Posted: 06/19/13 10:19
The 33rd annual all-volunteer retracing of the Pony Express route between California and Missouri makes its way through the Panhandle Thursday.
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Posted: 06/19/13 09:31
A second evening of thunderstorms brought another round
of rain, wind, hail, and lightning to portions of the
area. Pea size to 1 inch hail w...
Posted: 06/19/13 08:50
Outdoor weather alert sirens in the Scotts Bluff County Cegion remotely controlled by the communications center will be tested Thursday morning betwee...
Posted: 06/18/13 15:40
Weather permitting, construction work is scheduled to begin the week of June 24 on both bridges at the Interstate 80 (I-80) Kimball Interchange #22, a...
Posted: 06/18/13 15:30
The Scotts Bluff County Board has informed the 11 communities it serves with emergency 911 and dispatch service the county will drop out of the 23 yea...
Posted: 06/18/13 12:31
Irrigators will be getting water very soon. Pathfinder Irrigation District has been working to open a clogged in-take valve in Lake Minatare that was...
Posted: 06/18/13 11:52
Scottsbluff City Manager Rick Kuckkahn says the city needs to consider more than just the numbers when reviewing an NPPD economic impact study that i...
Posted: 06/18/13 08:18
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The president of the Oglala (OHG'-lah-luh) Sioux Tribe has been arrested during a protest of alcohol sales in Nebraska, on the bo...
Posted: 06/18/13 07:50
Many communities in western Nebraska and southeast Wyoming received nice precipitation from the storm that rolled through the region, but there were a...
Posted: 06/18/13 05:26
Scotts Bluff County Operations Director Carol Prince told the county board last night construction on a new building to house the twelve HandiBus vehi...
Posted: 06/17/13 21:05
The Scottsbluff city council Monday evening approved a request from the Riverside Discovery Center to begin the initial phase of construction on thei...
Posted: 06/17/13 15:27
A rural Gering couple will need to put their wedding plans on hold after the home they were renting was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. MIke Enn...
Posted: 06/17/13 14:50
A Welcome Home reception is scheduled for the new Miss Nebraska Jacee Pilkington this evening at the Hampton Inn starting at 6:30 p.m. Pilkington told...
Posted: 06/17/13 13:00
All four Veterans' homes administered by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), including the Western Nebraska Veterans Home in ...
Posted: 06/17/13 11:31
The National Weather Service in Cheyenne says an F1 tornado that touched down in southwest Dawes County the evening of June 11th damaged sixteen or mo...
Posted: 06/17/13 11:15
The Nebraska State Patrol says three people in a car who hit four cattle on the L62A link two miles west of Angora Sunday night were taken to Regional...
Posted: 06/15/13 20:00
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) Officials at Midland University in Fremont say they plan to acquire the former Dana College campus in Blair in July. The Fremont Tr...
Posted: 06/15/13 11:41
Great weather is producing good crowds and participation Saturday at the 11th annual Festival of Hope at the Mitchell Event Center. The event is desig...
Posted: 06/15/13 10:54
A substation issue between Mitchell and Scottsbluff caused sporadic power outages late Friday night and early Saturday morning for Roosevelt Public Po...
Posted: 06/15/13 10:37
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ Authorities lifted evacuations in a wide swath of terrain outside Colorado Springs on Friday as they said a surprise ra...
Posted: 06/15/13 08:30
The Scottsbluff Public School District has released results of their 2013 Parent Opinion Survey. The District has just over 3,000 students, and ther...
Posted: 06/14/13 22:58
SourceGas said Friday they expected relight operations to be complete during the evening for 64 customers near Henry that had service interrupted Thur...
Posted: 06/14/13 16:37
The State of Nebraska is sending a National Guard helicopter to Colorado Springs to assist with fighting the wildfire there. The UH-60 Black Haw...
Posted: 06/14/13 11:21
A due-diligence report by Alliance City Manager J-D Cox and Alliance Visitors Bureau director Kevin Howard says the city should take ownership of Carh...
Posted: 06/14/13 09:20
Chadron Police have arrested 3 Pine Ridge, South Dakota, residents for shoplifting nearly $1,500 in items from Wal-Mart, and Police Chief Tim Lordino ...
Posted: 06/13/13 21:54
A Bridgeport man is out on $1,500 cash bond after he was charged with vandalizing and stealing farm equipment, then cutting it up for resale as scrap ...
Posted: 06/13/13 17:29
Long time Star Herald newspaper reporter Roger Holsinger will be leaving the job to explore a desire to teach. His last day at the Star Herald is Fri...
Posted: 06/13/13 15:04
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says he could not vote at the present time for the immigration bill moved to the floor for full debate but voted like ot...
Posted: 06/13/13 15:00
Douglas, Wy - A suspect wanted by the Denver Police Department on an outstanding warrant for attempted murder and 1st degree aggravated assault with a...
Posted: 06/13/13 12:08
23-year-old Gina Jespersen of Hemingford was crowned the 2013 Miss Rodeo Nebraska Wednesday night during the Nebraskaland Days celebration in North Pl...
Posted: 06/13/13 11:45
The 11th annual Festival of Hope will take place this Saturday at the Mitchell Event Center, with a number of educational and family related activiti...
Posted: 06/13/13 10:30
An Arizona couple has donated to the Scotts Bluff National Monument a rare hand-written first hand account of the Denney family's 1850's journey acros...
Posted: 06/13/13 08:18
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ A Native American tribe that has long battled the devastating effects of alcoholism is planning to ask its tribal members whe...
Posted: 06/13/13 02:00
A rural Bayard woman arrested on suspicion of multiple counts of forgery and theft after allegedly embezzling more than $57,000 from a Western Nebrask...
Posted: 06/12/13 16:22
An Oregon man sustained minor injuries Wednesday morning after he crashed his plane at the Chadron Municipal Airport shortly after takeoff. Chadron P...
Posted: 06/12/13 16:02
After considering a run at various political offices, Scottsbluff attorney Mike Meister announced Wednesday that he will take a run at the Nebraska le...
Posted: 06/12/13 13:59
The Western Nebraska Regional Airport will be part of the 38th annual All Women's Air Race Classic next summer. Airport Manager Darwin Skelton indicat...
Posted: 06/12/13 13:05
Gering Mayor Ed Mayo says the council will wait for recommendations from the Library board before acting on a complaint from a local citizen that his ...
Posted: 06/12/13 12:14
A Welcome Home reception is scheduled for the new Miss Nebraska Jacee Pilkington this coming Monday June 17th at the Hampton Inn starting at 6:30 p.m....
Posted: 06/12/13 10:43
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A judge has ruled that opponents of the Keystone XL pipelinein Nebraska can proceed with their legal challenge to a state law tha...
Posted: 06/12/13 09:22
OLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The number of houses destroyed by a wildfire near Colorado Springs could grow to around 100, and the sheriff says unpred...
Posted: 06/12/13 07:34
The National Weather Service says a tornado damaged houses and outbuildings southwest of Chadron Tuesday night.
The twister, which touched do...
Posted: 06/12/13 02:32
A 42 year old woman charged with assaulting a police officer in Sidney in May of 2012 was sentenced to two and a half years in jail Tuesday. Tammie St...
Posted: 06/11/13 17:52
The City of Gering is one step closer to having a Police Chief after signing a contract with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, who wi...
Posted: 06/11/13 14:19
Kimball residents Tuesday are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway, commonly referred to in Nebraska as Highway 30.
The ...
Posted: 06/11/13 13:46
The City of Scottsbluff is hosting a public open house meeting to showcase preliminary design plans for a new 5.8 mile pedestrian/bicycle trail and as...
Posted: 06/11/13 12:15
The Gering city council Monday night agreed to accept ownership of two properties that have been condemned in southeast Gering and been the subject of...
Posted: 06/11/13 11:50
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit targeting Nebraska's denial of driver's licenses for young immigrants who came into...
Posted: 06/11/13 09:55
An 85-year-old Scottsbluff man has been honored as the Nebraska winner of the Home Instead Senior Care® network's Salute to Senior Service® award.
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Posted: 06/11/13 07:19
Gering Mayor Ed Mayo says more negotiations are needed before they will allow businessman Terry Jessen an exception in the city's zoning laws to build...
Posted: 06/10/13 20:10
The new Miss Nebraska JaCee Pilkington has spent the last couple days taking congratulatory calls and being part of a lot of activities at Nebraskalan...
Posted: 06/10/13 18:30
Two $10,000 grants have been awarded locally to the Legacy of the Plains Museum and the Scotts Bluff National Monument. The grants are from the Coope...
Posted: 06/10/13 16:40
A $1.5 million expansion at the Wildcat Hills Nature Center is on the horizon after a one million dollar boost from the Legislature in the upcoming tw...
Posted: 06/10/13 14:36
Now that the Cattlemans Ball for 2013 near Paxton has wrapped up, planning is already underway for the Cattlemans Ball in 2014, to be hosted by the Ho...
Posted: 06/10/13 13:52
Former State Senator Mike Flood is stamping out speculation that he will run for governor next year. Flood dropped out of the race in December after l...
Posted: 06/10/13 12:22
A rural Mitchell man faces multiple terroristic threats and weapons charges after he allegedly fired shots Sunday morning at a woman he was sharing a ...
Posted: 06/10/13 10:00
KNEB today (Monday, June 10,2013) presented a donation to Camp Scott. KNEB hosted a barbecue held at the radio station to wrap up May's National Beef...
Posted: 06/10/13 09:46
Former Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy has agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for improper use of a state cellphone as part of a settlement with the Nebraska Accountabi...
Posted: 06/10/13 09:30
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska's net state revenue dipped below projections in May, but is still above the amount expected for the fiscal year that ends ...
Posted: 06/10/13 08:36
State Senator John Harms of Scottsbluff says constituents would still like to see something done to lower property tax.
While Governor Hein...
Posted: 06/09/13 15:46
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chuck Hassebrook says every community in Nebraska, not just Lincoln and Omaha, must be doing well economically. Ha...
Posted: 06/08/13 14:27
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Tuition for resident students at the University of Nebraska won't increase in the next school year for the first time since 1990...
Posted: 06/08/13 13:05
Carlos and Jennifer Herrera have been found guilty of a lesser child abuse charge in their week long trial in Scotts Bluff County District Court.
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Posted: 06/08/13 12:11
An engaged couple in their 60s from Colorado Springs, Colorado were killed in a crash while en route to visit the woman's son in Sioux County.
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Posted: 06/07/13 16:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ An Australian company has announced finding what it says could be several million barrels of oil in a new Nebraska Panhandle loca...
Posted: 06/07/13 13:48
Despite snow, cold, wind and heat, Nebraska's sugar beet crop is looking well. Western Sugar Cooperative growers planted 45 thousand acres of sugar be...
Posted: 06/07/13 12:25
A number of individuals were arrested Friday morning culminating an 8 month investigation as the WING drug task force and officers from various agenci...
Posted: 06/06/13 14:07
A new and bigger Runza restaurant is planned for downtown Scottsbluff. Restaurant owners Neil and Lora Blomenkamp say construction on the new 8,000 sq...
Posted: 06/06/13 13:41
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) _ A federal judge has sentenced a New Mexico man to serve five years in prison for torching the landmark Hitching Post Inn in Chey...
Posted: 06/06/13 09:43
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Eight former TierOne Bank officials are being sued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. because regulators say the board member...
Posted: 06/05/13 17:58
Panhandle Cooperative is expanding in Box Butte County. Strong sales has caused the area cooperative to outgrow their Berea location. The Panhandle ...
Posted: 06/05/13 15:28
Senator John Harms of Scottsbluff gives the legislative session that adjourned today a C+. Harms says with a lot of new lawmakers on board, the floo...
Posted: 06/05/13 14:28
Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub says 27 year-old Nicholas Schmit of Grantsville, UT was pronounced dead this morning. apparently as a result of i...
Posted: 06/05/13 12:30
The grasshopper population is declining, unfortunately Nebraska looks to be epic center of grasshoppers in North America. The 2013 Rangeland Grasshopp...
Posted: 06/05/13 11:00
A Harrisburg man convicted regarding the statutory rape of a 14 year old girl has been sentenced to four years intensive supervised probation. Scotts...
Posted: 06/05/13 10:07
SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) _ Cabela's plans to build new stores in New York, Texas and Massachusetts in the next two years to sell outdoor gear.
The...
Posted: 06/05/13 08:22
The Miss Nebraska Pageant in North Platte gets real tonight with the first of 2 nights of preliminary competition for the 16 contestants, leading up t...
Posted: 06/04/13 17:47
One of the area's best developers, real estate investors, businessmen and philanthropists has died Tuesday at the age of 66. Roger Frank passed ...
Posted: 06/04/13 14:10
Governor Dave Heineman Monday signed into law a bill providing more money for fighting and preventing wildfires.
LB 634, introduced by Hyanni...
Posted: 06/04/13 12:48
Mayor Randy Meininger says there are a lot of questions to be answered as the city of Scottsbluff a proposal from a Korean based investor group to loc...
Posted: 06/04/13 09:00
The Union Pacific Foundation Tuesday presented two checks totaling $15,000 to Panhandle Resource Conservation and Development and the United Way of W...
Posted: 06/03/13 20:36
Baker & Associates say construction has begun on the $2.5 million wastewater treatment plant project for the City of Crawford.
The official...
Posted: 06/03/13 19:09
Attorneys for child abuse defendants Carlos and Jennifer Herrera told a Scotts Bluff County District Court jury Monday that their son has been plagued...
Posted: 06/03/13 12:21
Minatare Assistant Fire Chief Brian Lohr says a home owned by former Scottsbluff County Commissioner Ed Martin was heavily damaged by a structure fire...
Posted: 06/03/13 11:11
A Scottsbluff man will make his first appearance in Scotts Bluff County Court today on a charge of possession of child pornography.
C...
Posted: 06/03/13 10:32
Full implementation of Scottsbluff's Rail Safety/Quiet Zone was to take place Tuesday, but there will be a small delay according to City Manager Rick ...
Posted: 06/03/13 10:30
Gov. Dave Heineman Monday signed into law several bills that will bring some tax relief to Nebraskans in specific areas. The Governor highlighted tax ...
Posted: 06/03/13 10:25
Scottsbluff - The 2013Monument Valley Iris Show is in the books and it was an outstanding show considering the weather according to organizers. LeRoy ...
Posted: 06/03/13 10:07
The teacher education program at Chadron State College has again been re-accredited by NCATE...the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Educa...
Posted: 06/03/13 08:02
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Former Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn is now a candidate for U.S. Senate.
Osborn's campaign manager, Dave Boomer,...
Posted: 06/01/13 18:00
LINCOLN -- A legislative committee would be formed to study the tax system in Nebraska under a resolution advanced by lawmakers.
LR155, introduced...
Posted: 06/01/13 13:51
DENVER (AP) _ The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings says that if he accepts James Holmes' plea of not guilty by reason of insanity next w...
Posted: 06/01/13 13:15
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska lawmakers will debate a bill next year that would allow gay and lesbian couples to serve as foster parents if they are r...
Posted: 05/31/13 21:46
Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 608 has canceled the annual Airport Family Fun Day this Saturday at Scottsbluff's Western Nebraska Regional ...
Posted: 05/31/13 13:17
The Friends of the Midwest Theater board of directors announced today that Willa Kosman is resigning as Executive Director of Friends of the Midwest ...
Posted: 05/31/13 12:53
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Supreme Court says the family of an 18-year-old man who died because of the willful negligence of a western Nebraska g...
Posted: 05/31/13 10:49
A 22 year old Minatare man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a Gering man in a rollover accident last July has been sentenced to two to three...
Posted: 05/31/13 10:30
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Supreme Court says parents new to homeschooling are not under a deadline to begin that schooling, as long as the minim...
Posted: 05/31/13 07:05
The drivers of a semi hauling a tanker with liquid feed and a P-T Cruiser have both been taken to Regional West Medical Center this morning after the...
Posted: 05/31/13 05:00
Even though the critical tech inspection was Thursday night, the 25th annual Sugar Valley Rally officially begins today (Friday) with the mandat...
