Scotts Bluff County News

The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Department has welcomed a new deputy to their crew thanks to donations from the community.

Rural Scotts Bluff County residents will need to deal with not only snowpacked roads, but in many cases mud that caused problems for county road department road graders as they worked Friday to clear two feet and more of snow.

The Scotts Bluff County Board has decided in a split 3-2 vote to re-bid for new boilers.

A stretch of gravel roads in the southern end of Scotts Bluff County is closed due to big drifts of snow.

Scotts Bluff County Director of Public Works Bob Bennett says more blowing and drifting Thursday is making things difficult for his road crews as they try to keep paved roads open and get a handle on the more drifted areas on the gravel roads.

Five Nebraska farmers have been appointed to serve on the Nebraska Farm Service Agency's state committee.

A slow-moving snowstorm in Nebraska's Panhandle dropped several feet of snow and created messy conditions Wednesday.

Scotts Bluff County Director of Public Works Bob Bennett says the snowfall in the county varies, although the heaviest amounts are in the southern ends of the county.

Reports of snowfall in Nebraska's Panhandle continue to rise as a slow-moving snowstorm pushes into the west end of the state.

Scotts Bluff County 4-H Achievement Night Masquerade Ball was held at the Mitchell Event Center on Sunday to recognize top 4-Hers, 4-H Leaders and volunteers.

A Scottbluff man is accused of setting seven fires in the city over the last two months.

Attorney General Jon Bruning says he was impressed with the programs to rehabilitate inmates during his tour of the Scotts Bluff County jail Wednesday.

Nebraska's Attorney General stopped by the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center today for his first visit to the facility since it was completed.

A Scottsbluff man charged in the death of his three month old infant daughter will be tried seperately on child abuse and drug possession charges.

A new program of the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center is helping to get juvenile offenders on the right path with the help of horses.

Delayed shipments of seasonal influenza vaccine, along with higher demand, have forced Regional West Medical Center Community Health Services to cancel the walk-in seasonal flu clinic on October 17.

Delayed shipments of the seasonal flu vaccine along with large demand have caused Regional West Medical Center to cancel their walk in flu shot clinic.

Heavy snowfall in Scotts Bluff County is making a mess out of the dirt roads. Two-thirds of the gravel roads still need to be cleared.

The attorney for the North Platte Natural Resources District says the latest legal action by the Central Nebraska Public Power District has no more merit than other actions taken by the Holdredge-based entity.

The arraignment of the 20 year old brother of the man accused in the murder of James Mendoza of Scottsbluff has been postoned until November due to pre-arraignment motions filed by Joseph Lowery's counsel.