A phrase you hear a lot in North Platte is, “there’s nothing to do around here,” which, for the most part, seems true.
Due to COVID-19, a lot of places have shut down, including businesses in...
Christmas trees decorated with white wish list angle-tags at the entrance of local stores like Bomgaars and The Mall have become part of North Platte’s holiday traditions. Organizations like The Salvation...
If you've caught a fish between Kimball and Omaha, there's a strong chance that fish was born and raised in North Platte. “Walleye is the fish I catch the most in North Platte,” senior Kasch Morrison...
Black Friday is a day to save money and get cheaper gifts for the following holidays while everything is on sale. Having cheaper prices nation-wide brings far more people into stores, stampeding closely...
Moving your entire life from one country to another would be life changing. Junior Anezca Bannink moved from Pretoria, South Africa to the United States of America in 2018.
Pretoria is one of the...
Thank you, North Platte and Lincoln County, for putting our health first. It was a good move to shut down the courthouse, library, senior center, and the Recreation Center.
The Rec is a place where...
With the COVID-19 virus knocking at our doors being stuck in your house all day can be boring and sometimes lonely, so what can you do to stay entertained and happy?
Here are just a few options to help...
Normally with the Christmas season, comes the sound of volunteers ringing bells, but this year the sound isn't as loud as it once was. Bell ringers are volunteers who stand in front of stores with a Salvation...
Cooking, rescuing animals, gardening, and working are all hobbies of a staff member at North Platte High School. Mesharia Montgomery cooks and serves food to students at NPHS.
Montgomery was...
Freshman Makenna Snider is as tall as your average second grader.
She was born with a condition known as spondylometaphyseal type kozlowski (SMDK), a genetic bone disease. When she was born, her back...
