Western News

Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy Monday formally presented Bob Hessler with the state Citizen Corps Member of the Year award during a ceremony at WNCC.

Comments by members of your Administration, though not specific, seem to suggest you are considering sending more American forces to Afghanistan.

As Western Nebraskans suffered the loss of internet for several hours Thursday afternoon crews were working to repair a cut fiber.

Western Nebraska Community College is hoping the state's congressional delegation can gain federal money to start a planned Wind Energy Training Center in Sidney.

Governor Dave Heineman was in the Panhandle yesterday to honor veterans. His day started off at Chadron State College, where he was the keynote speaker at a veterans awareness conference.

About one hundred veterans as well as family and friends came out to honor those who served our country.

KIMBALL, Neb. - A sustainable ranching workshop set for Nov. 23 at Kimball is designed for ranchers and will focus on production, profit, and healthy family working relationships, the keys to long-term sustainability.

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A 48-year-old western Nebraska man has died after a truck went out of control and hit his pickup on a gravel road near Ogallala.

The major winter storm that paralyzed Western Nebraska and parts of Wyoming and Colorado has finally moved on to the east leaving a foot of snow and dozens of closed roads and schools in its wake.

Several charitable groups were the recipients of help today at the ribbon cutting of the Wal-mart remodeling completion.. Scottsbluff Wal-mart employees presented checks to eight different organizations this morning as part of the re-grand opening of their store.

Major westbound routes from the Nebraska Panhandle into Wyoming remained closed on Saturday as road crews clear more than a foot of snow in some areas.

Crews at the Western Nebraska Regional Airport have been hard at work cleaning up after all the snow... And it has paid.

Western Nebraska is showing signs of recovery after a snowstorm dropped more than a foot of snow in some areas, causing road closures and power outages.

Interstate 80 between North Platte and the Wyoming state line is closed because of snow and ice tonight.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . Font Size: Light snow continues to fall over much of Nebraska's Panhandle, further hampering travelers already blocked by highway closures.

WHEN painting began in the small Pitjantjatjara community of Irrunytju in Western Australia in mid-2001, there was a degree of surprise mixed in with the excitement as the flow of jewel-like works began.

Imagine this: You change your name, dye your hair, buy a new wardrobe and move to a new city, leaving everything you've ever known behind.

Western Nebraska Regional Airport will soon be seeing some new flights with connectors to and from Alliance.

A heavy, wet snow knocked down tree branches and knocked out power to parts of southern Nebraska on Thursday.