Nebraska schools, businesses, and other groups that it offers civilian training on what to do when a shooter attacks.

The Civilian Response to Active Killer Events program provides information on awareness and steps people can take to increase their safety. The program focuses on three steps: avoid, deny and defend.

Patrol Sgt. Paul Hagen says the patrol wants to “equip people with the mindset and thought process to help them realize what’s happening, be decisive and act.”

The patrol instructors are available across the state for the free program.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts has appointed a South Carolina health care executive to serve as the new director of Nebraska’s Medicaid and Long-Term Care division.

The governor’s office announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew A. Van Patton on Friday. Van Patton served most recently as president and CEO of Cadre Medical Technologies, LLC, a startup healthcare technology company.

Van Patton holds a doctor of health administration degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also holds a master of arts degree in strategic communication and leadership from Seton Hall University and a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina Upstate.

Van Patton will start March 1, 2018. His salary will be $155,000 a year.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Visitors to a western Nebraska zoo will have the opportunity to cast their votes to name two orphaned grizzly cubs on display.

Visitors to Riverside Discovery Center in Scottsbluff will have through March 15 to cast their votes. The zoo also will choose two voters at random to win a 25-inch stuffed bear as a “thank you” for participating.

The cubs were orphaned last spring when a Wyoming black bear hunter illegally killed their mother. Wildlife officials had hoped the cubs would survive in the wild without their mother, but it became clear after several months they would not. Officials then captured the cubs to find them a new home.