Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska is collecting food for local residents in need as part of a new food drive campaign.

Priority bills are essentially guaranteed a shot at floor debate if they get out of committee.

The Scottsbluff City Council awarded a bid to begin construction on a long awaited project.

North Platte city council members hope to lower property taxes by making the rec center and municipal golf course more self-sufficient. Officials with the Western Nebraska Taxpayers Association says the city could lower property taxes by 40% by doing three things.

In the sixth installment of the "Inspector Shan Tao Yun" series, Eliot Pattison again transports readers to ethereal, long-suffering Tibet.

Long time Scottsbluff detective, Mark Overman has made it official; he is throwing his hat into the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's race.

Ray Ashford of Schamel Salvage, rural Indianola, checks the straps holding a "CSDBS" mail sorting machine on a trailer, after he and co-worker Tim McMains removed the sorting table and machine from the U.S. Post Office in McCook Thursday morning.

The North Platte City Council's regular meeting drew a full crowd who anxiously awaited the final item on the agenda.

A Scottsbluff man has been found guilty in the shaking death of his infant daughter in April.

A group at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff gave out free t-shirts along with a chance for students to reflect on the importance of the day.

A Panhandle community is coming together after a fire destroyed one of Western Nebraska's few dog shelters and killed three dogs.

Transcript of Sean Denney Interview conducted on Friday January 15, 2010 There's been a lot of talk about Level II trauma services and services Good Sam provides to the community some of the needed services could be at risk of this new hospital gets built.

Dr. Eileen Ely, President at Western Nebraska Community College, has announced that Andrew Lenzen will serve as the Interim Associate Dean of the Southern Panhandle Lenzen, a math instructor at WNCC who is working on his doctorate in adult and higher education, began his new duties Jan.

The LCC women's and men's basketball teams will be back in action on Friday night when they host a doubleheader against Western Nebraska at the LCC Wellness Center.

Judith Amoo was selected Panhandle Business and Professional Women 2010 Woman of the Year at the monthly BPW meeting, January 13, 2010, at the Gering Civic Center.

A rarely seen 400-year-old map that identified Florida as "the Land of Flowers" and put China at the center of the world went on display Tuesday at the Library of Congress.

A 43-year-old western Nebraska teacher has been charged in two counties with first-degree sexual assault of a child.

Injury screenings for baseball players To prepare baseball players for a safer season, the Athletes' Training Center is offering free injury screenings for players of all ages.

Several agencies are putting out the S.O.S for potential disaster volunteers for the Panhandle.

A few Western Nebraska schools will receive federal stimulus money to improve technology in their schools.