19-Year-Old Dies from Injuries in Montana Mountain Fall
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A 19-year-old South Dakota man who fell while climbing Montana’s highest mountain peak earlier this month has died from his injuries. Thomas Craig Pfeifle died at a hospital...
View ArticleMan Killed as Tractor Toppled Down Ditch Bank
BRADSHAW, Neb. (AP) — A man driving a tractor to mow a roadside ditch has been killed in York County. Officers and medics were dispatched 3:40 p.m. Monday to a rural roadside about 2½ miles...
View ArticleFlood Warnings Issued for Eastern Nebraska, Southwest Iowa
The National Weather Service said Tuesday that the river is a foot above flood stage of 10 feet and cresting near Deweese. The service says the high water is moving downstream to Nuckolls and Thayer...
View ArticleStreet Repairs Underway on 10th Street and Platte Avenue in Alliance
Street repairs are underway at 10th Street and Platte Avenue which will reduce traffic flow to one lane. The project is anticipated to be complete by Wednesday, August 31. Please exercise caution...
View ArticleCivil Rights Groups want Road Near Pipeline Protest Reopened
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota want state officials to reopen a stretch of highway that runs through the Standing Rock Sioux...
View ArticleBBGH Update on Phase I of the Rehab & Wellness Center Renovation
The Box Butte General Hospital Board of Trustees met for their monthly board meeting Monday, August 29, and received an update from Interim CEO Lori Mazanec concerning the Rehab and Wellness Renovation...
View ArticleExtra Enforcement on Tap for Husker Football
An increased Nebraska State Patrol presence is planned for Husker home football games during the 2016 season. Troopers and communications specialists will work overtime hours during the first three...
View ArticleAHS to Hold Financial Aid Night in September
According to Amy Dunn from the Alliance Public Schools, AHS in conjunction with EducationQuest will be holding a financial aid night Thursday, September 15th at 6pm. This financial aid night will be...
View ArticleLetter from OPPD says Nuclear Plant to Close in October
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A letter from the chief executive of Omaha Public Power District says the utility will permanently shut down its nuclear plant at Fort Calhoun this fall. This comes from...
View Article3 People Attempt to Entice Students into Vehicles
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Public Schools officials say they’ve received three separate reports within the past week of people attempting to lure students into vehicles. The incidents occured at Benson...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed, 2 other People Hurt in Omaha Collision
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 27-year-old Omaha man has been killed in the collision of his motorcycle with a sport utility vehicle. An Omaha police news release says a woman riding with the man...
View ArticleMan Killed in Nebraska Panhandle Crash
HENRY, Neb. (AP) — A 47-year-old Nebraska Panhandle man has been killed in a rollover crash. The crash was reported about 7:35 p.m. Tuesday just east of Henry. The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleHepatitis Smoothies, Outbreak
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A hepatitis A outbreak linked to Egyptian strawberries has grown to more than 50 cases in four states. A health official in West Virginia says three confirmed cases in the...
View ArticleCrop Water Report with Upper Niobrara White NRD, Aug. 22nd – Aug. 29th
This is Nevin Price with the UNWNRD and this is the Crop Water Use Report for the week of August 22, 2016 to August 29, 2016 http://www.panhandlepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CROPWATER82916.mp3...
View ArticleDawes County 4-H’ers State Fair Results
Results from the Nebraska State Fair are starting to come in with Dawes County well represented in the 4-H static exhibits. Four youth received special recognition for their projects including Brylee...
View ArticleStolen Car in Chadron
In the early morning on Monday, August 29, 2016, Officers were called and advised of a sighting of a stolen vehicle. Officers located the vehicle in the Regency Trailer Court, on a trailer being pulled...
View ArticleProtester Binds Himself to Oil Pipeline Construction Equipment
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Arrests have been made in North Dakota and Iowa during protests against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Authorities cut free a man who bound himself to...
View ArticleBroken Bow Woman Convicted in 2013 Death of Toddler
BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) — A Broken Bow woman has been convicted in the 2013 death of a toddler in the western Nebraska town. The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office says a Custer County jury found...
View ArticleMidwest Economic Survey Figures Show Slight Improvement
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have risen slightly but still suggest slow or no economic growth ahead. A report issued Thursday says the...
View ArticleMan who Burned Gay Pride Flag gets Probation
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man convicted of burning a gay pride rainbow flag has been given two years of probation. Online court records say 25-year-old Cameron Mayfield was sentenced Wednesday. He’d...
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