Stimulus boosts transportation agencies

Updated: Panhandle rural public transportation organizations have been slated to receive $537,022 in stimulus funding for technology, facilities and administration.

City may test proposed quiet zone changes

Updated: Citizens and visitors to Scottsbluff may get a test drive of proposed road changes that may be implemented if Scottsbluff puts into place a proposed quiet zone plan.

Experience, concept paid off for firms in Gering grocery decision

Updated: The firms that are negotiating with the City of Gering to reopen a downtown grocery store have extensive experience with retail developments anchored by grocery stores.

Students and teachers went ‘in pursuit’ of history

Updated: As a way to teach students the importance of the history around them, and especially the Oregon Trail, teachers Janet Wragge and Kim Merchant signed up with Candy Moulton of Boston Productions to help produce the documentary, “In Pursuit of a Dream.”

Dad sent to prison in shaken baby death

Updated: Scotts Bluff County District Judge Randall Lippstreu sentenced a Scottsbluff man Friday to prison for causing the shaking death of his infant daughter.

Gering woman sees art all around her

Updated: Inspiration is all around her, according to Kathleen Cox.

Lionel Harris presided over many changes at Scottsbluff experimental station

Updated: Lionel Harris presided over some big changes in the agricultural experiment station near Scottsbluff during the more than three decades that he served as superintendent.

WNCC Theater presents update of Greek tragedy

Updated: The classic tragedy “Antigone” will be staged by West Nebraska Community College Theater Department at the WNCC Theater this weekend.

Red Cross kicks off Hero campaign

Updated: Goats, people and pizza helped to kick off the Greater Nebraska Panhandle Chapter of the American Red Cross Heroes Campaign on Wednesday.

Forest to be thinned around Wildcat Hills Nature Center

Updated: While the trees surrounding the Nature Center at the Wildcats Hills State Recreation Area are beautiful, they also present a danger in the event of a fire.

New postmaster ready for job’s challenges

Updated: Scottsbluff’s new postmaster brings a varied background of skills with him.

Metro Community College lawsuit dropped

Updated: Nebraska’s community colleges have made peace with each other.

Specialized team trains in Scottsbluff

Updated: A Nebraska team specialized in responding to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction is conducting training in Scottsbluff this week.

Scottsbluff escapes state school aid cut

Updated: Sidney, Chadron, Minatare and Scottsbluff School Districts should consider themselves lucky after the Nebraska Department of Education released its state aid certification for the 2010-11 school year late Friday afternoon.

Majority of SPS proposals don’t pass

Updated: The Scottsbluff Public Schools Board of Education was hoping to hear from the public Monday night and they got what they hoped for.

Victim’s family still grieving as defendant pleads guilty

Updated: Despite a Scottsbluff man pleading guilty to killing a 20-year-old man and tampering with witnesses and evidence, the victim’s family still fears that justice has not been served.

Students donate to food pantry and learn community service

Updated: Lincoln Elementary students and their adopt-a partner-school partner Platte Valley Companies recently donated more than 1,000 food items to Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska.

Pay to play, increase in school meals on SPS board agenda

Updated: A number of proposals that could cost students and their parents more money to eat and participate in Scottsbluff Public School activities will be discussed Monday night.

Keeping stormwater clean keeps rivers clean

Updated: Spring is just around the corner and as the snow melts and runs down the gutters into drains, the rooftops and streets are cleared of debris. So everything is washed clean, right? Wrong.

Kuckkahn: City Hall move just made sense

Updated: Scottsbluff City Hall will soon be in new headquarters. Moving day for the city’s administration and other departments is planned for the beginning of April.

United Way remains optimistic

Updated: Despite a turbulent economic year and a period of transition for a new director, officials with the local United Way chapter were pleased with the 2009-10 campaign.

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Sugar beet case to be heard by federal judge

Updated: PHILOMATH, Ore. (AP) — Organic farmers fear this year’s spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide.

Commissioners discuss insurance, keno, voting sites

Updated: With the retirement of Gary Streeks as Scotts Bluff County’s regional representative for Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Scotts Bluff County Commission met with Sue Warner, the new regional service representative for Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Area students compete and qualify for state speech meet

Updated: High school students from across the region were exercising their verbal skills this past weekend with one goal in mind: Qualify for state.

Riverside Discovery Center could be reality very soon

Updated: Work on The Riverside Discovery Center could begin as early as April, bringing a quick turnaround for a project proposed less than a year ago.

WNCC center to serve veterans

Updated: Dignitaries and others lauded the opening of a center dedicated solely to serving veterans and their families at Western Nebraska Community College.

Fiery final lesson at old country school

Updated: After more than a century, and long after it stopped being packed with kids, an old country school is no longer standing.

Hospital’s foundation raising funds to benefit its employees

Updated: Scottsbluff’s John Massey has headed a lot of fundraising efforts. This time he’s set his sights on a new project, raising funds to benefit Regional West Medical Center’s Foundation.

Letters for Santa

Updated: Dear santa