A variety of winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are posted across the Nebraska Panhandle, northeast Colorado and southeast Wyoming.

Meteorologist Paul Trambley advises if you're away from home after 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, it might be a good idea to hold tight until a holiday snowstorm passes. 

Platte Valley Bank is warning members of fraudulent texts.

Dr. Jim Powell, Chadron State College’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, announced Friday he plans to retire in June 2024. Powell has worked as an administrator at the college since 2015.

Nearly 380 FFA students from 20 western Nebraska high schools competed in the District 12 Leadership Contest at Chadron State College Wednesday.

Multiple agencies responded to a cornfield fire south of Lodgepole this afternoon.

Several Chadron State College committees have come together to host a Thanksgiving Tribute to Indigenous Peoples Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center.

Nebraska Game and Parks will decommission and remove the dam at Carter P. Johnson Lake at Fort Robinson State Park for the safety of the public.

Chadron State College seniors in the Social Work program presented a conference Nov. 8 entitled Helping Overcome Poverty and Eliminations (HOPE).

The results of Chadron State College’s 60th Scholastic Contest have been released.

A 16-year-old Nebraska girl is charged with first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony after allegedly stabbing her newborn to death, according to Gordon Police.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is investigating the killing of three trumpeter swans in Sioux County.

The tiny town of Eustis champions itself as the sausage capital of Nebraska.

Regional West has joined the annual statewide effort, organized by the Nebraska Cancer Coalition (NC2), to heighten awareness of lifesaving lung cancer screening during Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November.

Chadron State College Art Education students Marissa Borchard and Carissa Hill attended the Nebraska Art Teacher Association (NATA) Conference in Lincoln in Oct. 13-14 with Associate Professor Trudy Denham. 

Nebraska will try again for bowl eligibility again on Saturday when they host Maryland, having just fallen to Michigan State 20-17.

According to the Nebraska State Patrol, Pamela Wilson Fisher was found safe early Sunday afternoon. The EMA has been cancelled.

Authorities were engaged in a standoff with a female suspect at an Alliance mobile home park Thursday night.

The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating multiple crashes that occurred during this weekend’s winter weather across much of the state.

Officials say a single-engine plane crash in a southwestern Nebraska town has killed one person and injured another who were on board and left a nearby house uninhabitable.

The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that shut down a section of I-80 near North Platte Friday morning.

The current Mrs. South Dakota and Chadron State College alumna Jenita (Qualm) Derga, of Onida, South Dakota, competed for the 2023 Mrs. America title in Las Vegas in August.

The Lincoln County Ag Society announced their concert lineup for the 2024 county fair on Thursday.

Five people were taken into custody Tuesday following a pursuit with a stolen vehicle in Keith County.

Nebraska and Northwestern dual this weekend at Memorial Stadium, in a battle of teams with identical records, in a matchup that has a history of coming down to the wire.

The fight against Cody-Kilgore Unified School District was over students’ rights, their students after nurses cut the hair of two of the Johnson-Leroy family children without permission and against their religious beliefs.

The Simmons ranch has raised cattle for generations. Now the family is raising bison -- helping to bring the animal back from near extinction -- while also letting visitors see the massive beasts up close for the first time.

Three people died and one was injured in a crash in Box Butte County.

Fran Grimes is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award given to friends of Chadron State College who have demonstrated exceptional service to the college through their volunteer or leadership efforts.

As they return to Big Ten competition, Nebraska suffered their worst loss of the year, falling to #2 Michigan 45-7. 

North Platte Police seized drugs and cash during a traffic stop on the city’s east side Monday night.

Country artists Jelly Roll and Parker McCollum will headline the 2024 NEBRASKAland Days Viaero Wireless Summer Jam Concert Series.

Chadron State College will celebrate its annual Homecoming Sept. 30 through Oct. 7.

Nebraska lags other states when it comes to remote work. Still, its number of remote workers has more than doubled since 2019. Strong internet access is no longer an amenity -- it's a necessity.

Investigators say a blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental. But it's not yet clear what caused it.

One of the smallest schools in Nebraska is celebrating achievements by two students and a teacher in an international competition.

A former North Platte Public School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student may get his bond revoked for having contact with the victim.

The train car explosion Thursday that resulted in public safety concerns is in the clean-up stage. North Platte Fire Chief Dennis Johnson said there were no injuries or immediate threat to the public.

Three generations of the McBride family have helped outfit customers from near and far in boots and hats through Ranch-Land’s 64 years of business.

Firefighters from multiple agencies are gearing up for the Western Nebraska Engine Academy, which includes training exercises at Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area in the Wildcat Hills near Gering on Sept. 15-17.

Chadron State College student Ethan Tussing of New Underwood, South Dakota, has completed two summer internships at the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is investigating a death that occurred Friday at Swanson Reservoir State Rec Area in Hitchcock County.

One of they keys for Matt Rhule and the Huskers this week: focusing on playing football, not the hype. 

The “Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” contest has moved to the final eight competitors.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires impacted the air quality in western Nebraska and southeast Wyoming Tuesday, according to the Nebraska and Wyoming Department of Health and Human Services, and Nebraska and Wyoming Department of Environment and Energy.

During its first year of operation, the Dr. Lois Veath Planetarium in the Math Science Center of Innovative Learning (COIL) served 2,404 people.

The Alliance Police Chief has submitted a letter of resignation.

Nebraska's 911 emergency telephone system went back online early Friday morning after suffering what Keith County Emergency Management described as a "catastrophic" outage Thursday night. 

As the seasons shift into the late summer and early fall, one of Nebraska’s most unique outdoor activities is upon us - it’s the pursuit of bullfrogs.

The second annual "Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska” competition announced the 16 contestants from across the state.

Two people from North Platte were arrested after fentanyl pills and meth were allegedly found inside their vehicle on Monday.

The City of McCook will begin searching to fill a key role within the community.

Nebraska kicks off the Rhule era next Thursday against Minnesota on August 31 and Matt Rhule believes his team is ready for the challenge. 

Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two North Platte men following a burglary east of Maxwell, while a third suspect remains at large.

An 18-year-old male was arrested in connection to several reports of vehicle thefts in Sutherland and Paxton early Thursday morning.

The Chase County Sheriff's office is thanking a group of samaritans for assisting a lone deputy in apprehending an individual at the Chase County Fair in Imperial on Saturday night. 

A Nebraska radio station is celebrating its community and looking to the future.

Directors Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and actors James Caan and Robert Duvall all spent several weeks in a western Nebraska. It was 1968, and while the movie got little attention at the time, it proved pivotal in the evolution of Hollywood.

LINCOLN COUNTY, Neb. -- At about 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, August 16, the Lincoln County Dispatch Center receive a call of suspicious circumstances at a residence in Hershey. A man and woman drove onto her property, insisting on buying chickens.

Alexa Davis and Dehvynne Ashmore hosts Around the Watercooler with NeDNR

Two people were injured in Keith County after a gas leak late Wednesday morning.

It's becoming close to impossible for many Nebraska Medicaid recipients to find a dentist nearby who accepts their insurance, especially in rural western Nebraska. It's bad for patients, bad for dentists and bad for taxpayers.

Three lakes in Nebraska have been issued health alerts for toxic blue-green algae.

A northwest Nebraska jury has found a 27-year-old Kilgore man guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a 52-year-old woman with an ax.