Scottsbluff Fairfield Inn by Marriott beginning to take shape

Framing for the first floor of the Scottsbluff Fairfield Inn by Marriott is currently going up as construction continues on the three-story, 85 room hotel. The project is part of the Scottsbluff development that includes the new Reganis Honda dealership. Investors Dave Schaff and Aldo Gonzalez ar...

Study: Tax relief legislation would provide jobs and grow Nebraska

A Nebraska research firm says legislation introduced into the unicameral that would provide gradual income tax relief over the next ten years would result in thousands of new jobs. Adam Weinberg with The Platte Institute for Economic Research says an outside study of L.B. 357 indicates a more fav...

Duo arrested as part of WING Drug bust in Morrill County

Charges are being filed against two men who sold drugs to Confidential Informants working for the WING Drug Task Force. 20-year-old Dylon Busskohl and 22-year-old Alex Kildow, both of Bridgeport, were the targets in a WING investigation in November. Arrest affidavits state that a CI went to B...

2 injured in cell tower accident Wednesday in Scottsbluff

A dispatcher with the Scotts Bluff County Communications Center has confirmed that two people were injured while working on a cellphone tower. Around noon on Wednesday, crews with Viaero were working on constructing a cell phone tower on West Overland and Avenue R in Scottsbluff. Valley Ambul...