Posted: 02/22/12 16:11
The Scottsbluff Police Department says it has received reports of counterfeit $100 bills being passed at local businesses. The Police department says...
Posted: 02/22/12 15:35
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge ...
Posted: 02/22/12 15:20
Winds are beginning to kick up in the western end of the county as gusts that have been reported over 60 miles per hour in eastern Wyoming move into t...
Posted: 02/22/12 14:50
Third District Congressman Adrian Smith says he is encouraged President Obama has joined the conversation on tax reform.
Obama Wednesday pro...
Posted: 02/22/12 14:30
Veterans are encouraged to attend a meeting this evening at 6:00 pm at the Gering VFW Post 1681, where officials from the Black Hills Health Care Sys...
Posted: 02/22/12 10:48
The lawyer for a woman who filed a federal lawsuit against Scottsbluff Police Chief Alex Moreno and the city of Scottsbluff has been given until March...
Posted: 02/22/12 09:05
Two people were cited for drug violations after their vehicle was stopped by the Nebraska State Patrol Tuesday morning three miles west of Big Springs...
Posted: 02/21/12 20:44
A Broadwater native who has worked in economic development , tourism and merchandising in western Nebraska is the new Scotts Bluff County tourism dire...
Posted: 02/21/12 19:45
The Scottsbluff city council Tuesday evening accepted a settlement in the lawsuit against Westward Airways and officers from two groups who owned the ...
Posted: 02/21/12 17:06
Allo Communications LLC of Imperial, Nebraska is the recipient of a $1 million loan from Adams Bank & Trust of Imperial backed by a USDA Rural Develop...
Posted: 02/21/12 15:56
Students at WNCC may be facing a five percent increase in tuition and fees next fall under a proposal being considered by the WNCC Board of Governors....
Posted: 02/21/12 15:15
Ribbon cutting took place this (Tuesday) morning on WNCC's new business incubator, located in the Harms Advanced Technology Center.
The purp...
Posted: 02/21/12 11:53
A Scottsbluff man who struck two of his children and threatened his wife with a knife is in the Scotts Bluff County jail on suspicion of chil...
Posted: 02/21/12 11:32
The trial of a Henry man charged with manslaughter and motor vehicle homicide in the alleged drunk driving death of his passenger has been pushed back...
Posted: 02/21/12 11:25
The trial of one of several men charged in a carjacking last October is beginning today. 18 year old Antonio Ybarra is the only one of the three adult...
Posted: 02/21/12 09:57
Registration of kindergarten students for the 2012-2013 school year, in both Scottsbluff and Gering, will be held February 21-24, in all elementary sc...
Posted: 02/21/12 09:51
The City of Alliance adopted the slogan "Building the Best Hometown in America" last year, last week it announced the development of a new tourism web...
Posted: 02/20/12 17:00
Officials with Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska announced Monday they have begun a fundraising effort to gain an additional $53,000 to...
Posted: 02/20/12 15:00
Two young people were taken to Regional West Medical Center this morning after the vehicle they were in slid off of Highway 71 and rolled just s...
Posted: 02/20/12 14:07
The Scotts Bluff County Commissioners Tuesday will consider appointing a permanent county tourism director. Board Chair Mark Masterton says the county...
Posted: 02/20/12 13:47
DENVER (AP) _ A winter storm has prompted Colorado authorities
to close eastbound Interstate 70 from Denver almost to the Kansas
state line.
...
Posted: 02/20/12 10:49
Retail gas prices around the state have climbed since the beginning of the year and are now averaging $3.50 a gallon, but prices here in the Scottsbl...
Posted: 02/20/12 07:28
A storm system this is moving across the Central Rockies and onto the Plains has dropped four to five inches of snow in Scotts Bluff County and the su...
Posted: 02/19/12 16:57
The city of Gering is planning on an overlay of the northern portion of the Scottsbluff-Gering Highway later this summer. The $424,000 project include...
Posted: 02/19/12 11:01
A Sidney man accused of threatening his wife with a loaded gun during a domestic argument will be sentenced April 4th after pleading guilty earlier th...
Posted: 02/19/12 10:17
The Nebraska Department of Education
Nutrition Services is seeking sponsors to operate the Summer Food
Service Program in Nebraska.
P...
Posted: 02/19/12 10:13
Four finalists will interview for the job
of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service director and cooperative
extension division dean.
...
Posted: 02/19/12 09:23
The United Way of Western Nebraska is currently accepting applications from 501(c)3, no0n-profit organizations for 2012-2013 funding.
Applica...
Posted: 02/19/12 07:25
Nebraska lawmakers are set to begin work on
the state's version of health insurance reform.
Two bills to create the Nebraska Health Benef...
Posted: 02/19/12 07:20
Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight
a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from
enforcing local rules to protect...
Posted: 02/18/12 13:41
The Bridgeport City Council voted unanimously to award a contract to Lucky Keno of Scottsbluff to provide keno services to the City of Bridgeport.
...
Posted: 02/18/12 11:17
A new travel website has been launched that will promote overnight stays in Alliance and highlight the city's unique attractions and friendly resident...
Posted: 02/18/12 09:22
Deputy State Fire Marshall Mike Turner says a Friday afternoon fire that destroyed an outbuilding and workshop north of Morrill is still under investi...
Posted: 02/17/12 22:18
The Nebraska State Patrol says one person was killed and five others were injured in a two vehicle crash on Highway 77 & Davey Road in Lancaster Count...
Posted: 02/17/12 16:30
A 34 year old Scottsbluff man was convicted Friday by a Scotts Bluff County District court jury of first degree sexual assault on a child and three co...
Posted: 02/17/12 12:21
Area businessmen will meet with the Twin Cities Development Board next Thursday to discuss the economic development group's involvement in housing and...
Posted: 02/17/12 11:30
Keep Scottsbluff-Gering Beautiful Executive Director Kathy Kropuenske is elated these days after getting word from the Nebraska Department of Environ...
Posted: 02/17/12 11:27
A Gering woman is listed in fair condition after a two vehicle accident Thursday evening that sent four people to Regional West Medical Center for tre...
Posted: 02/17/12 09:30
Authorities in California say a Chadron man was one of three Camp Pendleton-based Marines killed in a car crash that investigators say was primarily...
Posted: 02/16/12 18:04
A 34 year old Scottsbluff man has been charged with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury after his two month old son was transferred to a De...
Posted: 02/16/12 18:00
The Nebraska Department of Roads announced Thursday the city of Scottsbluff will receive funding for a new pedestrian and bike trail that will begin ...
Posted: 02/16/12 16:12
A South Dakota man will be sentenced April 4th after pleading no contest to separate beatings in a Sidney motel and in the Cheyenne County Jail. Water...
Posted: 02/16/12 14:40
The Oregon Trail Community Foundation Thursday awarded $22,000 to a dozen local non-profit organizations that help the provide essential needs such as...
Posted: 02/16/12 11:09
Several residents opposed a request by SourceGas to increase its customer service and distribution charges during a town hall meeting in Gering Wedne...
Posted: 02/16/12 09:37
There will be two new members of the Bridgeport City Council, after both incumbents failed to apply for reelection. Jason Schmunk and Willis Beyer ch...
Posted: 02/16/12 09:26
The filing deadline for incumbents for the 2012 primary election passed Wednesday, and there are several seats open on local boards after some of the ...
Posted: 02/16/12 06:19
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., Regional West Medical Center will close half of the main first floor hallway Monday in preparation for asbestos abatement and rem...
Posted: 02/15/12 20:17
The man who was hired to be the new chief of police in Hemingford has had a change of heart.
The Hemingford Ledger reports that Randy Milburn...
Posted: 02/15/12 16:40
An Alliance man, 25-year-old Dominick Dubray, is being held without bond, after being charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of...
Posted: 02/15/12 14:53
A former Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Deputy has been fined $500 after he was found guilty of disturbing the peace Wednesday in Scotts Bluff County C...
Posted: 02/15/12 14:36
Authorities say a fatal crash at a south-central Nebraska train crossing that killed a Garden County High graduate was an accident.
The ...
Posted: 02/15/12 13:41
After leasing the Skyport restaurant at the Western Nebraska Regional Airport for two years, Ron Schluter and his wife Sara have told th...
Posted: 02/15/12 12:55
It was a daily battle, but in the end, Logan Vath pulled enough strings to win a new guitar. The Scottsbluff High graduate, and former part time emplo...
Posted: 02/14/12 23:55
Jana Kruger from Arlington is entering her second year as President of the Nebraska State Fair Board. She was re-elected to the Fair's executive...
Posted: 02/14/12 17:58
A 52 year old Cheyenne County man was sentenced Tuesday by District Judge Derek Weimer to five to six years in prison after entering a no conte...
Posted: 02/14/12 17:03
A spokesman for a group Police believe may be targeting Chadron State College students with a pyramid scheme denies law enforcement's allegations.
...
Posted: 02/14/12 15:39
Air Link at Regional West Medical Center announced today the launch of an additional Air Link base and partnership with the Medical Center of the Rock...
Posted: 02/14/12 15:39
An icon in the Bridgeport community and medical field has died.
Dr. George Post passed away Monday afternoon at Morrill County Community Hosp...
Posted: 02/14/12 14:11
The filing deadline for incumbents on local boards is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Recently these incumbents have filed for re-election... Don Christiansen for G...
Posted: 02/14/12 11:25
The Gering city council Monday evening accepted a settlement in a nearly three year long lawsuit against Westward Airways and the officers of two grou...
Posted: 02/14/12 10:00
There is a limited number of tickets to purchase for the Teresa Scanlan "Year in the Life of Miss America" event of February 28th at the Gering Civic ...
Posted: 02/14/12 06:00
The Gering city council Monday night approved the purchase of the North Platte Valley Museum for use as a badly needed maintenance building for the ci...
Posted: 02/13/12 22:50
Scotts Bluff County District Judge Randy Lippstreu has taken under advisement defense motions by Kimball councilman Scott Haun that seek a change of v...
Posted: 02/13/12 17:53
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A state lawmaker says his proposal to allow
for stricter alcohol rules in certain parts of Nebraska would give
local gove...
Posted: 02/13/12 13:04
Scottsbluff officials along with the University of Nebraska Medical Center hosted thirty-nine Chadron State College health professionals Saturday at R...
Posted: 02/13/12 10:12
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) _ Officials at the University of Nebraska at Kearney have confirmed a case of bedbugs in a residence hall.
The univer...
Posted: 02/13/12 10:07
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) _ Police say a group of scam artists may have been targeting Chadron State College students recently.
Chadron Police ...
Posted: 02/12/12 19:34
The two people killed in a stabbing incident at an east Alliance residence Saturday morning have been identified.
Alliance Police Chief John ...
Posted: 02/12/12 16:18
Jury selection will begin Monday in the trial of a 34 year old Scottsbluff man charged with first degree sexual assault on a child and three cou...
Posted: 02/12/12 07:57
The Midwest Renewable Energy ethanol
plant near Sutherland is halting production for several weeks,
citing a surplus of ethanol with falling d...
Posted: 02/12/12 07:50
Nebraska lawmakers and Gov. Dave Heineman
are continuing to spar over Nebraska's policy priorities as the
Legislature nears the halfway point ...
Posted: 02/10/12 17:17
Nebraska Public Power District's Scottsbluff generating station, which was closed in 1989, will be demolished , following approval friday by NPPD's Bo...
Posted: 02/10/12 15:54
Final figures from the United Way of Western Nebraska's current fund raising campaign won't be released until early March, but the winner of a trip fo...
Posted: 02/10/12 15:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A new report says Nebraska's net tax
receipts were higher than projected in January.
State tax commissioner Doug Ewa...
Posted: 02/10/12 13:27
Another mountain lion unintentionally caught in a foothold trap in Dawes County was tranquilized and released by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commissio...
Posted: 02/10/12 13:19
So what's the deal with the snow so early today? Forecasts had flurries starting late this afternoon or evening but large flakes started coming down e...
Posted: 02/10/12 09:17
Members of Gering's downtown redevelopment committee gathered Thursday to develop goals and objectives and to discuss a survey on the downtown that w...
Posted: 02/10/12 08:30
The Scottsbluff Public Schools Foundation has set aside $150,000 over the next three years to purchase new books for the four elementary school librar...
Posted: 02/09/12 20:04
Chadron State College has confirmed the presence of bedbugs in two residence hall rooms and is taking action to remove the pesky insects.
She...
Posted: 02/09/12 19:50
The autopsy of a Western Nebraska Community College student who was found dead November 30th in a Pioneer Hall dorm room reveals he died of a drug ove...
Posted: 02/09/12 18:05
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ An American Indian tribe is suing some of
the world's largest beer makers, claiming they knowingly
contributed to alcohol...
Posted: 02/09/12 11:55
Scotts Bluff County Health Director Bill Wineman confirms a rabid skunk has been collected in Scotts Bluff County. Wineman says family members in the ...
Posted: 02/09/12 11:12
There were only minor injuries Wednesday evening in a two vehicle accident at a rural intersection in northeast Scotts Bluff County. The Scotts Bluff...
Posted: 02/09/12 10:28
An elementary school in Alliance has topped more than 1,200 other schools in 47 states to become one of the national winners in last fall's Keep Ameri...
Posted: 02/09/12 10:25
An independent film maker and his small crew have begun shooting
a documentary on the 2006 disappearance and death of Chadron State
Colleg...
Posted: 02/09/12 09:27
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 17-28-38-39-51 and t...
Posted: 02/08/12 17:54
The Scotts Bluff County Tourism Committee has approved a $245,000 "bricks and mortar" grant to assist the merger of the North Platte Valley Museum and...
Posted: 02/08/12 17:10
About 40 bighorn sheep are currently on its way from northern
Montana to a new home in northwest Nebraska. Nebraska Game and Parks northwest area ...
Posted: 02/08/12 16:31
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says his office will coordinate a legal challenge against a requirement in the new federal ...
Posted: 02/08/12 16:17
The Panhandle Business and Professional Women have named their "Employer of the Year". Western Nebraska Community College employs 450 people in it's 1...
Posted: 02/08/12 15:47
The Mitchell city council Tuesday gave approval for a preliminary grant application to determine if the city's library is eligible for an economic dev...
Posted: 02/08/12 12:25
A fundraiser to benefit the Cirrus House Tuesday night was a big success. Cirrus House Executive Director Brent Anderson said the latest figures Wedne...
Posted: 02/08/12 11:32
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska lawmakers are pitching a series of tax relief proposals aimed at farm land, Social Security benefits
and owner-occup...
Posted: 02/08/12 11:17
As the deadline approaches for extending the payroll tax cut approved in December, Senator Mike Johanns is not giving any prediction as to whether Con...
Posted: 02/08/12 08:21
GUERNSEY, Wyo. (AP) _ The Wyoming Air National Guard was all set to practice using its cargo planes to fight wildfires but poor weather got in the way...
Posted: 02/07/12 17:14
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A 12-year-old student from Lincoln says
kids today don't respect the American flag or the Pledge of
Allegiance.
...
Posted: 02/07/12 16:13
The Scotts Bluff National Monument says a wide range of people from locations both domestic and international have visited over the last seven months....
Posted: 02/07/12 13:59
The future of the 15 year old Valts alternative learning program could be in jeopardy. The Scottsbluff school district is considering dropping out...
Posted: 02/07/12 11:44
Scotts Bluff County Roads Superintendent Bob Bennett is wondering these days where the money is going to come for major roads and bridge projects in t...
Posted: 02/07/12 10:12
An Oshkosh man has died following a rollover accident just west of Oshkosh late last night.
The Nebraska State Patrol says 34 year old Storm...
