A rundown of entertaining events in North Platte and Lincoln County: Ongoing Prairie Arts Center, (416 N. Jeffers) — Sisters art exhibit, based on growing up in rural Kansas. Open 11-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Golden Tickets Cinemas, District 177 Mall (1000 S. Dewey) – Cry Macho, Cop Shop, Free Guy, Jungle Cruise, Malignant, Shang-Chi and the […]

A weekend spike in the number of COVID-19 patients at Great Plains Health is pushing the North Platte hospital to the limit. Ironically, many people in the area are conducting their lives as though the virus is waning, while caregivers at the hospital are scrambling to keep up with the workload again, GPH CEO Mel […]

Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw will be the headliners for the Viaero Summer Jam Concert Series during NebraskaLand Days in June. McGraw will play the Friday night concert on June 24 at the Wild West Arena and Lambert will be the Saturday night concert on June 25. NebraskaLand Days executive director David Fudge made the […]

A pot-luck party will be held in Cody Park on Saturday, Sept. 25 for Jerome Reinert, who residents may remember as the victim of a bizarre theft in 2001, and a heartwarming community response to help him recover. Doctors say that Reinert, 54, is dying now of cancer. The tribute picnic may be the last […]

Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful and the North Platte Bulletin held a competition to honor households and businesses that have beautiful landscapes.  Nominations were taken during August. The judges collectively scored more than 30 homes to determine the winners.  The rankings were based on curb appeal, balance and color, sustainability, creativity and maintenance.  Photos […]

Members of the community poured in by the hundreds to help build a playground this week at Centennial Park in North Platte. The project started on Wednesday. Projct co-coordinator Tauni Morris said it’s all hands on deck to complete the playground on Sunday. “We’d like to have more and we need all the help we […]

The Sioux Lookout chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their annual bell ringing for Constitution Week on Friday afternoon at the northeast corner of the Lincoln County Courthouse, where the obelisk and bench seating is located. The ringing will start at 2:30 p.m.  Mayor Brandon Kelliher will read a signed proclamation designating […]

A rundown of entertainment in North Platte and Lincoln County: Ongoing Prairie Arts Center, (416 N. Jeffers) — Sisters exhibit, based on growing up in rural Kansas. Open 11-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Golden Tickets Cinemas, Platte River Mall (1000 S. Dewey) – Malignant. Cop Shop. Free Guy. Jungle Cruise, Candyman, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the […]

Family games, tours, hay rack rides and refreshments will be part of the celebration Saturday, Sept. 18 when The Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park receives a plaque designating it as a National Historic Landmark. The park, commonly called Scout’s Rest Ranch, was designated a National Historic Landmark because of the significant role William F. […]