North Platte News

A dead virus vaccine for the H1N1 virus has finally made its way to North Platte. Unfortunately people hoping to receive the shot yesterday were disappointed when West Central Health Department ran completely out of vaccine. The West Central Health...

The Chamber of Commerce welcomed a new business to North Platte this week across the street from Bill's U-Save Pharmacy. Some of you may have noticed the newest 24 hour work out facility in town. One of the focuses of...

Last year's volatile markets hit the country hard with job losses and high unemployment rates. Fortunately, Nebraska faired pretty well in 2008, according to the Census Bureau. Nebraska held strong in 2008, and ended the year with one of the...

Baldwin, Hitchcock County's first sheriff Monday, October 12, 2009 Walt Sehnert In 1923 Gale Baldwin sat down to write his recollections of the early days for the Hitchcock County paper. At that time Mr. Baldwin was 76 years of age...

Erin Premer was probably the perfect choice for McCook High School head softball coach Jason Cochran in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday night. With two runners aboard and two outs, the Bison junior stepped to the plate and...

McCook High School softball head coach Jason Cochran likes to have his team face the toughest competition available. Cochran is not afraid to have the Bison girls face Class A teams during the season in an attempt to make his...

Neb. (AP) — Two North Platte organizations are offering residents a way to drop pounds at the pound. The Pound Club is a collaborative effort of the North Platte Animal Shelter and the North Platte Recreation Center. Pound Club participants...

An Iowa woman who dumped 23 dead or dying dogs in a south-central Nebraska cornfield last year was given four years of probation and was barred from owning a pet for five years. Denise Withee, 46, of Maple, had been...