AAA Travel projects 34.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend which is down less than one percent compared to a year ago. The holiday period is defined as Thursday, May 23, through Monday, May 27. More than 89 percent, or 31 million people, will opt [...]
Since its inception in 2006, the Improvement Fund of the North Platte/Lincoln County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has awarded nearly one million dollars to Lincoln County organizations for brick-and-mortar improvements and expansions to local attractions and visitor services. Due to the overwhelming number of applicants seeking these funds, the North Platte/Lincoln County Convention and Visitors [...]
COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT 05/21/2013 01:14:47 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT LBF, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101 05/21/2013 01:40:15 LOOSE ANIMALS 4500 S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101 05/21/2013 01:52:04 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE W 8TH ST /N AUGUSTA AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101 05/21/2013 01:56:14 DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET [...]
An experienced fundraiser and former executive director of two nonprofit Nebraska foundations has been named the new executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party. Party officials announced Robert “Bud” Synhorst as the new director. State GOP Chairman J.L. Spray says Synhorst had been active in Republican politics for many years. Synhorst is a past executive [...]
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People in Paxton are being told to boil their tap water before drinking it. The village issued the notice to its residents this week after a water tower well failed to power up, drying up the tower. Water has been pumped back into the tower, but officials must first receive the results of water samples [...]
A 34-year-old North Platte man is going to prison after being sentenced on multiple drug and assault charges. Quincey Shugart was sentenced to three to nine years in prison by Lincoln County District Court Judge Richard Birch on Monday. Shugart was convicted of stabbing a 23-year-old man in the parking lot of La Casa Nueva [...]
A 24-year-old Hershey man has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated in a crash that killed a woman. Micah Koch entered the plea Monday in Lincoln County District Court. Authorities say Koch was drunk when he crashed a pickup in January near Sutherland. The crash killed a passenger, 24-year-old Korey Huebner. [...]
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The Nebraska State Board of Health is recruiting members to serve on five of its professional boards. New professional members are required to be Nebraska residents who are actively engaged in practice, with a license in good standing. Residents who represent a consumer perspective may be eligible for the public member seats, if they are [...]