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Entertainment around town
A rundown of entertainment in North Platte and Lincoln County, Jan. 16-Feb. 5:
Police arrest alleged meth dealers
1 North Platte police arrested two suspected meth dealers on Monday, Jan. 13 – one from North Platte and one from Gothenburg.
Storm survival kit for your vehicle
1 Much colder temperatures are forecast to arrive Friday night, Jan. 17 and will continue into next week, with overnight temperatures falling below zero, the National Weather Service in North Platte says.
Garrick elected president of public school board
The North Platte Board of Education welcomed new member Justin Thompson of ward 3 Monday at the first board meeting of 2025.
ATV breaks through ice at Lake Maloney
Nebraska Game and Parks urges people to test the ice before going onto frozen lakes or ponds after people who were fishing broke through the ice Saturday on their ATV at Lake Maloney near North Platte.
Postal workers keep mail going, critics call for postmaster general’s ouster
Delivering mail has always been a lot of work -- sorting and carrying letters, lifting and hauling sometimes heavy packages -- on a deadline.
State/Regional News
Legislature convenes, selects committee chairs
Twenty-five members were sworn into office Jan. 8 when the 109th Nebraska Legislature convened for its 90-day first session.
Tik Tok, under intense criticism, could shut down
Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, Tik Tok must be sold to another company, or start shutting down on Jan. 19.
Legislature: Committees set, 100-plus bills introduced
LINCOLN--The 109th Nebraska Legislature convened last week for the first days of the 2025 session to swear in newly elected state senators, elect committee chairmen and begin bill introductions.
Kearney woman sentenced for meth distribution
Jade Summers, 42, of Kearney was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 10 in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for distribution of methamphetamine.
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In this week's North Platte Bulletin print edition
The developer of the Dist. 177 mall and apartments is asking for some more tax credit to continue redeveloping the property for retail shops and residential units... meanwhile, three companies that did the work are claiming that they still haven't been paid all that they are owed... see what's going on at city hall and in district court... also... a look inside Murphy Tractor and Equipment's new North Platte dealership...and... Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer reports the highlights of the year that just ended...the challenges and how they were faced... and... perspective from across the country on the administrative mess of the U.S. Postal System... and... North Platte High wrestler Brody Pitner is intent on triumph... plus your weekly rundowns of entertaining events, arrests, marriages, real estate deals, deaths and police citations, and much more.
Get the full stories in this week's North Platte Bulletin print edition.
