LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Gov. Pete Ricketts is set to visit western Nebraska to hear from the public at a series of town hall events.

Ricketts will meet with residents at the Bean Broker Coffee House in Chadron on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. and the Knight Museum and Sandhills Center in Alliance at 3:30 p.m. He’s scheduled to visit the Petrified Wood Gallery in Ogallala on Friday at 4 p.m.

Ricketts spokesman Taylor Gage says the town halls provide an opportunity for residents to make their voices heard.

Each stop is scheduled to last an hour.