The Platte County weed superintendent is receiving a bump in pay during the coming year, putting him on par with several of his peers.
Although Columbus residents have already dived headfirst into the New Year, Mayor Jim Bulkley during Monday’s City Council gathering spent a f…
Several years ago, Kim Kwapnioski’s husband, Tim, was trying to figure out whether to take a job as a high school administrator in Gering. It …
The United States Census Bureau is struggling to find workers out of Platte County willing to assist in conducting the 2020 Census.
The Legislature will hit full stride on its fourth day in session Monday with consideration of Sen. Tom Brewer's bill to provide a 50% state i…
The Columbus City Council has approved a beefed-up plan for dealing with the emerald ash borer beetle, which has already affected ash trees in…
The Columbus Fire Department will soon have a newer, better way to keep track of incidents.
Engineers and contractors assigned to the Monastery (Shell Creek) Bridge repair project do not have a set timetable to complete the project, w…
The safest prediction for the 2020 Legislature, which convenes on Wednesday, probably is that not much big is going to happen, Don Walton writes:
As 49 senators head into a new session, they will bring Nebraska residents along with them in the policy they set and the public discussions t…
A Columbus realtor with RE/MAX Total Realty has been named a member of the Nebraska RPAC (REALTORS Party Action Committee) Hall of Fame.
A group representing Nebraska public school teachers is pushing again for a state law that would allow educators to physically restrain violen…
For Platte County Treasurer Jenny Reppert and her office, their goal for registration of auto titles, boats and trailers is to get the process…
During a Platte County Board of Supervisors meeting earlier this month, retired DMV worker and U.S. Navy veteran Mike Schwartzer asked the ass…
Woodville Township has resoundingly approved a proposal to increase its tax levy by 26 percent in the coming year.
A star which for several years shone brightly at the top of the Platte County Courthouse was re-lit Thursday after maintenance crews found the…
Transportation leaders stayed the course on Nebraska's largest state highway project Friday and awarded a $352 million construction contract f…
Employees with the Platte Valley Diversion Program will be getting a little bit more in their paychecks beginning in 2020.
State Sen. Kate Bolz, a Democrat from Lincoln and a candidate for the First Congressional District seat currently filled by Rep. Jeff Fortenbe…
The 53,000-member Nebraska Farm Bureau on Monday endorsed Republican Sen. Ben Sasse's bid for reelection to a second term in 2020.
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Growing up in North Platte, Jerry Engdahl knew at least one thing: He was going to college.
It's not easy for urban and rural senators to reach consensus on broad tax reform.
A proposed intercity commuter bus service would drop Lincoln-based riders off at Westroads Mall, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Universi…
The Nebraska Extension in Platte County office will be closed from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day this year.
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Mike Foley made a stop Tuesday in Schuyler to speak on economic and job issues in the state, as well as to celebrate the gra…
It seemed like the reaction from Nebraska farmers and political officials were universally positive when President Donald Trump reached a prop…
The Platte County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a new video courtroom system to be installed in the smallest of the two co…
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