News Category: Featured - Scottsbluff
‘The Jobs are There’: UNK Teacher Education Focused on Filling Statewide Need
On the Nebraska Department of Education website, there’s an interactive tool that allows people to look at PK-12 job openings in the state. From border to border, the map is covered with pins promoting these positions. Alliance Public Schools is looking for math, special education, physical education, English, business, social…
Plummer Insurance, Inc. Acquires Classic One Insurance from Riverstone Bank
Plummer Insurance, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Classic One Insurance from Riverstone Bank, effective March 15, 2024. Mike Downey, CEO of Riverstone Bank said “One of the most important factors when we considered selling Classic One Insurance, was how well our customers would be taken care of. We are…
Oglala Lakota College Shared Laughs and Science with Families at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
“Look at the bug dance!” said a young boy as he placed the solar powered bug under an incandescent light. “He takes a nap now!” he said after placing the same bug under a fluorescent light. He may not be old enough to understand the words, but he just learned…
Nebraska Extension hosts Yonts Water Conference in April
The Yonts Water Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 10, at the Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education Center, in Scottsbluff. The morning begins at 8:30 a.m. with registration. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. with Dr. Xin Qiao, Nebraska Extension water and irrigation management specialist. He will discuss…
PPHD Healthy Families Home Visitation Program Receives Reaccreditation
Healthy Families in the Nebraska Panhandle has been reaccredited as a provider of high-quality home visiting services to pregnant families and families with infants and young children. The program currently serves 95 families. “We are grateful for the opportunity to continue offering evidence-based services to our Panhandle communities by implementing…
KNEB.tv News: March 22, 2024
Today on KNEB.tv News: Plea deal reached for man at the center of a 28 hour armed standoff in Gering back in September Bluffs man who drove to jail impersonating an officer back behind bars NSP Drone helps find missing individuals in Morrill County WNCC Board of Governors announces board…
Staffing levels to be impacted as Sidney School District works to close budget gap
Changes to staffing levels are part of a plan announced Friday as officials at Sidney Public Schools work to close an expected $600,000 funding gap in the budget for the coming school year. Superintendent Andrew Farber issued a letter Friday, outlining numerous decisions that have been made by the District…
Monthly Dog Meetup Event Coming to 18th Street Plaza
Dog lovers here in Scotts Bluff County will have a new way to meet other dog owners and their pups. A new event called 'Sundays in the Park with Fido' will be coming to the 18th Street Plaza in Scottsbluff the first Sunday of the month starting in May. https://youtu.be/YRIYC58SZew…
Gering housing project developers explain plan and address concerns ahead of rezoning hearing
The head of a non-profit Community Development Corporation out of Kansas City was in Gering this week, answering questions and concerns about their proposed housing development in the southeastern part of the community. Oikos Development is proposing a phased affordable housing project involving duplexes and quadplexes for about 30 acres…
Man Who Drove to Jail Impersonating Officer Back in Custody
A Scottsbluff man who was arrested after driving to the Gering jail and impersonated an officer is back behind bars. In January, 47-year-old Dominic Flores drove to the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center and told told jail staff that he was a Cheyenne County officer and was there to transport…