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Bayard Grocery, whose owner announced he would retire earlier this year, is set to close on March 5, leaving residents with no local options for fresh groceries. Community organizers are hoping to establish a new store, of some sort.

Febronio Plasencio Jr., of Scottsbluff, 37, has been sentenced to jail after stealing from a GoFundMe account that contributors believed would benefit the children of a woman killed in a 2019 crash.

An advocate with the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing says Paul Ruff has an actionable complaint after his loss at the NSAA state wrestling tournament.

Welcome to this year's Taste of the Season recipe contest.

The Gering volleyball team put together a complete game, registering a 25-21, 25-23, 20-25, 25-22 win over Chadron Thursday night at Gering High School.

The time-tested game of BINGO is being used to help promote local businesses.

Three city council members at a committee meeting rejected putting forward pay raises for themselves and the mayor, saying it was not the right time and that staff did not see increased wages.

Across the country, there is an increasing need for Hispanic organ donors, and Nebraska is no different.

The time-tested game of BINGO is being used to help promote local businesses.

Captain America from Marvel Comics and Junko Enoshima from the “Danganronpa” anime were just a couple of the characters who roamed Uptown Scottsbluff on Saturday, Oct. 17 for the fourth annual High Plains Mini-Con, a local scaled-down version modeled after…

The Scottsbluff City Council asked staff to pursue an inter-agency agreement to oversee construction and management for a proposed regional landfill.

Tanya Storer said she’s coming up the inside to represent District 43. The Whitman-based rancher and Cherry County commissioner is challenging incumbent State Sen. Tom Brewer, of Gordon, for the state’s largest district by area. The fight has become increasingly…

At present, three men lead the Panhandle’s Unicameral delegation some 400 miles away. State Senators John Stinner, Steve Erdman and Tom Brewer — and the candidates they beat or are running against this year — have spent nearly three-quarters of…

Saturday’s Old West Weekend was unique among the previous 37 iterations of the marching band competition.

Allegations of resistance by the Alliance school district to participate in COVID-19 health investigations has gained the attention of state officials.

Across the country, there is an increasing need for Hispanic organ donors, and Nebraska is no different.

MITCHELL — The fishing and wildlife habitat around Dry Spotted Tail Creek has been in need of improvement for some time.

Three city council members at a committee meeting rejected putting forward pay raises for themselves and the mayor, saying it was not the right time and that staff did not see increased wages.

Four candidates vying for two seats on the Scottsbluff City Council faced off in a forum at Scottsbluff High School Wednesday night.

Twin Cities Roofing owner Terry Schank donated $100 from every roofing job since Oct. 1, 2019 to the United Way. Schank said the company surpassed its goal of $50,000.

Ninjas are training at the Carpenter Center.

Nebraska Chamber of Commerce President Brian Slone says Nebraska has a lot of possibilities econmically after emerging from the pandemic.

Gering hosted firefighters from more than 25 fire departments from five states to practice battling wildfires in a controlled environment.

Scottsbluff Police are heading up an investigation into an incident involving multiple individuals interrupting the Scottsbluff school board meeting Monday. Through the online networking program Zoom, the individuals “bombed” the meeting, with numerous racial slurs, as school board […]

On Wednesday morning, Rita Stinner, wife of State Sen. John Stinner, carried two large store bags of books into the office of CASA of Scotts Bluff County.

Less than a week after a school board meeting was interrupted with racist slurs from a zoom call, issues of equality, finance and sexual assault dominated a forum between six candidates vying for three seats on the Scottsbluff Public Schools…

St. Agnes Catholic School brought the pumpkin patch to the playground Monday, offering hay bale slides, pumpkin bowling and other fun to students for their fall festival.

The Scottsbluff Board of Education unanimously approved funding Monday for two staff positions for a burgeoning multicultural organization. Unfortunately, the meeting that included approval of the funding for the organization to highlight diversity and culture had been punctuated with a…

During the retirement reception for Scottsbluff Police Capt. Tony Straub Friday, Tom Perkins recalled an October 2019 Star-Herald photo of Straub from a Coffee with a Cop event.

Ninjas are training at the Carpenter Center.

Four candidates are running to fill two seats on the Scottsbluff City Council including incumbent Raymond Gonzales.

Scottsbluff Public Schools will remain open for in-person classes if the risk dial moves into the high risk level.

A World War II veteran received his war-time medals and Quilt of Valor with four generations of his family present.

ALLIANCE — Western Nebraska Community College’s Amy Winters, math instructor, was recently honored as the Nebraska Developmental Education Consortium’s (NDEC) Teacher of the Year.

PPHD reports two more COVID-19-related deaths while the number of positive tests surge.

Preschoolers from Lincoln Elementary filed out of the school bus and into Engel Farms Pumpkin Patch on Thursday, Oct. 8. When descending on to the pumpkin patch they giggled, pointed and stared wide-eyed at … a cat.

Twin Cities Roofing owner Terry Schank donated $100 from every roofing job since Oct. 1, 2019 to the United Way. Schank said the company surpassed its goal of $50,000.

Potter-Dix Elementary School was announced as the winner of the Small Towns Matter contest after being nominated by a cook in the school's cafeteria.

Nebraska Chamber of Commerce President Brian Slone says Nebraska has a lot of possibilities econmically after emerging from the pandemic.

Activity at Cheema's Gas & Liquor, located at 2002 Ave. I, caught the attention of passers-by Wednesday morning.

The Scotts Bluff County Election Office isn’t handing out stickers for this year’s early voter.

Pastor Gary Ashley, of Calvary Memorial Church, went jogging one morning and realized there wasn’t really a place in the community for women with unplanned pregnancies to go. He talked to his assistant Megan Stobel and they began looking into…

Area resident Bob Sorok wants drivers to slow down on Country Road 25.

The National Weather Service office out of Cheyenne issued a red-flag warning for fire conditions in southeastern Wyoming and extending into the majority of the Panhandle Monday. The low humidity and winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour worsen…

Area church officials and pet owners gathered at Centennial Park to bless man's best friend, and other pets like chickens.

A crowd observed in awe as thousands of pounds of pumpkins were lifted, maneuvered and weighed at the fifth annual Goshen County Giant Pumpkin Contest on Saturday.

What do the books "Fifty Shades of Grey" and the Bible have in common? They both made American Library Association’s top 10 most challenged books and the top 100 most challenged books in the last decade.

Anthony Mason hummed The Ghostbusters' theme song and sang "I ain't afraid of no ghost" as he walked along the path where Riverside Discovery Center staff was setting up some Ghostbusters-themed displays for the upcoming Spooktacular.