Long-time North Platte volunteer Karen Troyer has received a special award for her work with the Miss Rodeo Nebraska and Miss Rodeo America pageants. Karen Troyer was given the inaugural Mardee Swanson Legacy award at the Miss Rodeo America pageant in December. The award is given to volunteers who go above and beyond the call […]

The bucking horses and bulls at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte are getting a remodeled enclosure. About 300 feet of new continuous fencing was put in, replacing the old fencing, said Jack Morris, chairman of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo. The center alley was upgraded about 10 years ago, and this year, it was […]

Every time “Truck,” a bay gelding, makes the trek to North Platte from his home in Granbury, Texas, he makes money. This year at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, Truck and his owner and rider Stevi Hillman won the barrel racing for the second time. Hillman and Truck rounded the barrels in 17.44 seconds this year, […]

Garrett Shadbolt might be adding to his wardrobe after the third night of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte. The Merriman cowboy took the lead in the bareback riding, and if his score holds at the top after the Saturday night competition, he’ll win a second buckle to match the one he won last […]

If you’re going to take the lead at a rodeo, you might as well be at the top with someone who is as close as a brother. That’s where Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D., finds himself after the second night of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte on June 16. The bareback rider took the […]

With the rodeo season going into its summer stretch, all eyes turn to North Platte, where it starts. The Buffalo Bill Rodeo is the beginning of “go-time” for rodeo contestants, and several cowboys and cowgirls have money in their Wranglers after the first day of the North Platte rodeo. Texas cowboys Marty Yates and Lane […]

When the gates swing open on the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, more than 500 cowboys and cowgirls will descend on North Platte. With world champs and homegrown contestants, the deck will be stacked for the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, which begins Wednesday and continues nightly through Saturday at the Wild West Arena on the northwest corner of […]

A North Platte cowboy and his partner from Big Springs won the team roping title Sunday at the Nebraska High School Rodeo Finals. Brent Charlton of North Platte was the header and Jate Saults of Big Springs was the heeler in the competition. They will advance to the National High School Finals. The Nebraska High […]

The men who will be behind the scenes at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo have been on the scenes in the past. Professional Cowboy Rodeo Association judges Skip Emmett and Clayton Macom used to ride and compete in North Platte. Now they will serve as judges. Emmett, of Ponca, Ark. and Macom of Stigler, Okla. have […]

If it weren’t for the Cody Cavalry at NebraskalandDays and the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, there would be no doorknobs in the sponsor building and the NebraskalandDays parade would be chaos. Well, that might be a slight exaggeration, but the Cavalry, former board members of NLD, provides the volunteer help that keeps the statewide celebration going. […]